Berry College

Description:
Situated on 27,000 acres, the land at Berry College is ripe with natural diversity and provides for our students an outdoor classroom and research laboratory beyond compare. Rare species of plants and animals have been identified as well as various ecosystems, soils, and topography. This unique outdoor laboratory has established Berry College as a world-class destination for studying the environmental sciences.
UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 2277 Martha Berry Highway
Country: United States
City: Mt. Berry
State / Province: GA
ZIP Code: 30149
Latitude: 34
Longitude: 85
FSML E-mail Address: bcfieldstation@berry.edu
FSML Year Founded: 2020
Year joined OBFS: 2026
Contact Name: Alice Suroviec
Contact Email: asuroviec@berry.edu
Contact Position: Dean, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Contact Address: 2277 Martha Berry Hwy
Contact Phone Number: 7062385869
Station Director Name: Zack Taylor
Station Director Email: ztaylor@berry.edu
Billing Contact Name: Alice H Suroviec
Billing Contact Email: asuroviec@berry.edu
Size of Field Station: 10000+
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other
Year Round Staff: 0
Seasonal Staff: 0
Overnight housing facilities: 1-10
Conference space: 101+
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: K-12
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Forest
Minimum Elevation: 101-300 meters
Maximum Elevation: 301-750 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Rural
GIS capacity on site?: Yes
Formal Data Management Plan: Yes
Research and/or graduate student training: 70
Outreach: 30

Year Founded: 2020

Year Joined OBFS: 2026

Size of Field Station (hectares): 10000+

FSML Web Address

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other:

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: Yes

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 1-10

Conference space: 101+

Food service or catering available?: Yes

ADA accessibility: Yes

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: Undergraduate, Graduate, and K-12

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: No

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: Yes

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: Yes

Year round staff: 0

Seasonal staff: 0

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 1-10

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Woodland and Shrubland and Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation: 101-300 meters

Maximum Elevation: 301-750 meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: Yes

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: Yes

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: Yes

Wet Lab space

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site

Long term data sets: Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes

Date Joined OBFS: March 10, 2026

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