Powdermill Nature Reserve

The Powdermill Nature Reserve is an environmental research center that is operated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

History and notable features
Established in 1956, Powdermill serves as a field station for long-term studies of natural populations, and now forms the core of the museum's Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystems. The reserve encompasses 928.17 hectares, which includes forests (~891 hectares), fields (~21 hectares), developed land (~17 hectares), and ponds and streams (~0.36 hectares).

It is located in the Laurel Highlands, fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh near Rector, Pennsylvania.

Powdermill is well known for its avian research and is one of the longest continually-running bird banding stations in the United States.