Mountain Lake Biological Station is a residential field station located atop Salt Pond Mountain in the southern Appalachians of southwestern Virginia. The station is remote, but is accessible by car. The MLBS community is diverse and welcoming!
Programs include summer field courses, internships, research projects, scientific meetings, workshops, artist residencies, and outreach activities. Scientists conduct research in plant and animal population biology, behavioral ecology, life history evolution, community ecology, ecological genetics, biosystematics, epidemiology, conservation biology, the physiology of behavior, and more. MLBS is a NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) site. Researchers and others interested in using the station are invited to get in touch for more information on how MLBS can support their work.
The Station is most active during the summer season, but research support and limited housing is available year round.
- Year Founded
- 1930
- Year Joined OBFS
- 1993
- Size of Field Station (hectares)
- 101-500
- FSML Web Address
- https://mlbs.virginia.edu/
- Private nonprofit organization?
- No
- Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
- University of Virginia
- Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
-
NEON
- Member of the Virtual Field
- No