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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Great Lakes Research and Education Center
 
Field Research Station contains laboratory and office space for visiting researchers.

Photo by Joy Marburger

The GLREC Field Research Station, an adaptive reuse of a Sears catalog house built in 1910.

The Great Lakes Research and Education Center (GLREC) is part of a network of Research Learning Centers established by the National Park Service in 2000. The role of the Research Learning Centers is to increase the effectiveness and communication of research and science results in national parks. They do this by facilitating the use of parks for scientific inquiry, supporting science informed decision making, communicating the relevance of and providing access to knowledge gained through scientific research, and promoting science literacy and resource stewardship.

The GLREC serves 10 parks in the NPS Great Lakes Network. Two staff members and the GLREC field station are located at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The field station has laboratory equipment and office space for visiting scientists interested in pursuing research or monitoring involving natural or cultural resources in the network parks.

 

 

GLREC Staff:

Joy Marburger, Ph.D.
Research Coordinator
Great Lakes Research and Education Center
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
1100 N. Mineral Springs Rd.
Porter, IN  46304
(219)395-1544
e-mail us

Wendy Smith
Education Coordinator
Great Lakes Research and Education Center Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
1100 N. Mineral Springs Rd.
Porter, IN 46304
(219)395-1987
e-mail us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Close-up of flames burning a prairie  

Did You Know?
Without fire, there could be no prairie at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Non-prairie plant species would crowd out native prairie grasses. These rare grasslands are maintained through periodic controlled burns.

Last Updated: July 06, 2009 at 13:26 EST