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. It is administered by Western Carolina University. Thirty-four colleges and universities are currently members of the consortium that helps to support the station, but faculty and students are drawn from throughout the country.
The station is located on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains about 30 miles southwest 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 habitats and organisms of the Southern Appalachians. The station offers six two-week courses each summer at the advanced undergraduate/graduate level. It also offers a fall semester-in-residence program in cooperation with the Carolina Environmental Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. 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 research on the biota of the region.
Further information is available from the Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station, PO Box 580, Highlands, North Carolina 28741; 828-526-2602; www.wcu.edu/hbs.
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Last updated: 2/15/2005.
Copyright 2005 by Western Carolina University .