FSML: Development of a Multi-Use Facility at Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Field Station

该奖项为在爱丽丝湖建造一座新的多功能建筑提供了部分支持。基贝野外站位于密西西比河上，靠近伊利诺斯州与爱荷华州和密苏里州的边界。 4200平方米英尺这座建筑将包括48个宿舍，一个餐厅和礼堂以及相关的厨房。 该设施将使用绝缘混凝土模板建造，这将使建筑物的能源效率大大提高，并防止龙卷风和强风暴，这是现有车站设施所不能提供的。Kibbe站有一个活跃的本科生和研究生研究项目，夏季实地课程的悠久传统，以及越来越多的K-12教育和服务型项目。 正在进行的研究包括对淡水贻贝、海龟、鱼类、两栖动物和真菌的种群动态和多样性的长期研究，以及对秃鹰越冬生态的研究，以及正在进行的白尾鹿对草本和木本多样性的影响的研究。 自1966年以来，已经提供了各种生物学领域的本科生和研究生水平课程。

This award provides partial support for construction of a new multipurpose building at the Alice L. Kibbe field station located on the Mississippi River near the Illinois border with Iowa and Missouri. The 4200 sq. ft. building will include dormitory accommodations for 48, and a combination dining hall and auditorium and associated kitchen. The facility will be constructed with using insulated concrete forms, which provides a building with significantly increased energy efficiency over standard frame construction, and protection from tornados and strong storms, which the existing station facilities do not provide. The Kibbe station has an active undergraduate and graduate research program, a long tradition of summer field classes, and an increasing number of K-12 educational and service-oriented programs. Ongoing research includes long-term studies on the population dynamics and diversity of freshwater mussels, turtles, fish, amphibians and fungi as well as, studies about the wintering ecology of bald eagles, and the influence of white-tailed deer browsing on herbaceous and woody diversity are in progress. Undergraduate and graduate level classes in a variety of biological fields have been offered since 1966.