Construction of Student Dorms at the Southwest Research Station

美国自然历史博物馆获得了一笔赠款，用于改造现有的住房单元，并在亚利桑那州东南部的西南研究站建造两座新的住宅楼。西南研究站(SWRS)由纽约美国自然历史博物馆生物多样性与保护中心(CBC)领导。SWRS于1955年开始作为研究机构运行。在过去的50年里，SWRS为研究人员、学生和班级提供了住房、食物和实验室设施。该计划中提出的结构改进使SWRS能够：1)通过提供充足、优质的实验室空间、设备和住房来提高空间站的研究能力；2)接触科学界，吸引高素质的生物多样性保护科学家和学生；3)通过提供充足、优质的教室空间和设备来支持更多的教育课程和讲习班；4)实现目标，不仅减少空间站对环境的影响，而且还改善奇里卡瓦山脉的生态；以及5)通过减少对外部能源的依赖，努力成为一个示范研究站。新的结构将是一个宿舍，将增加32个新的床位。另一种是Casita平面图，可容纳8张新床，配置灵活，可容纳家庭和高级研究用户。现有结构将进行改造，以实现更灵活的配置和额外的功能，如厨房。SWRS是一个独特的综合体的一部分，该综合体由大约27个山脉组成，位于美国西南部的马德里安群岛/天空群岛，周围是科罗纳多国家森林。SWRS主持了1120多名高级和学生研究人员的工作，包括一些对科学理解生物多样性做出开创性贡献的长期研究。SWRS的研究人员收集的许多数据对马德里安天空岛栖息地和物种的保护和管理有直接影响。在过去的二十年里，培训课程和专业讲习班已成为社会保障研究中心教育活动的一个组成部分。由于在这些课程中学到的知识，参与者使SWR能够更好地进行他们的研究、教学和/或保护工作。欲了解更多有关《海上救援计划》的信息，请访问网站：http://research.amnh.org/swrs/.

The American Museum of Natural History is awarded a grant to remodel existing housing units and construct two new residential structures at the Southwest Research Station in southeastern Arizona. The Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) is under the direction of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York. The SWRS began operation as a research facility in 1955. For the past five decades, the SWRS has provided housing, food, and lab facilities for researchers, students, and classes. The structural improvements set forth in this plan allows the SWRS to: 1) improve research capacity of the station by providing ample, quality lab space, equipment, and housing; 2) reach out to the scientific community and attract high caliber biodiversity conservation scientists and students; 3) support additional educational classes and workshops by providing ample, quality classroom space and equipment; 4) meet goals in a way that not only reduces the station's impact on the environment, but also enhances the ecology of the Chiricahua Mountains; and 5) work towards becoming a model research station by reducing dependency on outside energy sources. The new structure will be a dorm that will add 32 new beds. The other is a casita floor plan with capacity for 8 new beds with flexible configuration to accommodate families and senior research users. Existing structures will be remodeled to enable more flexible configuration and additional features such as kitchens.The SWRS is part of a unique complex of about 27 mountain ranges, the Madrean Archipelago/Sky Islands of the southwestern U.S., and is surrounded by the Coronado National Forest. The SWRS has hosted the work of over 1,120 senior and student researchers, including some long-term studies that are seminal contributions to the scientific understanding of biodiversity. Much of the data collected by researchers at the SWRS has direct impact on the conservation and management of the Madrean Sky Island habitats and species. In the past two decades, training courses and professional workshops have become an integral part of educational activities at the SWRS. Participants leave the SWRS better equipped to pursue their research, teaching, and/or conservation efforts because of knowledge gained in these courses. For more information on the SWRS, see the website at http://research.amnh.org/swrs/.