The Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science (BICEFS)is located in Georgetown, South Carolina on Hobcaw Barony, a 16,000 acre tract of undeveloped land owned by the Belle W. Baruch Foundation, a non-profit organization.
The coastal environment of Hobcaw offers a diversity of ecosystems including estuaries, tidal marshes, and freshwater swamps; coastal forests, and streams and rivers.
We promote forward-looking conservation supported by interdisciplinary training and translational research; strategic partnerships with a diverse array of stakeholders; and broad-based expertise in ecological science that generates solutions to environmental challenges. We are committed to extension and education that broaden participation in and disseminate an understanding of key sustainability issues to diverse audiences at the local, state, national, and international levels.
- Year Founded
- Year Joined OBFS
- 2015
- Size of Field Station (hectares)
- 10000+
- FSML Web Address
- https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/baruch/
- Private nonprofit organization?
- No
- Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
- Clemson University
- Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
-
Other: USGS; AmeriFlux
- Member of the Virtual Field
- Yes