Construction of a Multi-user Hostel at the Mountain Research Station

科罗拉多大学的研究站（MRS）一直是一个首屈一指的机构，支持研究和教学超过70年。 主要重点是高山冻原研究，虽然接近不同的生态系统使该站成为一个独特的地理位置。 该站为尼沃特岭LTER计划提供了主要的后勤支持，并为众多的个人调查员和几个联邦实验室提供了便利，包括EPA，NOAA和国家大气层研究中心，以及由NSF为本科生和高中生提供暑期课程支持的众多项目，该站也是学术会议的热门地点。 在过去5年中，由于越来越多地使用MRS进行研究、教学和会议，因此对住房的可用性提出了更高的要求，导致MRS无法满足所有使用该设施的要求。 在MRS住房是在质朴，但舒适的小屋和宿舍。 大部分的小木屋建于1950年代，只有一个新的建于1960年和1996年之间。 该宿舍为研究人员和学生提供了负担得起的住房，但由于公用事业和安全问题，目前的状况需要更换。 该项目将支持建造一个新的宿舍，以增加住房容量，为学术会议、研讨会、课程和专题讨论会提供一个新的地点，并为研究人员和学生提供一个全年过冬的住房设施。

The University of Colorado's Research Station (MRS) has been a premier institution supporting research and teaching for over 70 years. The primary focus has been on alpine tundra research, although the proximity to diverse ecosystems makes the station a unique geographical location. The station provides the primary logistical support for the Niwot Ridge LTER program, and facilitates numerous individual investigators and several federal labs, including EPA, NOAA, and the National Center for Atomospheric Research as well as numerous projects supported by NSF summer courses for undergraduate and high school students, and is the station a popular site for academic conferences. Increased use of the MRS for research, teaching, and conferences in the past 5 years has put more of a premium on the availability of housing, resulting in an inability of the MRS to accomodate all requests for the use of the facility. Housing at the MRS is in rustic, but comfortable cabins and a hostel. The majority of the cabins were built in the 1950's, with only one new built added between 1960 and 1996. The hostel has provided affordable housing for researchers and students, but its current state requires replacement, due to utility and safety concerns. This project will support construction of a new hostel to increase housing capacity, provide a new location for academic meetings, seminars, classes, and symposia, and provide a winterized year-round housing facility for researchers and students.