Construction of a New Accommodation Building and Teaching Room at the Rutgers Pinelands Field Station

美国国家科学基金会向罗格斯大学提供了99,545美元的资助，由约翰·迪顿博士指导，用于为其Pinelands野外研究站建造一栋宿舍楼和教室。由于最近在新泽西州松林荒地上使用这个野外站的人数增加，罗格斯大学一直在寻求改善该站的设施，以便能够举办大学提供的短期住宿课程，并将这些设施提供给其他大学和学院，这些大学和学院也在寻求在独特的生态系统中教授自己的课程。这个研究站以前主要是一个研究设施。因此，对该地区生态和林业的兴趣吸引了许多希望短期使用实验室设施或建立长期监测计划的研究人员。近年来，缺乏足够的住宿来支持访问研究人员，这限制了非本地机构对其的使用。拟议中的新建筑将在宿舍和单独房间中提供多达20人的住宿，从而容纳学生班级和访问研究人员。此外，该建筑将提供一个教室用于教育和会议。一座现有的建筑将被改造成教学实验室。除了为罗格斯大学社区服务外，该设施还将向其他大学和教学机构开放，这些大学和教学机构表示希望在该领域教授课程。与松林保护联盟和位于卡姆登的新泽西州水族馆合作，新设施将为内城学校的孩子，特别是他们的教育者提供实地体验教育的场所。

ABSTRACTThe National Science Foundation has awarded $ 99, 545 to the Rutgers University under the direction of Dr. John Dighton for the construction of an accommodation building and classroom to its Pinelands Field Station. Due to recent growth in use of this field station in the New Jersey pine barrens, Rutgers University has sought to improve the facilities at the station to be able to host short-term residential courses offered by the university and to provide those facilities to other universities and colleges who are also seeking to teach their own courses in the unique ecosystem. The research station was formerly mainly a research facility. As such, interest in the ecology and forestry of the area has attracted many researchers who wish to use the laboratory facilities on a short-term basis or to set up long-term monitoring programs. The lack of adequate accommodation to support visiting researchers has been acute in recent years and has limited its use by non-local institutions.The proposed new building will provide accommodation for up to 20 people in both dormitory and individual rooms, thus accommodating both student classes and visiting researchers. In addition, the building will provide a classroom for educational use and meetings. An existing building will be converted into a teaching laboratory. In addition to serving the Rutgers University community, the facility will be available to other universities and teaching institutes who have expressed a desire to teach courses in the field. In partnership with the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and the New Jersey State Aquarium at Camden, the new facilities will provide a venue for field experiential education for inner city school children and, particularly, their educators.