The Field Station supports our undergraduate science laboratory courses at Juniata. In the Limnology laboratory class, students study lake stratification, morphometrics, and plankton distribution. Students in Vertebrate Zoology visit the station to mist net birds, live trap small mammals for DNA analysis, and study thermoregulation in fence lizards. Plant Ecology and Invertebrate Zoology students rely on the station for collection and study specimens, and Hydrogeology classes map the hydrosphere of the station's watershed. The General Ecology class tests hypotheses about foraging strategies in winter birds and forest succession and primary productivity at the station.
Many undergraduate students establish independent research projects at the station.
Trophic Characterization of Raystown Lake DeNovio, N. 1997. The Water Quality Evolution of Raystown Lake Kelly, C. and E. DuMont. Effect of Forest Succession on Small Mammal Communities. Newcommer, S., K. Forsythe and S Eckert. The Effect Nest Placement on Songbird Reproductive Success in Clearcuts.