Designed as an educational and recreational area, as well as to preserve and restore habitats for native species, this 16.5-acre nature preserve is within an easy 10-minute walk of campus. Rolling hills, bisected by a large stream, offer upland grassland, forest, riparian, and aquatic habitats for study. Restoration of the entire area to pre-settlement conditions (including 5 acres of native tall grass prairie) provides abundant opportunities for student research. Water quality monitoring and aquatic ecology studies are also possible in the stream.