The University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station hosts senior
researchers and graduate students working on all aspects of Nantucket's
natural and human history.  Specialties are plant and animal ecology, both
marine and terrestrial, hydrology, glacial and coastal geology, and human
land use history of our unique lowland heath vegetation.  The Station also
hosts field trips and small conferences. The research season is September
through May.

Two five credit undergraduate field biology courses are offered each summer,
one for beginning and one for advanced students.  The $675 (1994) cost for
each includes tuition, fees, and housing, but not food, students provide and
cook their own.  For information and application materials, contact the
course coordinator:

	Dr. Michael Shiaris, Shiaris@umbsky.cc.UMB.edu

If you would like to request space for a teaching or research visit to
Nantucket Island, please contact

	Dr. Wesley N. Tiffney, Director
	UMASS Nantucket Field Station
	180 Polpis Road
	Nantucket, MA  02554.

	Voice:	508-228-5268
	Fax:	508-228-7834
	E-Mail:	wtiffney@aol.com

We welcome your questions, and are happy to make suggestions about Nantucket
opportunities for education and research on coastal and marine ecosystems.