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

位于博尔德的科罗拉多大学获得了一笔赠款，用于扩建和翻新山区研究站（MRS）的基奥瓦实验室。 这项工程计划将可应付医学研究所对实验室和教学空间日益增加的需求，而该中心目前已满负荷运作。 教学和实验室空间将增加1055平方英尺，或现有教学和实验室空间的30%。 经过翻新和扩建的基奥瓦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，包括可供个人研究人员用于样品分类和称重、显微镜检查、土壤制备和组装现场设备等任务的灵活空间。 该空间还将用作教室，用于K-12学校和CU主校区的学年课程以及MRS实地课程。 该项目将特别有利于与几个项目相关的K-12外展，包括CU正在进行的NSF GK12项目，以及CU Science Discovery和MRS资助的小学高山生态项目，该项目针对丹佛公立学校系统的市中心学校。 将从扩建中受益的研究计划包括博尔德溪地壳带观测站、NSF REU场地赠款、尼沃特岭LTER计划、氖（MRS是南落基山脉/科罗拉多高原域的核心地点），以及众多使用MRS作为野外工作基地的个人研究人员。MRS是科罗拉多大学成立于1920年的跨学科研究设施，致力于推动山区生态系统的研究。 山地资源研究所的使命是促进研究和教育，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CU博尔德主校区以西40公里处，位于落基山脉南部Front Range山脉2900米处，位于大学拥有的85公顷Columbine Springs Preserve。 酒店周围环绕着阿拉帕霍国家森林（Arapaho National Forest），距离博尔德市（City of Boulder）流域不到5公里。 在MRS周围的亚高山带有许多生物群落，包括黑松、云杉冷杉和白杨林、亚高山草甸、湿地、湖泊和溪流，反映了该地区多样的地形和干扰历史。有关MRS的更多信息，请访问www.example.com。

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/.