Renovations to Increase Residence Capacity at the UNM Sevilleta Field Station

这笔奖金将用于在新墨西哥大学的塞维莱塔野外站创造更多的居住空间，使我们能够充分利用新的新墨西哥州大学塞维莱塔教育和研究设施(SERF)创造的机会。后者正在分两期建设，资金来自美国鱼类和野生动物服务局(650万美元)和新墨西哥大学(140万美元)。第一阶段，即研究侧翼，已经完成。第二阶段的教学和外展部分将于今年春季(2007年)开始施工。塞维莱塔野战站正在进入一个新时代。该站成立于20世纪80年代末的S，以支持新墨西哥州大学塞维莱塔长期生态研究(LTER)计划。在过去的十年中，长期热辐射实验站的使用有所增加，空间站的非长期热能实验站的研究活动也有所增加，空间站的任务已扩大到除了长期热能实验站计划之外还包括研究、教育和外联活动。翻新现有建筑以提供居住空间，将使外勤站的住房能力与教室和实验室设施保持同步。其中一个目标是每年夏天在利用塞维莱塔避难所及其周围环境和农奴的自然环境的学科领域提供几个完整的大学水平的课程。翻修还将使其有更大的能力进行正式和非正式的教育，并为来自新墨西哥州、美国和其他地区的所有年龄层的游客创造外展体验。UNM是一个为少数群体服务的机构，塞维莱塔实地站和塞维莱塔长期研究方案致力于加强少数群体对实地研究的参与。增加更舒适的住房，补充我们新的塞维莱塔教育和研究设施，将极大地帮助我们这一努力。

This award will be used to create additional residence space at the University of New Mexico's Sevilleta Field Station, allowing us to fully utilize the opportunities created by the new UNM Sevilleta Education and Research Facility (SERF). The latter is being constructed in two phases with funds from the US Fish and Wildlife Service ($6.5 million) and the University of New Mexico ($1.4 million). Phase I, the research wing, is complete. The construction of Phase II, the teaching and outreach wing, will begin this spring (2007). The Sevilleta Field Station is entering a new era. The station came into being in the late 1980's to support the UNM Sevilleta Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. In the past decade, LTER use of the station has grown, non-LTER research activities at the station have grown, and the mission of the station has expanded to include research, education and outreach activities beyond the LTER program. Renovation of existing buildings to provide residence space will allow field station housing capacity to keep pace with classroom and laboratory facilities. One goal is to offer several full college-level courses each summer in subject areas that take advantage of the natural environment of the Sevilleta refuge and its surrounding environment, and the SERF. The renovations also will allow greater capability to conduct formal and informal education and create outreach experiences for visitors of all ages from New Mexico, the US, and beyond. UNM is a minority serving institution, and the Sevilleta Field Station and Sevilleta LTER Program are dedicated to enhancing minority participation in field-based research. Adding more comfortable housing to complement our new Sevilleta Education and Research Facility will greatly aid us in this endeavor.