Texas Field Station Network

The Texas Field Station Network is the group of research field stations under the stewardship of The University of Texas at Austin and currently consists of Brackenridge Field Laboratory (Austin, TX), Hill Country Field Station (Dripping Springs, TX), Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, TX), Marine Sciences Institute (Port Aransas, TX), McDonald Observatory (Davis Mountains, TX), Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station (Smithville, TX), and White Family Outdoor Learning Center (Dripping Springs, TX).

Year Founded
2023
Year Joined OBFS
2023
Size of Field Station (hectares)
501-1000
FSML Web Address
https://fieldstations.utexas.edu/

Private nonprofit organization?
No
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
University of Texas at Austin
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
Yes
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
Yes
Year round staff
1-2
Seasonal staff
0
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
21-50
Distance to emergency services
0-20 minutes
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Yes
Internship employment
No

Environmental Information

Biomes
Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
Minimum Elevation
0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation
1501-3000 meters
Köppen climate classification
C (temperate)
Freshwater habitats
No
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
Yes

Research

REU host station
Yes
Dry lab space
Yes
Wet Lab space
Yes
Research vessels available
Yes
GIS capacity on site
Yes
Long term data sets
Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
Yes
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
Yes
Date Joined OBFS
September 27, 2024