Renovation and Expansion of the Kiowa Teaching Laboratory at the University of Colorado Mountain Research Station

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校获得了一笔赠款，用于扩建和翻新山区研究站（MRS）的基奥瓦实验室。该项目将满足MRS对实验室和教学空间日益增长的需求，目前这些空间已满负荷运转。教学和实验室空间将增加1055平方英尺，占现有教学和实验室空间的30%。经过翻新和扩建的Kiowa实验室将为学生和研究人员提供一般的实验室和教学空间，包括个人研究人员可以使用的灵活空间，如分类和称重样品，显微镜，土壤准备和组装现场设备。该空间还将用作参观K-12学校和CU主校区的学年课程的教室，以及MRS实地课程。该项目将特别受益于与几个项目相关的K-12外展，包括科罗拉多大学正在进行的NSF GK12项目，以及科罗拉多大学科学发现和MRS针对丹佛公立学校系统内城区学校的小学高山生态项目。从扩展中受益的研究项目包括Boulder Creek地壳带观测站、NSF REU站点拨款、Niwot Ridge LTER项目、NEON （MRS是南落基山脉/科罗拉多高原域的核心站点），以及许多使用MRS作为实地工作基地的个人研究人员。MRS是科罗拉多大学的一个跨学科研究机构，成立于1920年，致力于推进山区生态系统的研究。该研究的任务是促进研究和教育，以更好地了解山区生物和物理系统的独特模式和过程，以及环境变化如何影响这些模式和过程。MRS位于科罗拉多大学博尔德校区以西40公里处，位于落基山脉南部的前山脉2900米处，位于大学拥有的85公顷的科伦拜恩温泉保护区。有人住过吗？周围有阿拉帕霍国家森林，请问有人住过吗？在MRS周围的亚高山地区有大量的生物群落，包括黑松、云杉、白杨林、亚高山草甸、湿地、湖泊和溪流，反映了该地区多样的地形和扰动历史。有关MRS的更多信息可在http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/上找到。

The University of Colorado, Boulder is awarded a grant to expand and renovate the Kiowa Laboratory at the Mountain Research Station (MRS). The project will meet the increasing demands for laboratory and teaching space at the MRS which are currently at full capacity. Teaching and laboratory space will be increased by 1055 ft2, or 30% of existing teaching and lab space. The renovated and expanded Kiowa Laboratory will provide general lab and teaching space for students and researchers, including flexible space that can be used by individual researchers for tasks such as sorting and weighing samples, microscopy, soil preparation, and assembling field equipment. The space will also be utilized as classrooms for visiting academic-year courses from K-12 schools and the main CU campus, and MRS field courses. The project will specifically benefit K-12 outreach associated with several programs, including an ongoing NSF GK12 program from CU, and an elementary school Alpine Ecology program fun by CU Science Discovery and the MRS that targets inner-city schools from the Denver Public School system. Research programs that will benefit from the expansion include the Boulder Creek Crustal Zone Observatory, a NSF REU site grant, the Niwot Ridge LTER program, NEON (MRS is a core site for the Southern Rockies/ Colorado Plateau Domain), and numerous individual researchers who use the MRS as a base for their field work.The MRS is an interdisciplinary research facility of the University of Colorado established in 1920, devoted to the advancement of the study of mountain ecosystems. The mission of the MRS is to facilitate research and education to better understand the unique patterns and processes of biotic and physical systems in mountains, and how environmental changes may influence these patterns and processes. The MRS is located 40 km west of the main CU Boulder campus, at 2900 m in the Front Range of the southern Rocky Mountains, on the 85 ha Columbine Springs Preserve owned by the University. The property is surrounded by the Arapaho National Forest, and is within 5 km of the City of Boulder watershed. There are numerous biological communities in the subalpine zone surrounding the MRS, including lodgepole pine, spruce-fir, and aspen forests, subalpine meadows, wetlands, and lakes and streams, reflecting the diverse topography and disturbance history of the region. Further information about MRS may be found at http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/.