Construction of a New Accommodation Building and Teaching Room at the Rutgers Pinelands Field Station

美国国家科学基金会在约翰·戴顿博士的指导下，向罗格斯大学拨款99,545美元，用于建造通往其Pinelland野战站的宿舍楼和教室。由于最近在新泽西州松树荒地使用这个野外站的人数增加，罗格斯大学试图改善站内的设施，以便能够主办该大学提供的短期住宿课程，并向其他也在寻求在这个独特的生态系统中教授自己的课程的大学和学院提供这些设施。该研究站以前主要是一个研究设施。因此，对该地区生态和林业的兴趣吸引了许多希望短期使用实验室设施或建立长期监测计划的研究人员。近年来，缺乏足够的住宿来支持访问研究人员的问题一直很严重，限制了非本地机构的使用。拟建的新大楼将提供多达20人的宿舍和单间，从而同时容纳学生班和访问研究人员。此外，大楼还将提供一个供教育和会议使用的教室。现有的一栋建筑将改建为教学实验室。除了为罗格斯大学社区服务外，该设施还将提供给表示希望在该领域教授课程的其他大学和教学机构。与Pinelands保护联盟和卡姆登的新泽西州立水族馆合作，新设施将为市中心的学童，特别是他们的教育工作者提供实地体验教育的场所。

ABSTRACTThe National Science Foundation has awarded $ 99, 545 to the Rutgers University under the direction of Dr. John Dighton for the construction of an accommodation building and classroom to its Pinelands Field Station. Due to recent growth in use of this field station in the New Jersey pine barrens, Rutgers University has sought to improve the facilities at the station to be able to host short-term residential courses offered by the university and to provide those facilities to other universities and colleges who are also seeking to teach their own courses in the unique ecosystem. The research station was formerly mainly a research facility. As such, interest in the ecology and forestry of the area has attracted many researchers who wish to use the laboratory facilities on a short-term basis or to set up long-term monitoring programs. The lack of adequate accommodation to support visiting researchers has been acute in recent years and has limited its use by non-local institutions.The proposed new building will provide accommodation for up to 20 people in both dormitory and individual rooms, thus accommodating both student classes and visiting researchers. In addition, the building will provide a classroom for educational use and meetings. An existing building will be converted into a teaching laboratory. In addition to serving the Rutgers University community, the facility will be available to other universities and teaching institutes who have expressed a desire to teach courses in the field. In partnership with the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and the New Jersey State Aquarium at Camden, the new facilities will provide a venue for field experiential education for inner city school children and, particularly, their educators.