St. Edward’s University Wild Basin Creative Research Center

Description:
Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve protects 227 acres of beautiful Texas Hill Country native habitat. The preserve hosts multiple rare and vulnerable species, including the federally endangered Golden-cheeked warbler. It is also home to St. Edward’s Wild Basin Creative Research Center, a field research station located just 10 miles from campus.
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UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 805 N Capital of Texas Hwy
Country: United States
City: Austin
State / Province: Texas
ZIP Code: 78746
Latitude: 30
Longitude: 97
FSML E-mail Address: gpardee@stedwards.edu
FSML Year Founded: 1976
Year joined OBFS: 2024
Contact Name: Gabriella Pardee
Contact Email: gpardee@stedwards.edu
Contact Position: Research Director
Contact Address: 3001 South Congress Avenue
Contact Phone Number: 4199449722
Education Director Name: Paul Vickery
Education Director Email: pvickery@stedwards.edu
Station Director Name: Barbara Dugelby
Station Director Email: bdugelby@stedwards.edu
Billing Contact Name: Gabriella Pardee
Billing Contact Email: gpardee@stedwards.edu
Size of Field Station: 1-100
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No
Year Round Staff: 6-10
Seasonal Staff: 0
Overnight housing facilities: 0
Conference space: 26-50
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: Onsite public programs
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Forest
Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation: 101-300 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Urban
GIS capacity on site?: Yes
Formal Data Management Plan: Yes
Research and/or graduate student training: 10
Formal education: 5
Outreach: 85

Year Founded: 1976

Year Joined OBFS: 2024

Size of Field Station (hectares): 1-100

FSML Web Address

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization

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: 0

Conference space: 26-50

Food service or catering available?: No

ADA accessibility: Yes

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: K-12, Continuing Education/Informal learning, and Onsite public programs

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: Yes

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: Yes

Internship employment: Yes

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: Yes

Community College users

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: Yes

Year round staff: 6-10

Seasonal staff: 0

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 101-300 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: Yes

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 9, 2026

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