and the modern day Fort Lewis College
The San Juan Basin Research Center ( SJBRC) enjoys a good working relationship with the Fort Lewis College Biology and Agricultural Sciences Department.
Student involvement ranges from participating in a lab class to actually working on for an entire semester as an intern. Professors also utilize the Research Center through class field trips and to conduct research projects.
Many freshman are introduced to the "old fort" campus when they take AG 101 and participate in the Swine Project.
Dr. Catherine Ortega has conducted research on Cowbirds at the "old fort" and received a grant to study the effects of cattle grazing on nesting birds.
More recently in the summer of 1998 a co-amp student helped Dr. Phil Shuler create a Plant Materials lab at the "old fort". Additionally, construction of a strawbale greenhouse began in the spring of 1998.