For posts, events, and news coming from the OBFS board, committees, development team or other authorized users
- Year Founded
- Year Joined OBFS
- Size of Field Station (hectares)
- 1001-2500
- FSML Web Address
- https://www.obfs.org/
- Private nonprofit organization?
- Yes and Yes
- Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
- No
- Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
-
LTER
- Member of the Virtual Field
- No
Events
American Philosophical Society Symposium. The Future of Field Work: The Promise and Perils of Research in the Twenty-First Century
Deadline to sign up for the Virtual Field Research Coordination Network
OBFS Board Meeting
News And Updates
2025 Station Exchange Program (SXP) Announcement
2025 Station Exchange Program (SXP) Announcement Itchung Cheung (itchung.cheung@oregonstate.edu) The OBFS Collaborations Committee is inviting OBFS Members Stations in good standing to apply for the OBFS Station Exchange Program (SXP)….
Call for Participants to Represent OBFS on Capitol Hill
OBFS is pleased to announce the 2025 Congressional Visits Day will return in person this year! The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) event will be held from April 28-30,…
OBFS Partners with the Climate Toolkit
The Phipps Conservatory’s Climate Toolkit is partnering with the Organization of Biological Field Stations to expand its reach beyond zoos and aquaria, museums and science centers, gardens and arboreta. Through…
Flathead Lake Biological Station Awarded $9.5M for Ocean Climate Change Science
Origionally published by NBC KTVH By: UM News Service Posted at 6:11 PM, Jun 16, 2024 A new research project led by the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station…
OBFS Newsletter – Request for Content
We are requesting content for our Quarterly OBFS Newsletter used to highlight our member field stations. The deadline to submit for the May 2024 newsletter is 15-April-2024. The newsletter is a vital component of OBFS’s reach and…
Biological field stations deliver high return on investment for conservation, study finds
A new study authored by 173 conservation researchers shows the important role field stations play in conservation. Mongabay just published an article about the study that features OBFS. It’s a…
Announcing the Creation of the Philippe Cohen and Cindy Stead OBFS Endowment
At the annual OBFS meeting at La Selva Costa Rica, long time board members and field station directors Philippe Cohen and Cindy Stead made a game changing announcement. They have…
(IDEA+) committee
For OBFS to fulfill our mission and serve our members effectively, the organization and its members must work to prevent bias, discrimination, and dismantle systemic racism and its legacy effects….