Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
The station contains research facilities and equipment, conducts undergraduate education and courses, and serves as center for conferences, symposia, and retreats.
[2][5] The University of Pittsburgh established a biological field station at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania on the shores of Lake Erie in 1926.
This has included the acquisition of three research properties, Wallace Woods, Beagle Road, and the Livingston Farm, that total 360 acres (150 ha).
[3] The lab and teaching facilities of the Pymatuning Laboratory are located within public lands consisting of an 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) Wildlife Sanctuary and Propagation area owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In addition, the Pymatuning Laboratory owns 360 acres (150 ha) of research sites that includes tracts of forest, successional field, and wetland along Linesville Creek in the Pymatuning watershed, and another tract of successional meadow, designated for experimental plantings and manipulations, a few miles from the laboratory site.
This 13-acre (5.3 ha) site contains eight research laboratories, a stockroom, environmental chambers, a −40 °C (−40 °F) freezer, wireless internet, a computer lab, and 24-hour emergency power back-up.
In addition, there is a 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) building containing aquatic and terrestrial research laboratories, a large garage for storage, two water wells, temperature controlled rooms, offices, restrooms, internet access, and a modern security system.
Tryon-Weber Woods is an 84-acre (34 ha) site of forested land that is stewarded by Pymatuning Lab and owned by the Western Pennsylvania Nature Conservancy.
The Janette Rose Tryon Reserve contains 80 acres (32 ha) of forested land that was selectively logged in recent decades.
The Housing Site also maintains a supply of recreation equipment including canoes, kayaks, a volleyball court, and a horseshoe pit, and is nearby are beaches for swimming and trails for hiking, biking, bird watching, and running.
The apartments consist of 2 bedrooms that share bath and a kitchen which is equipped with microwaves, stoves, refrigerators, dishes, utensils and cookware.
