Deering Estate Cultural and Ecological Field Station

  • Nestled in suburban South Florida next to Biscayne Bay and on the limestone Miami rock ridge, Deering Estate's Cultural and Ecological Field Station is protecting habitats, geological and archeological resources, historic museums homes, the Cutler Slough Rehydration Project, and support infrastructures like classrooms, research facilities, and outdoor labs.  As an added bonus, our field station also offers short-term overnight accommodations to visiting artists, researchers, faculty, and academia conducting research or other study projects at the Deering Estate.  The Deering Estate provides living laboratory for students, educators, and the general public who are interested in the interactions between our natural and built environments, society and nature, conservation and preservation.

  • North America
  • 16701 SW 72nd Ave
  • United States
  • Miami
  • Florida
  • 33157
  • 25
  • 80
  • info@deeringestate.org
  • https://deeringestate.org/
  • 2013
  • 2020
  • Ana Rojas
  • Ana.Rojas@miamidade.gov
  • Conservation and Research Specialist
  • 16701 SW 72nd Ave
  • 3052351668
  • Karen Solms
  • karen.solms@miamidade.gov
  • Nina Zanella
  • NZanella@deeringestate.org
  • 1-100
  • NPS
  • Yes
  • 11-20
  • 6-10
  • 1-10
  • 1-25
  • On Grid
  • 0-20 minutes
  • Onsite public programs
  • Terrestrial
  • Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
  • Tropical Dry Forest
  • 0-100 meters
  • 0-100 meters
  • A (tropical)
  • Urban
  • Yes
  • 30
  • 50
  • 20
Year Founded
2013
Year Joined OBFS
2020
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1-100
FSML Web Address
https://deeringestate.org/

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

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated
0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
NPS
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users
Yes
MSI/HBCU users
Yes
Community College users
Member of the Virtual Field
Yes

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
Yes
Year round staff
11-20
Seasonal staff
6-10
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
1-10
Distance to emergency services
0-20 minutes
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Internship employment
Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes
Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
Minimum Elevation
0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation
0-100 meters
Köppen climate classification
A (tropical)
Freshwater habitats
Yes
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
No

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
Yes
Wet Lab space
Research vessels available
Yes
GIS capacity on site
Long term data sets
No
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
No
Date Joined OBFS
February 5, 2026