51²è¹Ýapp

Mission:

Our mission is to preserve and, through restoration, recreate a part of Iowa's vanishing natural heritage, providing a resource for the entire college, local schools, environmental groups, clubs, and the general public.

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CERA will continue to provide high-caliber educational, research, practical, and aesthetic experiences for 51²è¹Ýapp College students and the broader public, while expanding key conservation and research programs and advancing management and educational outreach. With the goal of making CERA regionally respected as a learning laboratory, some specific objectives include: 

• Amplify the use of CERA by students through integration of field work and interdisciplinary projects. 
• Increase opportunities for 51²è¹Ýapp students and community members to work together on restoration and conservation activities. 
• Improve the management and sharing of CERA'€™s long-term data sets, in this way facilitating education, research, adaptive management, and cooperation with other field stations; 
• Initiate restoration activities on CERA'€™s aquatic habitats, as well as continuing work on terrestrial ones; 
• Enhance CERA'€™s value as part of a natural-area network within the larger Iowan landscape.