Field station name: Merriam-Powell Research Station
URL: https://nau.edu/merriam-powell/research-station/
Year founded: 1986
Mission statement: The Merriam-Powell Research Station aims to support research, education, and collaboration. By offering affordable housing and research facilities it’s goal is to assist scientists and students to conduct field work, as well as enabling educational, scientific, non-profit, and governmental organizations to hold day-long or multi-day meetings and workshops.
Annual visitors: 100
Land: 5 acres (2 hectares)
Location:
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✗ 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
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- Day-long training for K–12 teachers
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates program
- University of Oklahoma course on the geology and botany of the Colorado Plateau
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