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The Barbara A. Beiser  

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History

Beiser Field Station

    Beiser Field Station - Merkle, Barron, Erland

 

The first volunteers on the site on September 12, 2007 (David Merkle, Bill Barron and Nick Erland). 

 


Megan Stulfauth, Whitney Swain, Emily Kemble

 

Work on the trails got a big boost on November 9th, 2008, when Emily Kemble, Megan Stuhlfauth and Whitney Swain teamed up in the spirit of their pioneering forebears (Merkle, Barron and Erland) for an afternoon of trailcutting on the Hillside Trail.  Like the Merkle Stairway before them (the Stairway was lost to the world when the stream crossing was built), the Swain Wall, the Stulhfauth Steps and the Kemble Rocks will assist hikers on the station.

Emily Kemble, Megan Stulfauth, Whitney Swain

Above:  Kemble, Stuhlfauth and Swain

Hilltop Trail, Beiser Field Station

Above:  The Swain Wall supporting the trail is composed of the Kemble Rocks.

 

On December 8th, 2008, this crew of faculty and students marked the back boundary of the station with nature preserve signs.  They also began to cut the perimeter trail in that area, and marked future sections of the trail.  Left to right:  Dr. Katy Lustofin, Jesse Daubert, Travis Kraker, Whitney Swain, Megan Stuhlfauth, Dr. Dave Brown.

 

Right:  January team along the road.  Ron Liew, Megan Betteley, Megan Stuhlfauth, Bailey, Amanda Ellsworth, Monica Maryott, Liz Robbe, Dr. Brown.
 Left:  Ron and Megan putting up a boundary sign.

 

 

On April 1, 2009, the Scientific Imaging Class planted chestnut trees at the Beiser Field Station (and photographed themselves doing it).  

 

 

 

 

 

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Aerial view of the field station.  SR 26 runs east-west just out of the top of the frame; the Ohio River similarly runs southwest below the frame.  The red squares approximate the property boundaries.  

 

Updated 04/07/09 by DMC