EEB 585: Extended Field Trip

The EEB Extended Field Trip (EEB 585) is an annual 10-14 day trip to a North American ecoregion to study its major terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The trip provides faculty and students from all program departments the chance to interact and gain hands-on field experience in various disciplines.

The EEB Field Trip is normally offered once each academic year, and students may enroll as often as they wish during their graduate career, if space is available. Depending upon the destination, the trip may be offered during winter break, spring break, or the summer.

Participants enrolled in the course meet regularly through the semester (or the semester prior) to plan the trip and discuss the topic of study. The Extended Field Trip (EEB 585) is worth two credits per trip. In addition to the trip fee, a written report is required.

Latest News: The Great Lakes - Spring 2010

The next 585 offering is planned for 2010. The lecture meetings associated with the course will take place during the Spring 2010 term. The field trip component will take place on 1 through 16 June. Dr. James Raich and Dr. John Pleasants will be the class/trip leaders. The destination ecosystem is the Great Lakes and includes site visits to Door County, Wisconsin; Sugar Island, Michigan; and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Please feel free to contact Dr. Raich or Dr. Pleasants for details.

Future field trips in planning are:

2011 - Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (near Stanford University in California)
2012 - Costa Rica

These destinations have been confirmed. Detailed schedules are being developed and new information will be posted here as it becomes available.

Past field trips have included:

Baja California - Fall 2008

Southern Prairies and Wetlands - Spring 2008

Mississippi River cruise - Spring 2006

Ecosystems of the Desert Southwest - Spring 2005

Natural History of the Southern Appalachian Mountains - Spring 2004

Northern Great Plains Prairie and Wetland Tour - Summer 2003

Natural History of the Pacific Northwest - Summer 2002

Sonoran Desert, Arizona - Summer 2001

Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina - Spring 2000

Yellowstone and Teton National Parks - Summer 1999

The Mississippi River (river cruise) - Summer 1998