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Here is some information that will help you plan your stay with us
Residential Facilities:You will be assigned to one of these housing facilities and notified before your arrival. Depending on the volume of guests you may be asked to share sleeping quarters with other visitors.
- Lincoln Pond Cottage: houses 12-14 people in 4 rooms, has 1 ½ baths, a kitchen, 2 refrigerators, dining table, living room, porch overlooking Lincoln Pond. Has a washer/dryer that is available to anyone staying at the Preserve.
- Bullfrog Camp: houses 9-12 people in 3 rooms, has a large kitchen with table, dining room/living room with table, porch overlooking Lincoln Pond. Separate shower/bathroom facility with 3 full baths and sinks.
- Birdhouse Cabin: houses 1-3 people, sleeping loft, living room, kitchen, small porch next to perennial stream. Use bathhouse for Bullfrog Camp.
- Horse Cabin: houses 1-2 people, sleeping room only. Use kitchen and bathhouse for Bullfrog Camp.
- The Stable: under construction, to house 4-6 people, sleeping space only. Use kitchen and bathhouse for Bullfrog Camp.
What to bring with you:
- Bedding (sleeping bag or sheets), including pillow.
- Towels, washcloths, bath supplies (toilet paper provided)
- Clothes for all weather. The area can be both cold and wet to hot and dry in summer, so it is best to be prepared for both.
- Insect repellent if desired. We do not have much of a black fly problem, but the deer flies, ticks and mosquitoes are plentiful!
- Any field gear you need, including rain suit, wet suit, waders, boots, specialized sampling equipment, temporary supplies like soil sampling baggies or plant collection bags.
- Food. The kitchens provide basic condiments, plates, silverware, pots & pans, fridge space, cabinets, shelves. There are not many restaurants nearby and the closest grocery is at least 25 minutes. Restaurants are the Hilltown Café (a diner only open for breakfast and lunch), the Palmer House (upscale gourmet restaurant with pub in the back half), and the Shell Inn (bar and pizza joint).
What to do in the residences:
- Keep your area clean and orderly.
- All residents participate in a group house cleaning once a week (floors, bathrooms, kitchen)
- Be considerate when using shared space in refrigerators and cabinets.
- Be respectful of your housemates, particularly with respect to noise (music, talking on phone) and sleeping schedules (lights on/off, early/late activities).
- When using the internet DO NOT perform large downloads or stream content (e.g. movies, music, games, excessive Skype usage, etc.). Our Verizon wireless internet service has a monthly data limit that only supports basic browsing/e-mail.
- Trash is collected every Wednesday morning. NY requires separation of trash into recyclables (#1 & 2 plastics, glass, metal), cardboard and paperboard (separate from recyclables; flattened), and garbage (kitchen, bathroom). Must dispose of garbage in CLEAR plastic bags.
Research Facilities
If you are visiting to conduct research at the Preserve you will have access to the Eldridge Research Center (the “Lab”). Please let the Scientist-in-Residence know what your research needs will be. The lab has the following:
- Wireless internet for up to 5 computers at once (Verizon hot spot). NO large downloads; handles normal email and internet usage.
- Verizon cell service is available in the area with good connectivity on the Preserve. Other cell providers do not have connectivity here (Sprint works okay)
- Education room – used for day camp classes for K-12 programs, family programs, High School “Fundamentals of Field Ecology” course
- Lab with sink (no fume hood), “wet lab” work with autoclave, glassware
- Dry labs (2) with basic equipment such as dissecting scopes, drying ovens, some field sampling equipment (can be checked out; e.g. soil augers, pH kits, nutrient kit, inclinometer, tree corer, light meter, soil thermometer, dbh tape, meter tape)
- Library – reprints, journals, archival information, identification guides
- Equipment storage of a variety of previously used equipment, including live mammal traps, seines of various sizes, plankton samplers, soil invertebrate extracting funnels, aquarium setups, containers (plastic of various sizes, buckets, basins, coolers, soil tins), construction materials (e.g. wood, chickenwire, mesh netting, hammer, levels, tape measures, etc.), flagging, stakes, etc.
- Archive of previous research collections: includes insects (aquatic and terrestrial), leaf litter, soils, bryophytes, fungi, small herbarium, etc.)
Habitats: There is a habitat map on the Preserve website showing vegetation types, riparian and aquatic habitats (http://www.huyckpreserve.org/research/habitatmap.pdf). Each researcher should coordinate with the Scientist-in-Residence prior to arrival, to determine where suitable research sites might be. In addition, all researchers are asked to provide GPS coordinates (can check out a GPS unit) and detailed descriptions of their field sites and the kinds of data collected (see “Research Check List” on website).
Research history: The Preserve has had a wealth of research in several areas of ecology, some of which may be pertinent to your current research. For example:
- 1940’s & 1950’s - species inventories and ecological surveys by early career scientists including Eugene Odum, Normal Russell, Charles Kendeigh, William Hamilton, Pierre Dansereau, and Donald Griffin’s work on bat echolocation.
- 1960’s – invertebrate studies including taxonomic, ecological and behavioral research; aquatic biology (vertebrates, microbiology) & limnology
- 1970’s – community ecology (plant and animal), behavior
- 1980’s – ecosystem ecology (food webs, biogeochemistry), herpetology
- 1990’s & 2000’s – disturbance ecology, invasives, succession (resampling using data from earlier surveys), behavior, aquatic ecology
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