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Field Station News!!!

  • Oak Lake Research Retreat 2009 (Friday – October 23)
  • Field Station research and instructional use up in 2009.
  • Field Station Advisory Group has fall meeting – discusses ideas for new annual event (Oct 2009).
  • Oak Lake Committee votes to approve new fees for use of boat, four-wheeler utility cart and mesocosm array (Oct 2009).
  • Field Station recognizes tough economic times by extending 50% fee reduction to academic users through 2010 (Oct 2009).
  • Field Station cutting educational group user fees 50% in celebration of the Year of Science – Get your reservations in right away to take advantage of this savings during YOS!
  • Middle School Summer Science Camp 2009.
  • Oak Lake research grant applications – 2010 (Coming Soon!)

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SDSU's Oak Lake Field Station

The Oak Lake Field Station is a 570 acre facility located in the heart of the Northern Plains on the Coteau Des Prairie. Grassland, oak forest, wetland and lake environments located at the field station display the natural diversity of the prairie pothole region. (How to get there)
 

A rich cultural history complements our multiple-use management philosophy. Nestled along the western shoreline of a prairie pothole lake, the station occupies the site of a former Native American village and homesteads to many settlers of eastern South Dakota.
 

Today, the field station serves as a site for environmental education, university field courses, conferences, colloquia, retreats and community service events. University research at the station has focused on prairie bird and mammal populations, fire ecology, lake ecology, disturbance ecology and water quality studies.
 

The field station is open throughout the year to the general public. Day use of the facility for hiking and outdoor activities is provided free of charge. Building facilities and overnight accommodations may be reserved for a modest fee.
 

Additional questions regarding the field station should be directed to the Station Director

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This web site was constructed and is maintained by the field station director.  Materials drawn from this web site should be properly cited using the citation listed  below:


  Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. 2009. Oak Lake Field Station web site.  12-Nov-2009. http://www.biomicro.sdstate.edu/oaklake/index.htm.

 

Last updated 12-Nov-09


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Other Sites of Interest:

Organization for Biological Field Stations

Ecological Society of America

Society for Ecological Restoration

Northern Prairie Science Center

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

World Conservation Monitoring Center

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