| The
administrative office of the Center for Integrated Watershed Studies
is housed in the Science III Building at Binghamton University,
which is located on NY Route 434 (Vestal Parkway East) just minutes
away from downtown Binghamton. |
Greenhouse Facilities
located in Science III
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Genesys 5 Spectrometer
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Lachat QuickChem FIA+ for Analysis of nutrients
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| CIWS can draw on facilities in Science
I and Science III Buildings and include research laboratories,
a 16,750 sq. ft. educational/research greenhouse, a GPS/GIS Facility,
a photographic laboratory, an Ecological Research Facility with
a pole barn, water and electricity on the edge of the Nature Preserve, and transport equipment such as boats and vans. |
Lachat IC5000 for analysis of Anions
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Gas Exchangers for CO2 measurement
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| The
location of the Center provides numerous readily accessible study
sites, some within walking distance of the campus. The Binghamton
University campus is located in the Fuller Hollow Creek watershed,
which contains a mixture of suburban residential, forest, and pastureland.
The Binghamton University Nature Preserve, which borders the campus
to the south, is a major contributor to this watershed and includes
over 200 acres of forested land and a beaver pond complex. Members
of CIWS have studied the land-use and hydrology of this watershed,
as well as the ecology of some of the watershed’s fauna and
flora. Bunn Hill Creek watershed runs parallel to Fuller Hollow
Creek on the west side of campus and receives water from the Nuthatch
Wildlife Sanctuary, which is a 96 acre woodland/pond complex within
a kilometer of campus that caters to University projects and educational/recreational
needs. Both Fuller Hollow and Bunn Hill Creek watersheds drain
into the north branch of the Susquehanna River less than a kilometer
north of campus. The Susquehanna is the largest tributary of the
Chesapeake Bay and the greatest United States contributor of fresh
water to the Atlantic Ocean outside of the Gulf of Mexico. CIWS
projects off campus focus on the Susquehanna basin and involve
smaller regional watershed units, reservoirs, the Great Lakes,
Adirondack lakes, and several other sites. |
Shimadzu GC
for analysis of organics and nutrients
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Binghamton University
Campus Nature Preserve - VSL
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