Development of Indio Mountains Research Station Headquarters, Phase II

印第奥山研究站总部二期开发

• 批准号: 0434744
• 负责人: Jerry Johnson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0434744&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Indio; Mountains; Research; Station

A grant has been awarded to the University of Texas at El Paso under the direction of Dr. Jerry Johnson for partial support of the construction of a self contained multipurpose building to house an expanded cooking facility and dining area that will also accommodate meetings and classroom activities at the Indio Mountains Research Station (IMRS). The new construction will allow the IMRS to meet the following long-term objectives: 1) Enhancement of research efforts: The IMRS will be linked with four other research sites to create a 1000 km transect across the northern Chihuahuan Desert. All research sites have unique qualities associated with the Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Linking research information from these sites will go a long ways toward gaining overall knowledge of the resident biota and ecological factors that produced North America's largest desert. The new building will facilitate the ability of researchers from other sites to utilize the IMRS.2) Development of the site as an educational facility: The IMRS has supported during the last five years, in addition to UTEP, 19 other universities and colleges, three El Paso high schools, and other interested parties as a site for: field trips in biology, geology, anthropology, and environmental science and engineering; faculty, graduate, undergraduate, and in-service teacher research projects; outreach activities; and limited collection of specimens for research and classroom use. IMRS continues to provide excellent opportunities for students to conduct educational projects and field research in a variety of Chihuahuan Desert habitats, especially for minority students who are underrepresented in scientific disciplines. UTEP is the largest majority-minority university in the continental U.S., with 71% of the enrollment being of Hispanic descent. The new building will greatly enhance the ability of IMRS to accomodate these students.3) Protection of the site: IMRS is not only a field station, but is also a nature reserve that is surrounded by private land where livestock grazing is the common activity. Grazing has been excluded from almost all of IMRS for over 20 years and has resulted in significant recovery of a number of native species. With the proposed new facility will come increased IMRS usage, which in turn should lead to even better protection. The new and expanded facilities, which will lead to greater use of IMRS and could allow for the future position of a more or less permanent on-site caretaker.

在 Jerry Johnson 博士的指导下，德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校获得了一笔拨款，用于部分支持建造一栋独立的多功能建筑，以容纳扩大的烹饪设施和用餐区，同时也可容纳印第奥山研究站 (IMRS) 的会议和课堂活动。 新的建设将使 IMRS 能够实现以下长期目标： 1）加强研究工作：IMRS 将与其他四个研究地点连接起来，创建一条横跨奇瓦瓦沙漠北部的 1000 公里长的横断面。 所有研究地点都具有与奇瓦瓦沙漠生态系统相关的独特品质。 将这些站点的研究信息联系起来将有助于全面了解产生北美最大沙漠的居民生物群和生态因素。 新大楼将提高其他地点的研究人员利用 IMRS 的能力。2) 将该地点开发为教育设施：在过去五年中，除了 UTEP 之外，IMRS 还支持其他 19 所大学和学院、三所埃尔帕索高中和其他感兴趣的各方作为以下地点：生物学、地质学、人类学以及环境科学与工程领域的实地考察；教师、研究生、本科生和在职教师研究项目；外展活动；用于研究和课堂使用的标本收集有限。 IMRS 继续为学生提供在各种奇瓦瓦沙漠栖息地开展教育项目和实地研究的绝佳机会，特别是对于在科学学科中代表性不足的少数族裔学生。 UTEP 是美国大陆最大的少数族裔大学，71% 的学生是西班牙裔。 新建筑将大大增强IMRS容纳这些学生的能力。3）场地保护：IMRS不仅是一个野外站，而且还是一个自然保护区，周围环绕着私人土地，牲畜放牧是常见的活动。 20 多年来，几乎所有 IMRS 都禁止放牧，并导致许多本地物种显着恢复。 拟议的新设施将增加 IMRS 的使用，从而带来更好的保护。 新的和扩建的设施将导致 IMRS 的更多使用，并可能为未来提供或多或少永久的现场管理员的职位。