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Weber State plans to open its first-ever field station at Yellowstone National Park
Editor’s note: This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state. The first national park ever designated is soon to be the site of the first-ever field station for Weber State University. There, within the gates of Yellowstone National Park, Utah students will have access to an entire ecosystem as a classroom. “They’ll be able to do hands-on research, collect long-term data on ecological issues,” said Andrea Easter-Pilcher, dean of Weber’s College of Science and a ...