National network of biological stations
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Patagonian program of Argentine birds
The Juan Mazar Barnett Biological Station is the main working base of the Patagonia Program. It is located adjacent to the Buenos Aires Lake Plateau in the northwest of Santa Cruz. It is located 100 km from the town of Perito Moreno, entering through the RN 40. In the EBJMB we have rooms equipped with beds and closets to store personal items, library, common space for different activities, bathrooms, kitchen, equipment room and laboratory. In addition, there is a shed where all tool maintenance and repair activities are carried out. We have solar energy for both electricity and hot water. Of utmost importance is that we have satellite internet. For fresh food we have our own vegetable garden and chickens. The waste management is done by recycling everything that is used, taking it to different collection centers.
This station was originally established in 2013 at Estancia El Unco (now a section of Patagonia NP) to serve as a base for the incipient Project Hooded Grebe. With the emergence of this biological station as a fundamental pillar, the Patagonia Program began and the station quickly became a base of operations for a wide variety of Aves Argentinas’ own projects, as well as those of numerous national and international institutions. Currently, the goal of the biological station is to promote research and conservation in a logistically challenging area of Southern Patagonia, providing resources, knowledge and personnel to guarantee the work in the region.
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