Student Opportunities at Muller Field Station

Gain Valuable Ecological Monitoring and Stewardship Experience

Paid internship opportunities are available each semester. Developed in partnership with government agencies and non-profit organizations, these applied experiences propel students toward their careers with greater skill sets and professional networks.

FLCC Conservation Internship Projects:

Muller Field Station is an Outdoor Classroom

Many conservation and wildlife courses regularly meet at Muller Field Station, including:

• Ecology Lab (CON 202L or BIO 221L)
• Fish Culture Techniques (CON 218)
• Wetland Science and Practice (CON 235)
• Wetland Mammals (CON 236)
• Winter Ecological Adaptations and Field Techniques (BIO 210)

Attend a Scientific or Social Event at Muller Field Station

On the first warm, rainy nights of spring, many students join the team of volunteers helping rescue and record the thousands of salamanders migrating across Rt. 36 to the field station's breeding habitat. Staff-led Woodcock Walks reveal the marvels of the mating flights of the American woodcock in field stations' shrubby old fields and young forests.

These are just two examples of the various nature walks, channel paddles, stewardship workdays, identification workshops, campfire gatherings, camp-outs, and more that students may participate in each semester at the MFS.

Student groups are also welcome to plan their own retreats at Muller Field Station.

Muller Field Station Research Opportunities

Ongoing, long-term studies include grassland bird surveys, songbird nest box studies, amphibian monitoring, walleye propagation, invasive species mapping and management, water quality, native plant restoration, wildlife camera trap research, and more.

Students are also invited to propose independent research projects that further advance our understanding of this dynamic ecosystem and its inhabitants.