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 Powdermill is Alive!
Powdermill Nature Reserve, the biological research station
of Carnegie
Museum of Natural History, has been dedicated
to its mission of research, education, and conservation
for over 50 years. It is a place
for scientists, for students, and for families who are
interested in the natural world,
and it is home to the one of the longest continually
running
bird
banding stations in the United States. A wide variety
of public education programs are
regularly offered to children and adults at the Powdermill
Nature Reserve headquarters building.
Researchers from around the
world conduct diverse long- and short-term scientific
studies in herpetology, botany,
invertebrate zoology, and ornithology at Powdermill.
A
growing future is developing for Powdermill as, thanks
to the generosity
of countless supporters and a major
grant from the Richard King Mellon
Foundation, the nature center underwent a 10,000 square
foot expansion. With the latest in sustainable
design technology,
the new headquarters building is an educational
showcase of environmentally sensitive design. The
new Powdermill headquarters opened to the public on Sunday,
December 2, 2007.
Click here
to see photos from the opening event.
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