This field station includes five
properties managed by the Department of Biology for the purposes of research,
education, and service. These sites include the Monahan Outdoor Education
Center, the Natural History Reserve, the Robb Prairie, the O’Malley Prairies,
and the Sperry Home. The two main properties (Monahan and Reserve) are located
in the Brush Creek watershed in Crawford and Cherokee counties of southeast
Kansas. The watershed – its land and water – reflects a legacy of ecological
disturbance due to coal and lead/zinc mining in southeast Kansas. The properties
and the surrounding area provide opportunities for understanding the restoration
process and the ecology and biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
(woodland, grassland, wetlands, streams, strip-mine lakes) in the context of a
human-modified landscape.
The Mission
The primary mission of this station is to promote an
understanding of disturbed ecosystems and restoration ecology and through research, education, and service.
Contacts
For information about the Biological Station, contact Dr. Jim Triplett,
620.235.4730, fax: 620.235.4194.
