Field station name: Cedar Mountain Science Center
URL: mountaincenter@suu.edu
Year founded: 1998
Mission statement: The Cedar Mountain Science Center is a successful environmental education organization sponsored by Southern Utah University in partnership with all regional stakeholders. Funded by the Utah State Legislature and established in 1998, the Center forms partnerships with schools, national and state parks, land-use entities, community governments, and cultural organizations for the purpose of improving environmental education for teachers and students. The Center has a strategic location at the junction of all the major intermountain ecological provinces.
Annual visitors: 420
Land: 15 acres (6 hectares)
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Outreach Goals
[✓ = applies to this field station, ✗ = does not apply to this field station]
✗ Build community
✗ Disseminate place-based knowledge and/or skills
✓ Encourage conservation or environmental stewardship
✓ Inspire curiosity
✗ Make field station resources available to the public
✓ Promote STEM careers
✗ Raise awareness of the field station's work
✗ Raise money
✗ Reach a particular audience
✓ Teach about the environment generally
✗ Teach researchers how to communicate with the public