University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
College of Biological Sciences
http://www.cbs.umn.edu/
In the field
Checking water levels
Flower
Checking Water levels
Green plot of land

FIELD STATIONS

The Earth's population is expected to increase from six billion to nine billion within the next 50 years. How can we provide food and energy for that many people without destroying global ecosystems, which provide clean air and water?

The answer to that question can only be found through field research. Field stations have become the battlegrounds where scientists are waging war against serious threats to the environment from agricultural practices, energy demands, land use and global population growth.

Although they are located away from the University's urban campuses, they are as close to the heart of its research mission as the most sophisticated molecular biology laboratory. The University of Minnesota is fortunate to have two field stations, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve and Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories.