Facilities & Properties

Teaching/Research Facilities On-Campus:
  • CABNR Student Center - A college based student services facility located within the Fleishmann Agicultural Building.
       
  • Center for Economic Development - established in the fall of 1992 in response to the growing need within the state for economic development research, technical assistance and educational services. The UCED's primary objective is fostering economic development throughout Nevada by making the extensive resources of the University of Nevada, Reno available to organizations and areas that can benefit from job and income creation and job retention efforts.
         
  • Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station - NAES exists to develop technology which will enhance the efficiency of agriculture, forest and rangeland industries, helping both the rural and urban population through improved health and quality of life, and conserve our environmental resources.
       
  • Nevada Genomics Center - provides genomic services for the state of Nevada
       
  • Nevada IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence - provide research support services, training, and equipment for Nevada's biomedical investigators.
     
  • UNR Libraries - The University's main library (Getchell) and six science libraries.
Teaching/Research Facilities Off-Campus:
  • S-S Ranch - The ranch (located alongs the Truckee River, north of Wadsworth, NV) serves as a research and educational center in cooperation with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
     
  • Whittell Forest and Wildlife Area - A 2,700 acre property located on the east slopes of the Sierra Nevada's Carson Range
     
  • Wolf Pack Meats - A facility designed to teach students about the abattoir business. Retail products are available.
Field Stations

In most parks and natural areas, regulations discourage or prohibit collecting specimens, manipulating habitats, and disturbing plants and animals. While such restrictions can be important in protecting the integrity of the environment, they also make it difficult, if not impossible, to conduct many types of scientific activities.

 

Field Stations provide us with a place to study nature with fewer distractions and greater flexibility - a place where you can establish experiments without worrying about someone pulling up your survey flags, stepping on your study organisms, or walking away with your expensive data logger.

 

Therefore, it is no surprise that field stations have been at the forefront of agricultural, biological and natural resource research and education for more than a century. Below you will find a links to CABNR's current properties.

Page last updated: 3/23/2009