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HBS Research and Education Facilities

For pictures of each of the buildings and facilities, click on the titles. Locations of each can be found on the STATION MAP

MAIN BUILDING – Contains main offices, class and lecture rooms, research laboratories, and kitchen/dining room
 
RESOURCE BUILDING – Contains class and research space, Herbarium, shop/fabrication areas, and storage; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
MESOCOSM FACILITY – Composed of a 1600 sq ft glasshouse for controlled experiments, wet laboratories, and 5000 sq ft outside mesocosm area; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
BOATHOUSE – Contains 8 slips and 2 enclosed research/storage areas; houses the Station’s 3, 28-ft pontoon boats and the Surveyor I research vessel
 
WELL HOUSE – Station water supply; also contains forestry/maintenance/fabrication area
 
PICNIC AREA – Available for University sponsored functions; also contains canoes, rowboats, and sailboats and a paddle/life preserver storage building
 
ARTIFICIAL WETLAND COMPLEX – Handles Station wastewater treatment; contains a wide variety of aquatic plants and is a prime bird viewing area
 
PRAIRIE – (not shown on map) – A natural prairie remnant that is maintained through controlled burns
 
  PONDS – (not shown on map) - The Station maintains a number of small woodland ponds for research
 
NATURE TRAIL – More than a mile long, this interpretive trail was created by a local Boy Scout troop
 
HOUSING
 
RESEARCHER CABINS CONTAINING FULL KITCHENS AND BATHS
 
WOLFSON – Named in honor of Alfred and Emily Wolfson, this cabin can house up to 10 visitors
 
SCHNAUTZ – Named in honor of Ed Schnautz, long-time Station Manager and naturalist; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
RAFINESQUE – Named in honor of Samuel Constantine Rafinesque, Kentucky naturalist in the early 1800s; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
AUDUBON – Named in honor of James J. Audubon, Kentucky naturalist and ornithologist in the early 1800s; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
STUDENT CABINS SERVICED BY THE BATHHOUSE
 
CABINS 1-10 – 2 person units
 
CABINS 11-13 – 4 person units
 
 
Last Updated on November 2, 2007.
This site was created at the Center for Reservoir Research, Murray State University.
 
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