A modern laboratory is equipped with an auto-analyzer, spectrophotometers, fluorometers, and other instruments. A Laboratory with an artificial stream is available for experimental research of stream ecosystems in a setting that allows control and manipulation of environmental characteristics. A new underground soil biology laboratory is available for manipulative experiments with roots, mycorrhizal microbes, and invertebrates. For access to soil biota there are 544 removable windows. Support facilities include a culture room, laminar flow hood, dark rooms, chemical analysis laboratory, microcomputer with digitizing pod, and a computer link to Ann Arbor and many universities.
Strong emphasis is placed on ecology and field biology.
Courses are supported by equipment, laboratories, the library, a computing center, vehicles and boats. Special programs are offered for graduate students, teachers of biology and science, and regional teachers, school children, and adults.