Schreiner University Field Station

The Schreiner University Field Station offers over 30 acres of upland Texas Hill Country terrain and another 30+ acres of Guadalupe River floodplain for research, teaching, and discovery. Amenities include a wet lab, specimen collection, cattle tank mesocosm array, astronomy observatory, vineyard, community garden, and river access. 

Year Founded
2013
Year Joined OBFS
2017
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1-100
FSML Web Address

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

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
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
1-2
Seasonal staff
1-2
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
0
Distance to emergency services
0-20 minutes
Library
No
Hiking trails
No
Internship employment
No

Environmental Information

Biomes
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
Minimum Elevation
301-750 meters
Maximum Elevation
301-750 meters
Köppen climate classification
C (temperate)
Freshwater habitats
Yes
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
No

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
Yes
Wet Lab space
Yes
Research vessels available
No
GIS capacity on site
No
Long term data sets
No
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
April 1, 2025

Contact Info

FS/ML Email
cadistel@schreiner.edu
Primary Contact
Christopher Distel
cadistel@schreiner.edu
Station Director
Christopher Distel
cadistel@schreiner.edu

Address

2100 Memorial Blvd.
Kerrville, TX 78028
United States
North America

Latitude
30.03394
Longitude
-99.12425