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Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories is a University of Minnesota field station dedicated to research and teaching on how ecosystems work, with an eye to cultivating an appreciation of their value and preservation for future generations. Here you will find a collection of news, features and opportunities at and about Itasca.

Get to Know Itasca's Lindsey Blake

Get to know Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories' Senior Lab Technician Lindsey Blake! If you visit, you may see her around the Station - be sure to say hello.
Lindsey Blake
When did you start working at Itasca? I started working at the Itasca Station in Spring of 2017 as the Senior Lab Technician.  

Itasca Director's Report - Spring 2019

Spring is springing - the dining bell is ringing. This is a special time of year in the north woods, concluding what many call ‘mud season’ but what I call the ‘spring frolic.’ This is when sandhill cranes headed to greener fields fly over trumpeter swans settling in for summer. Barred owls’ hoots are throaty and yearning.

Call for Proposals for Itasca Seed-to-Root Grants

Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories recently launched a call for proposals for seed grants for future research projects at the field station. These seed grants aim to spark new scientific inquiry and research at the field station and facilitate preliminary, higher risk efforts focused in up-and-coming creative spaces (e.g., techniques, emerging theory). Field stations, however, focus on places with particular qualities amenable to sustaining longer-term research.

Itasca 2018 Summer Student Employee Position

Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories is seeking a Summer Student Employee for Summer 2018. (Beginning no later than May 20 and departing no earlier than August 25, 2018.)

Hours will vary and will generally range from 25 – 40 hours per week, and also requires the ability to work weekends and evenings.