Black Rock Forest Consortium
Lab and Housing Resources
Scientific and Technological Equipment

The Forest offers laboratory, computer, and field equipment in addition to the material listed for the laboratories.

Laboratory Equipment

  • Benchtop and portable pH, temperature,conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and other ion-sensitive electrodes and probes
  • Portable Li-Cor leaf area meter
  • Beckman spectrophotometer
  • Digital tree-ring measurement system
  • ArcView GIS system

Computer Equipment

  • Wired LAN
  • Cable wireless internet throughout building
  • 20 computers, printers, and scanners

Field Equipment

  • GPS units with external antennae
  • Remote cameras with infrared triggers
  • Water chemistry probes and meters
  • Stream flow meter
  • Stream and pond sampling and study equipment
  • Stevens water level recorders
  • Soil corers and sampling equipment
  • Quadrats
  • Tree measuring equipment
  • Tree coring equipment
  • Seine nets and dip nets
  • Insect traps
  • Turtle traps
  • Small mammal traps
  • Rock hammers
  • Plant presses
  • Spotting scopes
  • Hand lenses
  • Tape measures
  • Maps
  • Compasses
  • Plant and animal field guides
  • Backpacks
  • Clipboards
  • Waders
  • Hard hats
  • First aid kits