Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Regents Resource Center

Since 1909, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory has provided opportunities for field researchers, students, and members of the community to study “nature in nature.” Founded by Dr. Thomas MacBride, Iowa’s only ecological field station serves as the home for the North American Diatoms field research workshop for more than 60 years, and is home to the Cooperative Lakes Area Monitoring Project (CLAMP), one of the longest-running citizen science water quality initiatives in North America.

Year Founded
1909
Year Joined OBFS
1982
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1-100
FSML Web Address
https://iowalakesidelab.org/

Private nonprofit organization?
No
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
University of Iowa
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
USDA and Other: State: Department of Natural Resources, Local: County Conservation Board
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated
0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
USDA and Other
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users
No
MSI/HBCU users
No
Community College users
Yes
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
Yes
Year round staff
3-5
Seasonal staff
6-10
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
21-50
Distance to emergency services
0-20 minutes
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Yes
Internship employment
Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes
Temperate Grassland
Minimum Elevation
101-300 meters
Maximum Elevation
101-300 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
Yes
Research vessels available
Yes
GIS capacity on site
No
Long term data sets
Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
No
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
Yes
Date Joined OBFS
June 30, 2024