Lodging and Meeting Accommodations for Visiting Scientists and Students at the Black Rock Forest Field Station

黑岩森林野外站为访问科学家和学生提供的住宿和会议住宿

• 批准号: 0122378
• 负责人: William Schuster
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Black Rock Forest Consortium, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-01 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0122378&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Lodging; Meeting; Accommodations; Visiting; Scientists

A grant has been awarded to Dr. William Schuster at The Black Rock Forest Consortium, a group of eighteen New York-area academic institutions, to construct accommodations for visiting scientists and students to complete its new research and training Center at its Field Station, the 1530 hectare (3785 acre) Black Rock Forest. The Forest is located in the Hudson Highlands, 80 km (50 miles) north of New York City, and possesses a wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats for study. It has been carefully protected and managed for nearly a century, and has been utilized by the Black Rock Forest Consortium since 1989. The Forest has become a focal point for scientific field studies and education for thousands of students and faculty from Consortium institutions. In the past three years, the Consortium has produced a Master Plan, raised over $2.5 million for construction costs, and has completed and begun operations from the Center for Science and Education. Despite many natural features that make it an excellent location for scientific fieldwork, the Black Rock Forest has lacked until now suitable facilities to support on-site research, training, and education. Over the past few years an increase in scientific activity has occurred due to a suite of factors that include the creation and development of the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at Columbia University. Black Rock serves as CERC's primary facility for local scientific research and intensive field training. Expansions of programs in ecological and environmental sciences are also underway at several of the Black Rock Forest Consortium's other member institutions.The Consortium now will construct and equip a 500 sq.m (5500 sq.ft) lodging and meeting facility. This Lodge will house up to 50 visitors at a time and will complete the Consortium's facilities Master Plan. This grant will allow the Consortium to successfully complete the construction of what is becoming an intensively used facility for scientific research, training, and education at all levels. The gathering space will enable meetings, seminars, and presentations for large groups. The Consortium anticipates at least 4000 visitor nights per year in the first few years, and the development of new programs such as summer institutes, residential field courses, and science camps. Thus the grant will allow completion of construction of basic facilities for what is becoming an intensively used facility for scientific research, training, and education.

一笔赠款已授予威廉·舒斯特博士在黑岩森林财团，一组18个纽约地区的学术机构，为来访的科学家和学生建造住宿，以完成其新的研究和培训中心在其外地站，1530公顷（3785英亩）黑岩森林。森林位于哈德逊高地，纽约市以北80公里（50英里），拥有各种各样的陆地和水生栖息地供研究。近世纪来，它一直受到精心保护和管理，自1989年以来一直由黑岩森林财团使用。森林已成为科学领域研究和教育的焦点，数千名学生和教师来自联盟机构。在过去的三年里，该联盟制定了一个总体规划，筹集了250多万美元的建设费用，并完成了科学和教育中心的运作。尽管许多自然特征使其成为科学实地考察的绝佳地点，但黑岩森林直到现在还缺乏合适的设施来支持现场研究，培训和教育。在过去的几年里，由于一系列因素，包括哥伦比亚大学环境研究和保护中心（CERC）的建立和发展，科学活动有所增加。黑岩是CERC进行当地科学研究和密集实地培训的主要设施。黑岩森林联盟的其他几个成员机构也在扩大生态和环境科学的项目。该联盟现在将建造和装备一个500平方米（5500平方英尺）的住宿和会议设施。这个小屋将容纳多达50名游客在同一时间，并将完成财团的设施总体规划。这笔赠款将使该财团能够成功完成正在成为各级科学研究，培训和教育密集使用的设施的建设。聚集空间将为大型团体提供会议，研讨会和演讲。该联盟预计在最初几年每年至少有4000个游客之夜，并开发新的项目，如暑期学院，住宅实地课程和科学营。因此，这笔赠款将使基本设施的建设得以完成，这些设施将成为科学研究、培训和教育的密集设施。