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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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MISSION Education, Research, Sustainability, Civic Engagment
 
The four pillars of the field station's mission are: education, research, sustainability, and civic engagement. Education -
The natural area is a living laboratory, available for college or
university class field trips, elementary, middle, and high school
visits, and outings by community groups and organizations. Research -
The field station has been, and continues to be, a research site for
independent researchers, faculty members, undergraduate and graduate
students from Macalester and other colleges and universities. Sustainability -
A variety of management efforts have been undertaken at the field
station over the years in order to maintain the habitat and species
diversity at the site. These include an ongoing burn program to
maintain the prairie habitat and the management of invasive plant
species. Other management projects have involved some of the wetlands,
the oak woodland, and several species of turtles utilizing the
Macalester shoreline of the Mississippi River. Civic Engagement - The field station welcomes scientific groups, naturalists,
conservationists, researchers, photographers, artists, and
teachers. Everyone is welcome to visit Ordway and to learn about
the natural area's landscape, flora, and fauna and its research and management activities.
All
people wishing to utilize the area for exploratory,
teaching, research, or management activities should plan to meet with
the Mike Anderson, the Associate Director, early in the process:
651-696-6230, andersonm@macalester.edu.
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