Alice Eno Research Station

We believe that some of the best learning comes through doing. The purpose of the College of
the Atlantic’s Alice Eno Field Station is to provide College of the Atlantic students with direct,
hands on experience in conducting research in field ecology. Besides participating in long-term
studies of island biology and human ecology, students have the opportunity to create their own
research program and take it from initial inception through data collection, analysis, write-up,
and presentation at professional meetings.

Year Founded
1996
Year Joined OBFS
2025
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1-100
FSML Web Address

Private nonprofit organization?
No
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
College of the Atlantic
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other: The Nature Conservancy
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated
0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users
No
MSI/HBCU users
No
Community College users
No
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
Seasonal staff
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
1-10
Distance to emergency services
61+
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Yes
Internship employment
Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes
Northwestern Coniferous Forest
Minimum Elevation
0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation
101-300 meters
Köppen climate classification
D (continental)
Freshwater habitats
Yes
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
No

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
No
Wet Lab space
No
Research vessels available
Yes
GIS capacity on site
Yes
Long term data sets
Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
No
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
Yes
Date Joined OBFS
January 14, 2025