Appalachian Conservation Institute

Description:
ACI is working to ensure a future of protected lands, thriving biologically—where aspiring conservationists are allowed to explore untrammeled.
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UN Geographic Region: North America
Country: United States
City: Tracy City
State / Province: Tennessee
Latitude: 35
Longitude: 85
FSML E-mail Address: rick@appalachianconservation.org
FSML Web Address: https://appalachianconservation.org/
FSML Year Founded: 2023
Year joined OBFS: 2025
Contact Name: Rick Huffines
Contact Email: rick@appalachianconservation.org
Contact Position: Executive Director
Contact Phone Number:
Station Director Name: Rick Huffines
Station Director Email: rick@appalachianconservation.org
Billing Contact Name: Quentin Miller
Billing Contact Email: quentin@appalachianconservation.org
Size of Field Station: 2501-5000
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other
Year Round Staff: 3-5
Seasonal Staff: 3-5
Overnight housing facilities: 0
Conference space: 0
Electricity: Solar or Off Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: Undergraduate
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

Year Founded: 2023

Year Joined OBFS: 2025

Size of Field Station (hectares): 2501-5000

FSML Web Address: https://appalachianconservation.org/

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: No

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: 0

Conference space: 0

Food service or catering available?: No

ADA accessibility: No

Electricity: Solar or Off Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: Undergraduate

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: Yes

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: No

Internship employment: Yes

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: 3-5

Seasonal staff: 3-5

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Grassland, 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: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: No

Wet Lab space

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site

Long term data sets: No

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: No

Date Joined OBFS: September 22, 2025

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