Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences Facilities
The Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences is housed in Holt and Grote Halls on the Chattanooga, Tennessee campus of the University of Tennessee.
In addition to classroom and office space, the department has research and teaching laboratories with advanced equipment, a GIS computer laboratory, animal quarters, two greenhouses, and a Teaching and Learning garden. There are multiple field stations managed by the department including an aquatic field station on the Tennessee River, two field stations in the Tennessee River Gorge, a 200 acre forested research property that includes a wetland and classroom, and Raccoon Mountain Caverns, To explore these field locations, the department owns three aquatic research vessels, a covered utility trailer, a truck, a transport van, and an SUV.
The department also hosts multiple collections that including a Natural History Museum. The teaching collections are used to engage to students in learning.
The department is formally affiliated with the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, which provides facilities and equipment for studies in marine biology and oceanography and Highlands Biological Station in North Carolina which is a regional field station for biological research and education in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
The department has longstanding relationships with a variety of other institutions including: