Selman Living Laboratory

The Selman Living Laboratory is a field research and teaching facility located in Woodward County in northwestern Oklahoma. It is the official field station of the biology department at the University of Central Oklahoma. The Selman Living Laboratory (SLL) provides a wide array of natural environments, including large bat caves for research and teaching. Full living accommodations are available on site. We invite researchers and students from all majors to use this site or contact the UCO ‘s Department of Biology about research and course opportunities. The Selman Living Laboratory is recognized as a Natural Heritage Site by Oklahoma Biological Survey.

Year Founded
1998
Year Joined OBFS
2023
Size of Field Station (hectares)
101-500
FSML Web Address
https://www.uco.edu/cms/academics/biology/selman-living-laboratory

Private nonprofit organization?
No
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
University of Central Oklahoma
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
No
Community College users
No
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
Seasonal staff
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
21-50
Distance to emergency services
21-40 minutes
Library
No
Hiking trails
No
Internship employment
No

Environmental Information

Biomes
Temperate Grassland
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
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
No
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
No
Date Joined OBFS
February 2, 2024