| Powdermill Nature Reserve | |
| Iucn Category: | V |
| Iucn Ref: | [1] |
| Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Location: | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania |
| Nearest City: | Latrobe, Pennsylvania |
| Area Ha: | 928.17 |
| Established: | 1956 |
| Operator: | Carnegie Museum of Natural History |
The Powdermill Nature Reserve is an environmental research center that is operated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.[2] [3]
Established in 1956, Powdermill serves as a field station for long-term studies of natural populations, and now forms the core of the museum's Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystems. The reserve encompasses 928.17 hectares, which includes forests (~891 hectares), fields (~21 hectares), developed land (~17 hectares), and ponds and streams (~0.36 hectares).[3]
It is located in the Laurel Highlands, southeast of Pittsburgh near Rector, Pennsylvania.[2]
Powdermill is well known for its avian research and is one of the longest continually-running bird banding stations in the United States.[4]