This dues paying, support entity serves an important role in organizing and funding many day to day programs for the station. Friends also contribute their expertise to assist with environmental education programs for visitors to Raystown Lake. The Friends of the Raystown Field Station is based on by-laws that provide for the election of a governing board or executive committee. One student is an at-large member and the Director of the field station is a member ex officio. C urrent Juniata students who donate 5 hours of labor to the station will receive free membership.
Membership is tax deductible.
Courses, such as Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, and Hydrogeology, regularly take students to the Station. They conduct a wide variety of field studies, from assessing sugar concentration in the sap of the maple grove to monitoring ground water levels. Some students take on summer jobs to maintain the Station and help out the visiting K-12 groups. Undergraduates can experience the woods, fields and lake by organizing student-club overnights at the Station. Faculty too use the Station as a site for field research, to understand the dynamics of lizard, turtle and bird populations or of water flow.