Institute for Franciscan Environmental Studies

The Institute for Franciscan Environmental Studies is a program of Quincy University. Our mission is the promotion of Franciscan values through environmental and ecological research and education. The facility consists of a 633-square-foot wet lab supplied with a large variety of instruments, equipment and kits for aquatic and terrestrial research in ecology and environmental science.

• The Quincy University Stream Team, its activities and monitoring sites, with periodic updates.
• MonarchWatch (link). We have joined the effort to tag and release monarch butterflies.
• Research activities of faculty and students
  • Joe Coelho
  • Research expeditions have been taken to
    • Big Bend National Park.
    • Joliet, Illinois.
    • Ruby, Arizona
• Resources
  • Quincy University Life Sciences Museum
    • Bird Collection
    • Mammal Skull Collection
    • Fish, Amphibian, and Reptile Collection
  • Places to recycle in the Quincy area
• Quincy University Environmental Club
• History of the IFES