Telluride Environmental Science and Engineering Laboratory (TESEL)

Description:
The mission of the Telluride Environmental Science and Engineering Laboratory (TESEL) is to conduct research in environmental science and related disciplines to better understand our regional ecosystems and assess the effects of environmental stress. The mission also includes providing our community with accurate and relevant information regarding the environmental and energy challenges it faces, as well as a focus on community resilience in response to climate change. Finally, TESEL provides educational opportunities and events for our community in areas of environmental science, renewable energy, and climate.
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UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 292 Beaver Pond Lane
Address Line 2: PO Box 1131
Country: United States
City: Telluride
State / Province: Colorado
ZIP Code: 81435
Latitude: 37
Longitude: 107
FSML E-mail Address: EvanIverson@comcast.net
FSML Web Address: https://www.tellurideinstitute.org/tesel
FSML Year Founded: 2016
Year joined OBFS: 2023
Contact Name: Evan Iverson
Contact Email: EvanIverson@comcast.net
Contact Position: Director
Contact Address: 292 Beaver Pond Lane, Telluride CO, 81435
Contact Phone Number: 9707288845
Education Director Name: Evan Iverson
Education Director Email: EvanIverson@comcast.net
Station Director Name: Evan Iverson
Station Director Email: EvanIverson@comcast.net
Billing Contact Name: Evan Iverson
Billing Contact Email: EvanIverson@comcast.net
Size of Field Station: 1-100
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: USFS
Year Round Staff: 1-2
Seasonal Staff: 3-5
Overnight housing facilities: 1-10
Conference space: 1-25
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: Graduate
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Boreal Forest
Minimum Elevation: 1501-3000 meters
Maximum Elevation: 3000+ meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Rural
GIS capacity on site?: Yes
Research and/or graduate student training: 10
Formal education: 5
Outreach: 20

Year Founded: 2016

Year Joined OBFS: 2023

Size of Field Station (hectares): 1-100

FSML Web Address: https://www.tellurideinstitute.org/tesel

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: No

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: No

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: USFS

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: No

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 1-10

Conference space: 1-25

Food service or catering available?: No

ADA accessibility: No

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: No

Library: No

Classes Offered: Graduate

Hiking trails: No

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?: USFS

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: No

Year round staff: 1-2

Seasonal staff: 3-5

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 1-10

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: No

Hiking trails: No

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Boreal Forest

Minimum Elevation: 1501-3000 meters

Maximum Elevation: 3000+ meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: No

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: No

Wet Lab space: No

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site: No

Long term data sets: No

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan: No

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

Date Joined OBFS: September 23, 2025

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