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The Organization of Biological Field Stations web site has links to 180 field stations in North America and Central America, including many that offer summer educational and research opportunities.
School for Field Studies is a private "study abroad" program offering college credit in association with Boston and other Universities at field study centers in Australia, British Columbia, the British West Indies, Costa Rica, Baja, Mexico and Kenya.
Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates (SEE-U) is based in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, the Biosphere 2 facility in Arizona, and the Black Rock Forest in New York. During the five weeks of the SEE-U program students will work through approximately 20 experiments and explorations. In addition, each student will design and carry out an independent research project, and participate in online discussions and lectures.

Great Lakes Region

The University of Wisconsin System's Pigeon Lake Field Station is situated in the southwest part of the 827,067 acre Chequamegon National Forest near Ashland. This summer they will be offering courses in ornithology, herpetology, and English, as well as 2 "art week" programs.
Au Sauble Institute of Environmental Studies is is a Christian Environmental Studies Institute located southwest of the Straits of Mackinac and offers courses in environmental chemistry, ecology, botany and biology.
Central Michigan University Biological Station is a unique island field station located in northern Lake Michigan on Beaver Island. The island is about 13 miles long and 6.5 miles wide with an area of about 55 square miles. The station offers courses in ecology, biology, statistics and art.
Lake Itasca Forestry & Biological Station is located within Itasca State Park on the shores of Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River. They offer a number of ecology courses including a class in arctic field ecology.
University of Michigan Biological Station is located at Douglas Lake, at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and offers a variety of field courses relevant to the Great Lakes flora and Fauna.
W. K. Kellogg Biological Station is located in southwestern Michigan on the shores of Gull Lake and offers outstanding opportunities to study courses in local flora, fauna, ecology and evolutionary biology in a diversity of natural and managed environments.

National

Duke University Marine Laboratory is set within the natural beauty of the Outer Banks of coastal North Carolina. They offer some summer courses in marine sciences.
Flathead Biological Station of the University of Montana is located in Polson Montana and offers courses required for undergraduate degrees in Biology and Wildlife.
Hancock Biological Station at Kentucky Lake in southwestern Kentucky is run by Murray University. The station offers courses in aquatic biology, ecology and scanning electron microscopy.
Highlands Biological Station is located near the Georgia and South Carolina state lines, on a high plateau of the Blue Ridge Mountains. They offer a variety of unique taxonomy and ecology courses that change yearly.
Hopkins Marine Station is located in Pacific Grove, on the Monterey Peninsula, which forms the Southern shore of Monterey Bay and offers a variety of courses in marine studies.
Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole is one of the most famous private research institutions in the world. They offer semester long eduicational experiences and also offer The Marine Models in Biological Research program, an eight week intensive research experience for advanced undergraduates at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL).
The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is a research facility located on an island 6 miles from Bar Harbor, Maine. This research facility off ers a few courses for undergraduates, but also offers an REU program in Marine Molecular Physiology.
The Mountain Lake Biological Station is located in the deciduous hardwood forest of the Allegheny Mountains of southwestern Virginia. It is operated by the Biology Department at the University of Virginia and offers courses in botany, entomology, and ecology.
Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center is a research and teaching facility located in Newport, Oregon on the Yaquina Bay estuary, about one mile from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. They offer courses year-round in the marine sciences.
Reis Biological Station is operated by the Biology Department of Saint Louis University and focuses on the ecology and geology of the Ozarks.
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory is in the Elk Mountains of south-central Colorado and offers in ecology, botany, and geology, as well as an REU program.

International

Bermuda Biological Station for Research is a private research station that offers courses in biology through liaisons with a variety of universities, including Duke and UNC. Course offerings focus on the marine environment.
Chapala Ecology Station is located on Lake Chapala in central Mexico. This station is run by Baylor and the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. Courses focus on tropical field ecolgy and conservation biology and are taught in English.
The Bocas del Toro ("mouths of the bull") Biological Station is located on Isla Colón off of the coast of Panama in an area known as the Galapagos of the Carribean. The offer many different courses in neotropical ecology and biology from ethnotbotonay to primate ecology.
Kananaskis Field Stations are located at the base of Mount Baldy in the front range of the Rockies offers a variety of college courses through several Canadian universities.
La Suerte and Ometepe Biological Field Stations, Biology and Art classes in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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