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The Lacawac Sanctuary Board of Trustees has announced that Lacawac is now an accredited member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS).
OBFS is an international consortium of environmental, biological and atmospheric research stations used by top scientists and researchers working in those fields. Field Stations also serve as a base for university and college level field courses for natural science majors and as an investigation facility used for graduate degree research.
Lacawac is a 520 acre nature preserve located on the southwestern shore of Lake Wallenpaupack in Salem and Paupack townships. It offers researchers access to glacial and pristine Lake Lacawac as well as two ponds, wetlands and one mile of shoreline on Lake Wallenpaupack. The preserve also includes various types of woodlands and protects a northern boreal bog as well as the Partner Ridge and Wallenpaupack Ledges natural areas.
Research facilities at Lacawac include a main laboratory, a specialized aquatic equipment area, classroom, lecture area and a computer lab. Visiting researchers and educators also have access to incubators, coolers, ventilation hoods, microscopes, boats, sampling gear and general lab and scientific equipment. The preserve’s historic “Connell Park” Adirondack Great Camp complex provides housing for visiting researchers and their students.
Since 1966, when first sanctioned by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Lacawac has been used and named in more than 100 scientific papers and was the basis of research used in 72 additional published scientific studies.
Visitors to Lacawac Field Station do work in biology, zoology, botany, aquatic ecology, forestry, watershed dynamics, and paleolclimatic factors. Lehigh University presently operates a pair of data recording stations there which broadcast atmospheric data to researchers via the internet every 15 minutes.
For the past year Lacawac has also been working on a two year facility planning project funded by the National Science Foundation.
The 520-acre Lacawac Sanctuary is a non-profit nature preserve, research field station and historic site located on Lake Wallenpaupack. The sanctuary’s programs are open to the public and include environmental, historical and cultural offerings as well as three miles of hiking trails. Membership, directions, program and other information can be found at lacawac.org.
The Lacawac Sanctuary Board of Trustees has announced that Lacawac is now an accredited member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS).
OBFS is an international consortium of environmental, biological and atmospheric research stations used by top scientists and researchers working in those fields. Field Stations also serve as a base for university and college level field courses for natural science majors and as an investigation facility used for graduate degree research.
Lacawac is a 520 acre nature preserve located on the southwestern shore of Lake Wallenpaupack in Salem and Paupack townships. It offers researchers access to glacial and pristine Lake Lacawac as well as two ponds, wetlands and one mile of shoreline on Lake Wallenpaupack. The preserve also includes various types of woodlands and protects a northern boreal bog as well as the Partner Ridge and Wallenpaupack Ledges natural areas.
Research facilities at Lacawac include a main laboratory, a specialized aquatic equipment area, classroom, lecture area and a computer lab. Visiting researchers and educators also have access to incubators, coolers, ventilation hoods, microscopes, boats, sampling gear and general lab and scientific equipment. The preserve’s historic “Connell Park” Adirondack Great Camp complex provides housing for visiting researchers and their students.
Since 1966, when first sanctioned by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Lacawac has been used and named in more than 100 scientific papers and was the basis of research used in 72 additional published scientific studies.
Visitors to Lacawac Field Station do work in biology, zoology, botany, aquatic ecology, forestry, watershed dynamics, and paleolclimatic factors. Lehigh University presently operates a pair of data recording stations there which broadcast atmospheric data to researchers via the internet every 15 minutes.
For the past year Lacawac has also been working on a two year facility planning project funded by the National Science Foundation.
The 520-acre Lacawac Sanctuary is a non-profit nature preserve, research field station and historic site located on Lake Wallenpaupack. The sanctuary’s programs are open to the public and include environmental, historical and cultural offerings as well as three miles of hiking trails. Membership, directions, program and other information can be found at lacawac.org.
