Construction and Equipping of a Technical Research Laboratory, at the Southwestern Research Station

自1955年以来，美国自然历史博物馆的研究机构西南研究站一直在促进和便利在美国西南部工作的自然科学家的调查。每年，来自全国各地和海外的一百多名科学家来到该站研究火山岩结构、鸟类、爬行动物、两栖动物、蜘蛛、昆虫、植物和哺乳动物。这些科学家被科学设施、研究人员社区以及奇里卡华山脉和周围沙漠地区丰富的独特生物群吸引到该站。该观测站位于海拔5400英尺的90英亩土地上，是奇里卡华山脉东侧洞穴溪峡谷（北美最杰出的观鸟地点之一）的最高私人土地。它被美国林务局财产（科罗纳多国家森林）所包围。对野外研究人员来说，这个地点的科学意义来自于栖息地的生态多样性和生物分类的多样性，这些生物可能在距离该设施几英里的范围内发现。这个项目将改进研究站的技术设施，以满足现代野外科学家的需要。科学家越来越频繁地依靠先进的技术发展来探索自然。现有的建筑和设备适合多种类型的传统研究收集。但生理生态学、生物化学分类学和显微显微镜是野外科学家重要的现代工具。目前空间站缺少一个可以控制环境温度的实验室。该项目将通过建造一座小型现代建筑，并为其配备显微镜、天平和温控室来纠正这种情况。

Since 1955 The Southwestern Research Station, a research facility of The American Museum of Natural History, has been promoting and facilitating investigations by natural scientists who work in the American Southwest. Each year well over a hundred scientists, from around the country and overseas, come to the Station to study volcanic rock structures, birds, reptiles, amphibians, spiders, insects, plants and mammals. These scientists are attracted to the Station by the scientific facilities, the researcher community, and the richness of the unique biota of the Chiricahua Mountains and surrounding desert areas. The Station, located on a 90 acre site at 5400 feet elevation, is the uppermost private land in Cave Creek Canyon (one of the most outstanding birding localities in North America) on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. It is surrounded by U.S. Forest Service property (Coronado National Forest). The scientific significance of the site for field researchers results from the ecological diversity of habitats and the taxonomic diversity of organisms that may be found within a few miles of the facility. This project will improve the technical facilities of the Research Station in order to meet the needs of modern field scientists. With increasing frequency, scientist are relying on sophisticated technological developments to probe nature. The existing buildings and equipment are suitable for many types of traditional research collecting. But physiological ecology, biochemical taxonomy, and photomicroscopy are important modern tools for field scientists. Currently the Station lacks a laboratory where ambient temperature can be controlled. The project will rectify that situation through the construction of a small modern building, and by equipping it with microscopes, balances and temperature controlled chambers.