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The R.S. Friedman Field Station of Suffolk University provides a living laboratory for observing and studying marine life in a relatively pristine environment dominated by the dramatic tides of Cobscook Bay on the coast of Eastern Maine.  Our facilities provide classrooms, rustic accommodations, flow-through seawater systems and field sampling equipment that support a variety of field-oriented classes as well as student and faculty research projects in a magnificent natural setting.

Located directly on the shores of Cobscook Bay, the lower most portion of the Bay of Fundy, and adjacent to the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, the fifty+ acre facility provides ready access to a variety of wildlife interacting in a spectacular array of natural habitats including rocky and soft-bottom intertidal areas, salt marshes, bogs, rivers, lakes, ponds, fields, and forests.

The field station and its location provide abundant opportunity for students from Suffolk’s urban Boston campus to become immersed in nature. Field observations and research projects augment the understanding of important biology concepts by reinforcing classroom study with hands-on experiences. Students are provided a wonderful environment in which to contemplate their own place in the natural world and gain additional appreciation for the natural resources that enrich their lives and those of other people.

Intensive, three week courses offered by Suffolk University’s biology department at the R.S. Friedman Field Station include marine biology and laboratory, ecology and laboratory, and field botany. Each is a three-week intensive field course that combines lecture with extensive field work. In addition, directed student research projects are available to interested students. Various other institutions also use this facility in support of their own field-oriented courses and research projects.

For more information please contact the Friedman Field Station’s Director Dr. Carl Merrill at cmerrill@suffolk.edu

The Field Station 2007 Staff List

• Beatrice L. Snow, Ph.D., Executive Director
• Carl L. Merrill, Ph.D., Director
• Thomas Trott, Ph.D., Research Associate
• Mateja Nenadovic, Research Associate
• Peggy Savage, Chef
• Rebecca Savage, Associate Chef
• Colby Hallowell, Kitchen Assistant
• Susan Boutin, Janitor/Dishwasher
• Dan Morang, Maintenance