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home Mission: Education, Research, Sustainability, Civic Engagment Katharine Ordway Richard J. Christman Aerial Photo Maps and Directions History of Ordway Contact Information Richard McCarthy, Resident Naturalist
9550 Inver Grove Trail
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
651-455-6204
Mike Anderson
Associate Director
Mark Davis
Director
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The
Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area (KONHSA) is
located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Inver Grove Heights,
Minnesota, 17 miles from campus. The nearly 300 acre site was
established in 1967 by Macalester
College with the help of a major a gift from Katharine Ordway.
The many natural habitats found at KONHSA include tall
grass prairie, oak savanna and woodland, riparian forests,
seasonal and permanent ponds and springs, and a backwater lake,
adjacent to the Mississippi River.
These lands have been set aside by the College for
biological and environmental education and the protection and management of natural environments. The College has recently been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation to fund the development of a strategic
plan for KONHSA. Click
here for a real-time look at the weather at Ordway and the water
quality of the Mississippi River passing by the field station.
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