Sevilleta Field Station – University of New Mexico

The Sevilleta Field Station is located in central New Mexico at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, a 230,000 acre refuge located approximately 80 km south of the  University of New Mexico’s (UNM) main campus in Albuquerque.  The field station was initially established in 1989 to support the research efforts of  Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (SevLTER) program. The mission of the field station is “to promote understanding and preservation of the natural environment,” and over the past two decades its activities have expanded well beyond the SevLTER, enabling and supporting a wide variety of research, academic courses, training workshops, conferences, retreat, and class field trips. Field station facilities are owned and managed by UNM, while research and teaching efforts are carried out in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which manages the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.

• Logo:
• UN Geographic Region: North America
• Street: Exit 169 I-25, 40 Refuge Road
• City: San Acacia
• Zip Code: 87831
• Country: United States
• State/Province: New Mexico
• Latitude: 34
• Longitude: 106
• FSML E-mail Address: sevfs@unm.edu
• FSML Web Address: https://unmsevilletafieldstation.wordpress.com/
• FSML Year Founded: 1989
• Year Join OBFS: 2023
• University affiliation(s)?: Yes
• Names of Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: University of New Mexico
• Address Line 1: Biology, MSC03 2020
• Address Line 2: 1 University of New Mexico
• City: Albuquerque
• Zip Code: 87131-0001
• Country: United States
• State: New Mexico
• Contact Name: Kim Royle
• Contact Email: sevfs@unm.edu
• Contact Position: Operations Manager
• Contact Phone Number: +15056272753
• Station Director Name: William Pockman
• Station Director Email: pockman@unm.edu
• Billing Contact Name: Kim Royle
• Billing Contact Email: sevfs@unm.edu
• Voting Delegate Email: pockman@unm.edu
• Additional Contact: Arturo Benavidez
• Additional Contact Email: abenavidez24@unm.edu
• Additional Contact Position: Facilities Manager
• Operating Budget: $200,001 - $500,000
• Size of Field Station: 10000+
• Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other
• Other: USFWS
• Minority Serving Institution/Historically Black Colleges and Universities users?: Yes
• Onsite staff?: Yes
• Year Round Staff: 1-2
• Seasonal Staff: 3-5
• Overnight housing facilities: 50+
• Conference space: 51-100
• Food service or catering available?: Yes
• Electricity: On Grid
• Distance to emergency services?: 21-40 minutes
• Internet Access?: Yes
• Library?: Yes
• Classes: Undergraduate
• Biome Type: Terrestrial
• Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
• Minimum Elevation: 751-1500 meters
• Maximum Elevation: 1501-3000 meters
• Köppen climate classification: B (arid)
• Freshwater habitats: Yes
• Urban/Rural: Rural
• REU host station?: Yes
• Dry lab space?: Yes
• Wet Lab space?: Yes
• Long term data sets?: Yes
• On site herbarium or voucher species?: Yes
• Outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes
• Research and/or graduate student training: 50
• Formal education: 10
• Outreach: 30