Highlands Biological Station. The Highlands Biological Station is a field station for biological research and education in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The station is an interinstitutional center of The University of North Carolina. Thirty-four colleges and universities participate in the station’s programs as member institutions.

The station is located on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains about thirty miles south of Cullowhee. It lies within an area of high biotic and environmental diversity and is ideally situated for a variety of field studies. Its facilities are open to graduate students and senior investigators who are engaged in research on the plants, animals, and environments of the Southern Appalachian region. The station offers courses each summer at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It also offers a fall semester-in-residence program in cooperation with the Carolina Environmental Program at UNC Chapel Hill. Students from Western are encouraged to apply, but space is limited and applications must be received by January of the year in which participation is anticipated. The station maintains a well-equipped laboratory, housing for students and investigators, and a dining hall. A grant-in-aid program provides financial assistance to graduate students conducting thesis research on the biota of the region.

Further information is available from the Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station, P. O. Box 580, Highlands, North Carolina 28741, 828-526-2602, http://www.wcu.edu/hbs.

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Last updated: 1/6/2003.
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