Overview
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.
Contact Information
For information about the Biological Station, contact Dr. Jim Triplett (jtriplet@pittstate.edu) or Dr. Steve Ford (sford@pittstate.edu).