Mountain Lake Biological Station NEON - United States of America

Mountain Lake Biological Station is located in a remote, but accessible southern portion of the Appalachian Mountain Chain in southwestern Virginia, approximately 20 km northwest of Blacksburg, VA. The Jefferson National Forest is contiguous to the station, with 42.5 km2 of woodland is designated as NFS Wilderness. The relocatable terrestrial NEON site is comprised of three parcels of land, with the northern two segments owned by the US Forest Service and the southern portion hosted by the University of Virginia. The 11.14 km2 site is situated on the elevated divide between the Atlantic and Mississippi drainage basins and is characterized by abrupt changes in environmental gradients and fine-scale variances in ecological niches. ...