Quail Ridge Reserve Field Station Remodel

加州大学戴维斯分校获得了一笔赠款，用于改造现有的位于奎尔岭保护区的800平方英尺的野外空间站。野外站是保护区所有活动的枢纽--它为所有研究人员、班级和游客提供支持基础设施。更新后的设施将提供一个高效、卫生的厨房、两个无障碍浴室、一个专用计算机服务器机房和一个开放的多功能空间。多用途空间将作为保护区的中央会议区域，作为研究空间和室内就餐选择。保护区的所有用户在到达现场后，在前往特定的野战区之前，都会参观野战站。增加一个符合美国反兴奋剂机构的停车位和洗手间，将为所有游客提供便利。外勤站的改建补充了最近建造的8个过夜帐篷小屋，使保护区的过夜能力从4个增加到32个。服务器机房将为保护区广泛的网络基础设施提供多台服务器的气候控制之家。增加的服务器和计算能力将支持最近部署的自动动物跟踪系统和无线网状网络产生的研究活动。这个网络为参与者提供了从任何地点访问和查看摄像机、声音记录和动物活动的能力。鹌鹑岭的研究项目继续增长，现在除了许多研究生项目外，还包括几个由NSF资助的项目。在设计良好的野外考察站工作的一个基本优势是有可能进行跨学科的互动，这往往会导致新的合作，特别是在鹅岭保护区的情况下，来自非常不同的社会经济、种族和教育背景的学生之间可以进行真正的跨文化互动。目前在保护区从事教学和研究的教职员工中有一半是女性，几个为少数民族服务的机构大量使用保护区，许多参与研究项目的学生是第一代大学参与者。目前，该保护区正在与约翰缪尔环境研究所和环保部进行协调。加州大学戴维斯分校教育部长正在开发一个公民科学扩展项目，以访问、分类和存档这些远程传感器收集的数据。欲了解更多有关鹌鹑岭保护区的信息，请访问他们的网站：http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/quail.html.

The University of California Davis is awarded a grant to remodel the existing 800-square foot field station at the Quail Ridge Reserve. The field station is the hub of all activity at the reserve - it provides support infrastructure to all researchers, classes, and visitors. The updated facility will provide an efficient, hygienic kitchen, two accessible bathrooms, a dedicated computer server room, and an open multipurpose space. The multipurpose space will serve as a central meeting area for the reserve, as a research space and an indoor dining option. All users of the reserve visit the field station when they arrive on site, before going on to a specific field area. The addition of an ADA-compliant parking space and restrooms will provide accessibility to all visitors. The field station remodel complements the recent construction of 8 tent cabins for overnight stays, increasing the overnight capacity of the reserve from 4 to 32. The server room will provide a climate-controlled home for multiple servers dedicated to the extensive cyber-infrastructure of the reserve. Increased server and computing capacity will support research activities resulting from a recently deployed automated animal tracking system and wireless mesh network. This network provides the ability for participants to access and view cameras, acoustical records, and animal movement from any location.The research program at Quail Ridge continues to grow, and now includes several NSF-fundedprojects in addition to many graduate student projects. A fundamental advantage of working at a well-designed field station is the potential for cross-disciplinary interactions, often resulting in novel collaborations, and, particularly in the case of the Quail Ridge Reserve, for truly cross-cultural interactions between students from very different socioeconomic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Half of the faculty currently involved in teaching and research at the reserve are women, several minority-serving institutions use the reserve heavily, and many of the students participating in research projects are firstgeneration college attendees. Quail Ridge Reserve is currently in the process of coordinating with the John Muir Institute of the Environment and the Dept. of Education at UC Davis in developing a citizen-science outreach project to access, catalogue, and archive data collected by these remote sensors. For futher information about Quail Ridge Reserve, please visit their website at http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/quail.html.