Ouachita Mountains Biological Station

Description:
The Ouachita Mountains Biological Station has served collegiate needs as a research and education center since 1962. OMBS is a 600-acre natural area located in the Ouachita Mountains of the Interior Highlands. Elevation ranges from approximately 369 to 622 m. The area is a mixed pine hardwood forest depending upon the degree and orientation of the slope. Dominant tree species include shortleaf pine, post oak, black oak, blackjack oak, southern red oak, and sweetgum with dogwood, downy serviceberry, American hornbeam, eastern hophornbeam, and winged elm in the understory. Within a fifty-mile radius several endemic species of salamanders may be found.
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UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 281 Polk Road 615
Country: United States
City: Mena
State / Province: Arkansas
ZIP Code: 71953
Latitude: 3427
Longitude: 9359
FSML E-mail Address: lrraymond@aol.com
FSML Web Address: https://www.theombs.org
FSML Year Founded: 1962
Year joined OBFS: 2026
Contact Name: Larry R. Raymond
Contact Email: lrraymond@aol.com
Contact Position: Co-director
Contact Address: 6675 NORTH PARK CIRCLE
Contact Phone Number: 3183473134
Education Director Name: N/A
Station Director Name: Larry R. Raymond
Station Director Email: lrraymond@aol.com
Billing Contact Name: Larry R. Raymond
Billing Contact Email: lrraymond@aol.com
Size of Field Station: 101-500
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No
Community College users: Yes
Year Round Staff: 1-2
Seasonal Staff: 0
Overnight housing facilities: 11-20
Conference space: 1-25
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: Undergraduate
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Forest
Minimum Elevation: 301-750 meters
Maximum Elevation: 301-750 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Rural
Research and/or graduate student training: 85
Outreach: 15

Year Founded: 1962

Year Joined OBFS: 2026

Size of Field Station (hectares): 101-500

FSML Web Address: https://www.theombs.org

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: No

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: Yes

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 11-20

Conference space: 1-25

Food service or catering available?: No

ADA accessibility: No

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: Undergraduate

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: No

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: No

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

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: 1-2

Seasonal staff: 0

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 11-20

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation: 301-750 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: Yes

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: February 10, 2026

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