Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
Tyson Research Center
Style	Biological Field Research Area
Acquired	1963
Location	West St. Louis County St. Louis County, Missouri St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all... ; 38 deg 31' N, 90 deg 33' W
Namesake	The Tyson Valley
Website	http://www.biology.wustl.edu/tyson/

The Tyson Research Center is a 2000 acres (8.1 km²) field station owned and operated by Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The Center is located in the St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 metropolitan area. The area was used as a munitions storage area during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and was purchased in 1968. It is part of the Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor

Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor

The Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor is a long string of adjoining conservation areas in the US state of Missouri, running 24 miles along Interstate 44 and 40 miles along the Meramec River. Most of the land in this area was devalued after the dioxin contamination in Times Beach, Missouri, allowing for...

 which consists of over 8000 acres (32.4 km²) of protected lands. It is a member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS).

Primary activities at the Center involve ecological research conducted by undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of Washington University and other local universities. Scientific outreach and continuing education programs and university-level courses of instruction are also occasionally held at the Center.

Tyson Research Center hosts or hosted at one time;

• The Wild Canid Survival and Research Center
  Wild Canid Survival and Research Center
  The Wild Canid Survival and Research Center is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving wolves and other wild canids through preservation, breeding, and research. The research area is commonly known as the Wolf Sanctuary...
  
   (Wolf Sanctuary) relocating to a Jefferson County site, south of Pacific
  Pacific, Missouri
  Pacific is a city in Franklin and St. Louis counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 7,002 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Pacific is located at . The city straddles the Franklin County/St. Louis County line, which lies halfway on the blocks between Elm and Neosho streets. St...
  
  , along Highway F.
• The Missouri Mycological Society field headquarters
• The World Bird Sanctuary, now located at nearby Castlewood State Park, but continues to share some facilities at Tyson.

Tyson also has a weather station and monitors acid rain as part of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program.

External links

• Tyson Research Center Homepage