University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

Apply for 2025 Field-based Courses and Scholarships at the U-M Biological Station The priority deadline is March 15, 2025, for students to apply for courses and scholarships during the four-week spring and summer terms.

U-M Biological Station Releases Field Guide Identify wildlife and nature in and around Douglas Lake with the UMBS Field Guide, a reference tool informed by our scientific experts and private citizens during a BioBlitz that tallied the living things that call this part of northern Michigan home.

U-M Biological Station Burn Plots: Story Map Explores Historic Research Subjected to logging and fires, the more than 100-year series of ecological sites serve as a time machine that allows scientists to look back at forests of different ages and study disturbance, succession and forest ecology.

A Cabin in the Woods | University of Michigan Heritage Project For more than 100 years, students have scrawled on U-M Biological Station cabin walls. The graffiti serves as a rustic time capsule of a summertime experience many say changed their lives.

Spring and summer undergraduate classes at UMBS Field-based science and interdisciplinary courses. Beautiful scenery. Immersive research projects. What could be better? Learn more.

From Chemistry Labs to Atmospheric Towers: World Class Research Facilities Interested in doing research at the Station or curious what we have to offer? Read all about our research facilities.

Living Together, Learning Together at UMBS What's it like to spend a spring or summer at a biological field station? Read all about it here.

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Recent News

UMBS to Host Alumni Weekend Aug. 8-10

Friends and alumni of the University of Michigan Biological Station are invited to return to the shores of Douglas Lake with their families in August 2025 for Alumni Weekend. Advance registration and fee payment are required.

New Study Finds Time is Not the Driving Influence of Forest Carbon Storage

Research published in the journal Ecological Applications involved the effort of more than 100 scientists over many decades at the University of Michigan Biological Station and leverages historic data at the campus in northern Michigan.

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