Three Grinnell students working at CERA this summer are getting hands-on experience that ranges from identifying native prairie plants and collecting their seeds to driving on gravel roads.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Evan Couzo and three Grinnell students erected a 30-foot-tall atmospheric measurement station at Grinnell’s Conard Environmental Research Area.

A thriving environmental field station on land that both teaches and inspires.

The grant will bolster infrastructure improvements at the Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) and further the College’s commitment to environmental stewardship and educational excellence.

Yoo is teaching a three-part series about native plants this spring. In March, the students learned to germinate seeds. In April, they transplanted their seeds into cone-tainers, and next, they will plant their seeds into the middle school prairie.

Tag along with biology students as they identify spring ephemeral wildflowers at the College’s Conard Environmental Research Area.

The Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) invites students, families, and friends to visit and explore 8 a.m.–7 p.m. May 19 to May 21, 2018.

Grinnell is accepting applications for summer restoration assistants through March 12, 2018, to help at the Conard Environmental Research Area and at urban prairies in Grinnell.

CERA schedule and access from Dec. 2, 2017, to Jan. 5, 2018, announced. CERA open to the public for much of the winter, but closed during the annual managed deer hunt.

A year at the Conard Environmental Research Area