Archbold Biological Station
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CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE:
Ecologists as responsible citizens

As scientists who know and study the earth's natural systems, ecologists today also must be responsible citizens in order to help protect fragile resources. Researchers at Archbold Biological Station are active in the development of rational priorities and methods for natural resource protection, both locally and globally.

Archbold staff members serve as independent advisors to a host of public agencies such as county planning departments, regional planning councils, water management districts, and numerous state and federal agencies. Station staff also work closely with private conservation organizations, especially The Nature Conservancy, to establish biological priorities for land acquisition and habitat management. Archbold has been instrumental in developing a major plan for a network of biological preserves to protect the endangered habitats of the Lake Wales Ridge ecosystem. This plan includes the first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States to be designed around protection of endangered plants.

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blkball.gif (842 bytes) Lohrer, F.E. (Editor). 1992. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, Sixth Edition. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid. 28 pp.
blkball.gif (842 bytes) Last revised, 12 July 2005, by F.E. Lohrer
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