The Preserve at Vassar

UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 124 Raymond Avenue
Country: United States
City: Poughkeepsie
State / Province: NY
ZIP Code: 12604
Latitude: 73895481
Longitude: 41
FSML E-mail Address: preserve@vassar.edu
FSML Web Address: https://www.vassar.edu/preserve
FSML Year Founded: 1976
Year joined OBFS: 1000
Contact Name: Keri VanCamp
Contact Email: kevancamp@vassar.edu
Contact Position: Director of the Preserve
Contact Address: 124 Raymond Avenue, Box 623
Contact Phone Number: 845-437-7414
Education Director Name: Jennifer Rubbo
Education Director Email: jerubbo@vassar.edu
Station Director Name: Keri VanCamp
Station Director Email: kevancamp@vassar.edu
Billing Contact Name: Susan Painter
Billing Contact Email: supainter@vassar.edu
Size of Field Station: 101-500
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No
Year Round Staff: 3-5
Seasonal Staff: 11-20
Overnight housing facilities: 0
Conference space: 51-100
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: K-12
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Forest
Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Urban
GIS capacity on site?: Yes
Formal Data Management Plan: Yes
Research and/or graduate student training: 33
Formal education: 33
Outreach: 33

Year Founded: 1976

Year Joined OBFS: 1000

Size of Field Station (hectares): 101-500

FSML Web Address: https://www.vassar.edu/preserve

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: Yes

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Conference space: 51-100

Food service or catering available?: Yes

ADA accessibility: No

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: K-12

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: Yes

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: No

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

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

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: Yes

Year round staff: 3-5

Seasonal staff: 11-20

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Grassland, Temperate Woodland and Shrubland, and Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: Yes

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: Yes

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: No

Wet Lab space

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site

Long term data sets: Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes

Date Joined OBFS: March 24, 2026

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