The Powdermill Nature Reserve is an environmental research center that is operated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

[2][3] Established in 1956, Powdermill serves as a field station for long-term studies of natural populations, and now forms the core of the museum's Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystems.

[3] It is located in the Laurel Highlands, 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Pittsburgh near Rector, Pennsylvania.

[2] Powdermill is well known for its avian research and is one of the longest continually-running bird banding stations in the United States.

[4] Powdermill has also been contributing radio telemetry data for bird tracking to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System since 2016.