Construction and Equipping of a Technical Research Laboratory, at the Southwestern Research Station

自1955年以来，西南研究站，一个研究 美国自然历史博物馆的设施，已被 促进和便利自然科学家的研究 他们在美国西南部工作。 每年超过一个 来自全国各地和海外的数百名科学家， 研究火山岩结构，鸟类，爬行动物， 两栖动物、蜘蛛、昆虫、植物和哺乳动物。 这些 科学家们被吸引到空间站的科学 设施，研究人员社区，和丰富的 奇里卡瓦山脉和周围沙漠的独特生物群 地区 该站位于海拔5400英尺的90英亩土地上， 最高的私人土地在凯夫溪峡谷（最 北美最著名的观鸟地点） 奇利卡瓦山脉 它被美国森林所包围 科罗纳多国家森林（Coronado National Forest） 科学 该网站的重要性，实地研究人员的结果，从 生境的生态多样性和 可能在设施几英里内发现的生物。 该项目将改善技术设施， 研究站，以满足现代领域的需要 科学家 科学家们越来越多地依赖于 探索自然的尖端技术发展。 的 现有的建筑物和设备适用于许多类型的 传统的研究收集。 但是生理生态学， 生物化学分类学和显微照相术是重要的现代 野外科学家的工具。 目前，该站缺乏一个实验室， 温度可以控制。 该项目将纠正这一点 通过建造一座现代化的小建筑， 并为它配备显微镜，天平和温度 控制室。

Since 1955 The Southwestern Research Station, a research facility of The American Museum of Natural History, has been promoting and facilitating investigations by natural scientists who work in the American Southwest. Each year well over a hundred scientists, from around the country and overseas, come to the Station to study volcanic rock structures, birds, reptiles, amphibians, spiders, insects, plants and mammals. These scientists are attracted to the Station by the scientific facilities, the researcher community, and the richness of the unique biota of the Chiricahua Mountains and surrounding desert areas. The Station, located on a 90 acre site at 5400 feet elevation, is the uppermost private land in Cave Creek Canyon (one of the most outstanding birding localities in North America) on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. It is surrounded by U.S. Forest Service property (Coronado National Forest). The scientific significance of the site for field researchers results from the ecological diversity of habitats and the taxonomic diversity of organisms that may be found within a few miles of the facility. This project will improve the technical facilities of the Research Station in order to meet the needs of modern field scientists. With increasing frequency, scientist are relying on sophisticated technological developments to probe nature. The existing buildings and equipment are suitable for many types of traditional research collecting. But physiological ecology, biochemical taxonomy, and photomicroscopy are important modern tools for field scientists. Currently the Station lacks a laboratory where ambient temperature can be controlled. The project will rectify that situation through the construction of a small modern building, and by equipping it with microscopes, balances and temperature controlled chambers.