Renovations to Increase Residence Capacity at the UNM Sevilleta Field Station

该奖项将用于在新墨西哥州的塞维利亚野外站的大学创造额外的居住空间，使我们能够充分利用新的UNM塞维利亚教育和研究设施（SERF）创造的机会。后者分两个阶段建造，资金来自美国鱼类和野生动物管理局（650万美元）和新墨西哥州大学（140万美元）。第一阶段，即研究楼，已经完成。第二阶段，即教学和外展部分的建设将于今年春天（2007年）开始。塞维莱塔野外站正在进入一个新时代。该站成立于1980年代后期，以支持UNM塞维利亚长期生态研究（LTER）计划。在过去的十年中，空间站的长期接触试验使用有所增加，空间站的非长期接触试验研究活动有所增加，空间站的使命也有所扩大，包括长期接触试验方案以外的研究、教育和推广活动。翻修现有建筑物以提供居住空间，将使外地站的住房能力能够跟上教室和实验室设施的步伐。目标之一是每年夏天在利用塞维利亚避难所的自然环境及其周围环境和SERF的学科领域提供几门完整的大学课程。翻修还将提高开展正式和非正式教育的能力，并为来自新墨西哥州、美国及其他地区的所有年龄段的游客创造外展体验。UNM是一个少数民族服务机构，Sevilleta Field Station和Sevilleta LTER计划致力于提高少数民族参与实地研究。增加更舒适的住房，以补充我们新的塞维利亚教育和研究设施将大大有助于我们在这奋进的努力。

This award will be used to create additional residence space at the University of New Mexico's Sevilleta Field Station, allowing us to fully utilize the opportunities created by the new UNM Sevilleta Education and Research Facility (SERF). The latter is being constructed in two phases with funds from the US Fish and Wildlife Service ($6.5 million) and the University of New Mexico ($1.4 million). Phase I, the research wing, is complete. The construction of Phase II, the teaching and outreach wing, will begin this spring (2007). The Sevilleta Field Station is entering a new era. The station came into being in the late 1980's to support the UNM Sevilleta Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. In the past decade, LTER use of the station has grown, non-LTER research activities at the station have grown, and the mission of the station has expanded to include research, education and outreach activities beyond the LTER program. Renovation of existing buildings to provide residence space will allow field station housing capacity to keep pace with classroom and laboratory facilities. One goal is to offer several full college-level courses each summer in subject areas that take advantage of the natural environment of the Sevilleta refuge and its surrounding environment, and the SERF. The renovations also will allow greater capability to conduct formal and informal education and create outreach experiences for visitors of all ages from New Mexico, the US, and beyond. UNM is a minority serving institution, and the Sevilleta Field Station and Sevilleta LTER Program are dedicated to enhancing minority participation in field-based research. Adding more comfortable housing to complement our new Sevilleta Education and Research Facility will greatly aid us in this endeavor.