Bijagual Ecological Reserve

The Bijagual Ecological Reserve is a hands-on classroom that promotes environmental education for students of all ages, an outdoor laboratory for conducting research, and a 709-acre rain forest protecting biodiveristy. In partnership with other organizations in Costa Rica and around the world, we create a network that supports our goals in conservation, education and research. The reserve also works locally to encourage sustainable development and the preservation of native species.

Year Founded
2001
Year Joined OBFS
2008
Size of Field Station (hectares)
101-500
FSML Web Address
https://www.bijagual.org/

Private nonprofit organization?
Yes
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
No
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
No
Member of the Virtual Field
Yes

Additional Information

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

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
6-10
Seasonal staff
0
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
21-50
Distance to emergency services
0-20 minutes
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Yes
Internship employment
No

Environmental Information

Biomes
Tropical Rain Forest
Minimum Elevation
101-300 meters
Maximum Elevation
301-750 meters
Köppen climate classification
A (tropical)
Freshwater habitats
Yes
Urban or rural
rural
Agricultural fields
No

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
No
Wet Lab space
No
Research vessels available
No
GIS capacity on site
No
Long term data sets
Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
Yes
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
Yes
Date Joined OBFS
August 24, 2023

Job Postings

U. S. National Science Foundation Program Director positions in the Directorate for STEM Education, Division of Undergraduate Education

Program Director in the Division of Biological Infrastructure at the National Science Foundation

Program Director in the Division of Biological Infrastructure at the National Science Foundation