Tyson Research Center

Tyson Research Center is a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) environmental field station owned and operated by Washington University in St. Louis in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area east of Eureka.

It is part of the Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor which consists of over 8,000 acres (32 km2) of protected lands.

[1] Tyson provides opportunities for environmental research and education for students and faculty from Washington University and beyond.

Infrastructure and programs facilitate multi-scale research and teaching opportunities and collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and levels of academic training.

Tyson also has a weather station and monitors acid rain as part of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program.