FSML: Outdoor research garden and rainwater collection system at Tyson Research Center

这一行动为华盛顿大学环境野外站、密苏里州尤里卡的泰森研究中心(TRC)的研究花园和雨水收集系统提供了资金。真相与和解委员会的网站是www.tyson.wustl.edu。该花园补充了TRC最近的其他改进，这些改进大大提高了景观规模的操纵生态研究、陆地植物生态学和水生生态学的研究效率；教学活动包括为本科生提供研究经验；以及公众宣传与正在进行的研究相结合。除了最近在环境科学方面的研究和推广增加之外，真相与和解委员会对可持续设施的承诺也导致了最近真相与和解委员会用户群的多样化，现在除了自然科学家外，还包括建筑师、工程师和艺术家。最近的一项设施计划将研究花园和雨水收集系统确定为需要高度优先的改进，以充分利用其他改进带来的科学和教育机会。与目前正在进行的翻修和建设项目相结合，研究花园提供了一个集中的跨学科研究空间，将来自不同和分散的实地地点的研究人员聚集在一起，在支持几个国家科学基金资助的研究项目的同时，允许更多的合作机会。此外，花园的集中位置使TRC的部分实地研究进入学生研究人员、外展访问者和来访公众的视野，从而提供了更多的教学和外展机会。最后，这个无障碍的、易于使用的实验空间为TRC的NSF资助的非正式科学教育计划提供了新的机会，将实验纳入实地课程，从而使其受益。

This action funds a research garden and rainwater collection system at Washington University's environmental field station, the Tyson Research Center (TRC) in Eureka, MO. TRC's website is www.tyson.wustl.edu. The garden complements other recent improvements at TRC that are substantially increasing research productivity in landscape-scale manipulative ecological research, terrestrial plant ecology and aquatic ecology; teaching activity including research experiences for undergraduates; and public outreach integrated with ongoing research. In addition to this recent increase in research and outreach in the environmental sciences, TRC's commitment to sustainable facilities has led to a recent diversification of TRC's user base, which now includes architects, engineers, and artists, in addition to natural scientists. A recent facilities plan identified the research garden and rainwater collection system as high priority improvements needed to fully exploit the scientific and educational opportunities made possible by the other improvements. In conjunction with current renovation and construction projects in progress, the research garden provides a centralized, interdisciplinary research space that brings together researchers from their various and widely-separated field sites, allowing for greater opportunities for collaboration while supporting several NSF-funded research projects. Additionally, the centralized location of the garden allows for greater teaching and outreach opportunities by bringing a part of the field research at TRC into view of student researchers, outreach visitors, and visiting members of the public. Finally, this accessible, easy-to-use experimental space benefits TRC's NSF-funded informal science education program by providing new opportunities for including experimentation in field courses.