The Dr' John D' Brumbaugh Center for Environmental Science

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The Dr. John D. BrumbaughCenter for
Environmental Science

• Department of Biology
• Mount Union College

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The Dr. John D. Brumbaugh Center for
Environmental Science

• The Brumbaugh Center Serves three audiences
  through programs and facilities
• Students at Mount Union College

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The Brumbaugh Center Serves Mount Union College
Students

• Students use the Operations building for
  laboratory sessions in three different classes
• Pictured here are Aquatic Ecology students

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The Brumbaugh Center Serves Mount Union College
Students

• Classes are taught at the Nature Center and at
  other locations.
• Here students are studying botany at LimRod Marsh
  which is leased by the Center

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The Brumbaugh Center Serves Mount Union College
Students

• Students from other departments benefit from the
  Center
• Students in the Education Department learn about
  Environmental Education

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The Brumbaugh Center Serves Mount Union College
Students
Most Biology faculty are involved in teaching at
the Nature Center Dr. Epp, chairman of the
Biology Department, is shown teaching tree
identification.
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Students gain first hand experience on field trips
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The Brumbaugh Center supports Student Research

• The Center supports a variety of Student research
  activities including
• Restoration Ecology, supported by a grant from
  the Beeghly family
• Independent senior culminating research projects
• NSF sponsored research at the Harvard Forest in
  Massachusetts

R. Nikiforow presents at OAS
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The Brumbaugh Center supports Student Research

• Additional research and teaching support
• Lake studies at Lake Mohawk
• Reclamation studies at Huff Run
• Tropical Biology Field experiences in Costa Rica
• Forestry research at the James And Esther Ball
  Research Forest (Con-Angi)

Jason Hudson
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The Brumbaugh Center Serves Mount Union College
Students
Seniors, such as J. Hadyck, present their Senior
Culminating Experience posters at the Nature
Center each spring
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The Brumbaugh Center Serves Mount Union College
Students
MUC students gain intensive research experience
at Harvard Forest through an NSF grant
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Students cooperate with American Free Tree Program
Lake Zoar in Tuscarawas County is a new study site
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Center Supports Tropical Biology Field Experiences
Students in tropical biology can extend their
classroom experiences into the field through a
three week study trip to Costa Rica. The trip
focuses on a comparison of ecosystems using field
stations of the Organization for Tropical Studies
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Students will go to Costa Rica again in the
spring of 1999
Students at the Costa Rican National Museum in
San Jose, May 1996
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Six students were supported to make presentations
at the Ohio Academy of Science
Richard Bakker (shown), H. Frankland, R.
Nikiforow, M. Miller, J. Graham, J.
Hudson
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The Brumbaugh Center Serves three audiences
through programs and facilities - youth

• school groups from public, private and home
  schools
• youth groups such as scouts and church groups
• Youth oriented activities including a Nature Day
  Camp and family oriented weekend programming

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Thousands of youth participate in Center programs
each year
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Groups learn about pond life at Huston Pond
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The Visitors Center is used as an indoor classroom
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And as a site for workshops
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The Dr. John D. Brumbaugh Operations Building
includes a classroom and laboratory and workshop
space. Weather data have been monitored here for
over ten years. Recently the building has been
used almost daily for Mount Union College classes
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High School students serve as volunteer
counselors for Nature Day Camp
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Youth represent the largest group of users of the
Nature Center
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The Brumbaugh Center Serves three audiences
through programs and facilities - general public

• Weekend programs for the public
• Hiking trails and interpretive brochures

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Several workshops are held each month
Spinning
Teacher Workshop
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The Brumbaugh Center Serves the general public

• Gardens including a butterfly garden, a
  wildflower meadow, an old fashioned perennial
  garden, The Yost Osborne herb garden and an old
  fashioned vegetable Garden
• An arboretum of native plants is under
  development with help from Art Herrick

Butterfly Garden
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Nature study opportunities abound
Praying mantis (above) and Butterfly garden (left)
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The Nature Center is open throughout the
yearwinter
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spring
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summer
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or fall
There is always something to see at the Nature
Center
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Old Fashioned Gardens are planted near the barn
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And the sound of roosters crowing can be heard
from the chicken coop
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Nature Center Staff
Karen Santee
Patty Rickard
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Student workers help with both programs and
maintenance
Doug Jenison and Tom Bauer
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Please enjoy your stay

• And return often