设施

Visitors Center and Bird Observatory

的博士. 约翰D. Brumbaugh Visitors Center includes displays on natural history, 一间教室, 卫生间, 以及进入鸟类天文台的通道. Most programs, lectures, and workshops meet in the Visitors Center. Visit the information desk in the lobby for paper copies of the 自然中心's trail map and newsletter, 查看程序和事件信息, and register for programs and events in person.

的 Bird Observatory provides year round viewing of birds, and resources to better appreciate them, 在一个安静和舒适的环境. 游客中心全年开放.

科赫环境学习中心

的 科赫环境学习中心 provides classroom, 图书馆, and office space at the John T. Huston-Dr. 约翰D. Brumbaugh 自然中心 of the Mount Union大学. 的 Learning Center is the gift of Dr. Robert Spitzer, in memory of his wife, Dr. 伊丽莎白·科赫58岁.

的 科赫环境学习中心 includes a 图书馆, 一间教室, and 实验室 space. It is used by Mount Union classes, visiting school groups, adult programs, and workshops.

的 space of the facility nearly doubled the size of the original Visitors Center and vastly increases our potential for more hands-on lab work with students.

Mount Union大学 students in courses such as ecology and environmental science, as well as a variety of other academic disciplines, use the lab at the 科赫环境学习中心. 的 lab’s location at the 自然中心 allows access to many field sites just outside the door.

的 图书馆 in the 科赫环境学习中心 contains hundreds of volumes on natural history and other topics related to the site. Most of the books are cataloged in the Mount Union 图书馆 Catalog and are available for students on campus and elsewhere through inter图书馆 loan.

属性

的 main property of the 自然中心 encompasses 162 acres of land in Washington Township, 32 of which were bought at auction in 2003 and another 20 acres were purchased from a neighboring landowner in 2014.

的 original portion of the property (110 acres) was donated by Dr. 约翰D. Brumbaugh in 1986 and is divided into three main areas of growth. 的 "New Woods" on the western edge of the property are no more than 60 years old. 的se trees have grown back from cultivated farmland since the 1960s. 的 "Middle Woods" regenerated from a heavily grazed pasture. This area was too steep and rugged for cultivation. 的 "Old Woods" are virgin timber to Ohio. This area at the eastern end of the 自然中心 has only ever been lightly pastured and never cleared of its trees.

北方的森林

的 North Woods Property contains 18 acres of agricultural field and 14 acres of forest and meadow. This area contains the Children’s Hands-on Educational Garden, 观察塔, 迷宫, 蜜蜂的院子里, 还有一条蓝鸟小径. Gardening programs are offered throughout the growing season for all ages. 的 site is also used for research on topics such as rainwater runoff, 边缘效应, 图的大小, 物种间的相互作用.

JAMES AND ESTHER BALL RESEARCH FOREST 

的 James and Esther Ball Research Forest, also known as Con-Angi, is especially important to our research because it is located outside of the area of glaciation. It is characterized by being hillier than the other properties and it contains a large coniferous stand. 康-安吉只有22岁.5 acres and is not open to the public. This property was donated by James and Esther Ball to the 自然中心 in 1995 in the form of a gift purchase.