Rice Creek Field Station

Buildings and Equipment


The 2012 to 2013 construction project  will conclude with the unveiling of a 7,200-square-foot, energy-efficient field station, an observatory relocated from the Romney Field House parking lot and a rebuilt pavilion and garage/maintenance building.

rc new building drawing

The Field Station laboratories are equipped with dissection and compound microscopes and a stock of standard biology supplies and equipment. Field equipment maintained by the station includes standard botanical, zoological, and entomological collecting equipment, an array of ecological and limnological measuring and sampling devices, and a Boston Whaler and other small outboard motor boats and canoes for use on Lake Ontario, the Oswego harbor and river, and other inland waters including Rice Pond.

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rice creek site artist image

This is an early conception of the new Rice Creek Field Station in relation to the original building.   
Can you find the original building's outline on the south lawn?  Not all features are represented.