| AL moved into a new, 47,000 square foot building at the end of 1998, designed and constructed specifically to meet the needs of the Laboratory. It is located in a wooded area adjacent to the Frostburg State University campus. The facility provides office space, as well as state-of-the-art laboratories for plant and soil ecology, aquatic chemistry, watershed hydrology, landscape ecology, limnology, wildlife ecology, behavorial ecology, toxicology, and conservation biology. Other support facilities include a computer room, a large greenhouse, a clean room, growth chambers, a small library, a workshop, and walk-in freezers and controlled temperature rooms. Also in the facility are a teaching laboratory and a small conference facility equipped for Interactive Video Networking (IVN). In addition to providing space for expansion of AL's research and education programs, the building allows for increased research collaboration with faculty and students at Frostburg State University, and with scientists from both state and federal agencies. |
