Executive Director, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Organization of Biological Field Stations, Champaign, Illinois, us, 61825
National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) is dedicated to the study of great river systems and the communities that use them. The center aspires to be a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains, watersheds, and their associated communities. NGRREC was founded in 2002 through a collaborative partnership between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Lewis and Clark Community College. Universities affiliated / Parent Organization Lewis and Clark Community College Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No Classes Offered Undergraduate, K-12, Continuing Education/Informal learning, and Onsite public programs Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes Additional Information
Private nonprofit organization? Names of Universities affilated 0 Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No Name of partner Tribal partners/users No MSI/HBCU users No Community College users Yes Member of the Virtual Field No Visiting a FS/ML
Open to the Public Yes Year round staff 21+ Seasonal staff 6-10 Overnight housing facilities/# of beds 0 Distance to emergency services 0-20 minutes Library No Hiking trails Yes Internship employment Yes Biomes Temperate Forest Minimum Elevation 101-300 meters Maximum Elevation 101-300 meters Köppen climate classification C (temperate) Freshwater habitats Yes Urban or rural Agricultural fields No Research
REU host station Yes Dry lab space Yes Wet Lab space Yes Research vessels available Yes GIS capacity on site Yes Long term data sets Yes On site herbarium or voucher species Formal Data Management Plan No Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes One Confluence Way East Alton, IL 62024 United States North America Scope of Position The Executive Director of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the nation’s leading freshwater research and… Executive Director, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center #J-18808-Ljbffr
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) is dedicated to the study of great river systems and the communities that use them. The center aspires to be a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains, watersheds, and their associated communities. NGRREC was founded in 2002 through a collaborative partnership between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Lewis and Clark Community College. Universities affiliated / Parent Organization Lewis and Clark Community College Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No Classes Offered Undergraduate, K-12, Continuing Education/Informal learning, and Onsite public programs Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes Additional Information
Private nonprofit organization? Names of Universities affilated 0 Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No Name of partner Tribal partners/users No MSI/HBCU users No Community College users Yes Member of the Virtual Field No Visiting a FS/ML
Open to the Public Yes Year round staff 21+ Seasonal staff 6-10 Overnight housing facilities/# of beds 0 Distance to emergency services 0-20 minutes Library No Hiking trails Yes Internship employment Yes Biomes Temperate Forest Minimum Elevation 101-300 meters Maximum Elevation 101-300 meters Köppen climate classification C (temperate) Freshwater habitats Yes Urban or rural Agricultural fields No Research
REU host station Yes Dry lab space Yes Wet Lab space Yes Research vessels available Yes GIS capacity on site Yes Long term data sets Yes On site herbarium or voucher species Formal Data Management Plan No Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes One Confluence Way East Alton, IL 62024 United States North America Scope of Position The Executive Director of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the nation’s leading freshwater research and… Executive Director, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center #J-18808-Ljbffr