Construction of a Multi-user Hostel at the Mountain Research Station

科罗拉多大学研究站（MRS） 70多年来一直是支持研究和教学的主要机构。虽然靠近不同的生态系统使该站成为一个独特的地理位置，但主要的重点是高山苔原的研究。该站为Niwot Ridge LTER项目提供主要的后勤支持，并为许多个人调查员和几个联邦实验室提供便利，包括EPA、NOAA和国家大气研究中心，以及由NSF为本科生和高中生提供的暑期课程支持的许多项目，该站是学术会议的热门地点。在过去的5年里，越来越多地使用MRS进行研究、教学和会议，这使得住房的可用性变得更加重要，导致MRS无法满足所有使用该设施的请求。MRS的住宿是质朴但舒适的小木屋和招待所。大多数小木屋建于20世纪50年代，只有一个在1960年至1996年间新建。该宿舍为研究人员和学生提供了经济实惠的住房，但由于公用事业和安全问题，目前的状态需要更换。该项目将支持建设一个新的宿舍，以增加住房容量，为学术会议、研讨会、课程和专题讨论会提供一个新的地点，并为研究人员和学生提供一个全年过冬的住房设施。

The University of Colorado's Research Station (MRS) has been a premier institution supporting research and teaching for over 70 years. The primary focus has been on alpine tundra research, although the proximity to diverse ecosystems makes the station a unique geographical location. The station provides the primary logistical support for the Niwot Ridge LTER program, and facilitates numerous individual investigators and several federal labs, including EPA, NOAA, and the National Center for Atomospheric Research as well as numerous projects supported by NSF summer courses for undergraduate and high school students, and is the station a popular site for academic conferences. Increased use of the MRS for research, teaching, and conferences in the past 5 years has put more of a premium on the availability of housing, resulting in an inability of the MRS to accomodate all requests for the use of the facility. Housing at the MRS is in rustic, but comfortable cabins and a hostel. The majority of the cabins were built in the 1950's, with only one new built added between 1960 and 1996. The hostel has provided affordable housing for researchers and students, but its current state requires replacement, due to utility and safety concerns. This project will support construction of a new hostel to increase housing capacity, provide a new location for academic meetings, seminars, classes, and symposia, and provide a winterized year-round housing facility for researchers and students.