<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="Hautes-Fagnes,Hautes Fagnes,Fagnes,Fagne,Belgique,Lige,sshf,universit,rserve naturelle,Rigi,Mont-Rigi,tourbire,recherche,scientifique,ducation,enseignement, diatome,algologie,botanique,zoologie,bryophite,mousse,parc naturel,lande,cologie,palobotanique,palynologie,archologie"> <META NAME="INFO" CONTENT="La Station scientifique des Hautes-Fagnes (Universit de Lige, Belgique) est un centre de recherche pluridisciplinaire install depuis 1924 dans la rserve naturelle des Hautes-Fagnes"> <TITLE>Station scientifique des Hautes-Fagnes : page d'accueil</TITLE>  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/sshf.css" type="text/css"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- function fenetre1() { var win; win=window.open("annonce.html","Annonce","height=440,width=440,left=100,top=100,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes"); } //--> </script>  </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="fonds/fonda.jpg" onLoad="fenetre1()">  <P> <table width="640" border="0" align="center">   <tr>             <td width="461">        <div align="center"><img src="Images/logonew2.gif" width="457" height="65"></div>     </td>       <td width="169">                 <div align="right"><a href="http://www.ulg.ac.be/"><img src="Images/logoulg.gif" width="135" height="92" border="0"></a></div>       </td>     </tr>   </table>                 <div align="right"></div>    <TABLE WIDTH="640" BORDER="0" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">   <TR>                    <TD WIDTH="105" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#FF9900">        <div align="center"><a href="#sshf0"><img src="Images/optiona.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfa1"><img src="Images/optionb.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf2"><img src="Images/optionc.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf4"><img src="Images/optiond.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf3"><img src="Images/optione.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf5"><img src="Images/optionf.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf6"><img src="Images/optiong.gif" border="0"></a></div>       <br> 	  <br> 	  <div align="center"><img src="Images/pays2.jpg" border="0" width="105" height="156"></div>  </TD>     <TD WIDTH="430" VALIGN="TOP">        <div>         <div align="center"><img src="Images/LOGOSSHF.GIF" width="300" height="129">            <A NAME="sshftop"></A></div>       </div> 		         <h6><B><FONT COLOR="#006600" SIZE=+1> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#006600">Responsable</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">          : Dr Louis Leclercq<BR>         <B>Conception / Maintenance</B> : Serge Nekrassoff</FONT></h6>  <P><CENTER>           <h6><A HREF="fr/liensite.html">Liens vers d'autres sites</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/recherch.html">Recherches</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/seminair.html">S&eacute;minaires</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/pedag.html">S&eacute;jours p&eacute;dagogiques</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/science.html">Stages scientifiques</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/contact.html">Contactez-nous</A></h6>         </CENTER><p></P>  <P><CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="23" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "3"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="45%"><P><CENTER>&nbsp;<A HREF="de/homede.html"><IMG SRC="Images/flagde.gif"  WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="MIDDLE" NATURALSIZEFLAG="2" BORDER="0"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000">Deutsch</FONT></CENTER></TD> <TD WIDTH="55%"><P><CENTER>&nbsp;<A HREF="de/homede.html#txtnl"><IMG SRC="Images/flagNL.gif" WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="MIDDLE" NATURALSIZEFLAG="2" BORDER="0"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000">Nederlands</FONT></CENTER></TD></TR> </TABLE> </CENTER>  <P><CENTER>                    <h6><B><FONT SIZE=-1>Derni&egrave;re mise &agrave; jour / Last up-date            : 30/03/2002</FONT></B> </h6>         </CENTER>       <P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/lignechr.gif" WIDTH="383" HEIGHT="16" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "0" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></CENTER></P>                  <P>                          <h1>News</h1>       <h5><B><font color="#800000" face="arial">Une nouvelle station m&eacute;t&eacute;orologique          enti&egrave;rement automatis&eacute;e</font></B></h5>       <h5><a href="fr/meteo.html">Les informations ici</a></h5>       <h5><b><font color="#800000" face="arial">Instantan&eacute;s : la vie &agrave;          la Station en quelques images</font></b></h5>       <h5><a href="fr/instants.html">Visualiser ici</a></h5>       <h5><b><font color="#800000" face="arial">Activit&eacute;s scientifiques          et p&eacute;dagogiques &agrave; la station en 2002</font></b></h5>       <h5><a href="fr/activite.html">Le calendrier ici</a></h5>                          <P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/lignechr.gif" WIDTH="383" HEIGHT="16" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "0" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></CENTER></P>        <h1> <A NAME="sshf0"></A>O&ugrave; ?</h1>       <P><B><font color="#006600" size="+3">A</font></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">u          sommet du plateau des Hautes-Fagnes, &agrave; l'extr&eacute;mit&eacute;          NE de l'Ardenne (alt. 674 m), au coeur du Parc naturel Hautes-Fagnes /          Eifel. Accessible par route ou par chemin de fer et par bus &agrave; partir          de Verviers, Eupen, Malmedy ou Sankt-Vith.</FONT></P>       <div>         <div align="center"><img src="Images/sshf1.jpg" width="430" height="156"></div>       </div>       <h6><A HREF="fr/map.html"><b>Comment se rendre &agrave; la station scientifique</b></A>          </h6>       <div>         <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "3"></div>       </div >           <h1><A NAME="sshfa1"></A>Pourquoi ?</h1>           <p><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=+3>A</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#008000">u              sein de l'Euregio, la haute Ardenne, et les Hautes-Fagnes en particulier,              pr&eacute;sentent un ensemble d'int&eacute;r&ecirc;ts exceptionnels              : biologique, biog&eacute;ographique, climatique, g&eacute;ologique,              hydrologique, g&eacute;omorphologique, mais aussi historique, arch&eacute;ologique              et humain.</FONT> </p>                <P> <FONT COLOR="#008000">Tourbi&egrave;res hautes vieilles de 7.000 ans,          traces de palses, trientale et coq de bruy&egrave;re, mousses et insectes          bor&eacute;omontagnards, bornes et vieux chemins, dialectes, ... sont          autant de sujets qui d&eacute;j&agrave; au 19e si&egrave;cle fascinaient          les chercheurs. C'est pourquoi l'Universit&eacute; de Li&egrave;ge d&eacute;cida          d'y &eacute;tablir une </FONT><A HREF="fr/3sshf.html">station scientifique          en 1924.</A></P>                <div align="center"><img src="Images/sshfold7.jpg" width="320" height="195"></div>              <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Sommet</b></A> </h6>               <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM"  NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"> </div>                   <h1><A NAME="sshf2"></A><B><I>Pour enseigner...</I></B></h1>       <p><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=+3>L'</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#008000">int&eacute;r&ecirc;t          majeur de la Station pour l'enseignant et l'&eacute;tudiant -d'universit&eacute;,          d'&eacute;cole normale ou secondaire- r&eacute;side dans la proximit&eacute;          de sites tr&egrave;s diversifi&eacute;s pour l'observation approfondie          sur le terrain et au laboratoire.Un contact direct avec les chercheurs          pour la pr&eacute;paration ou la guidance de certaines activit&eacute;s,          pour une explication ou la recherche d'une source documentaire, est toujours          possible.</FONT></p>       <p><font color="#008000">Innombrables sont les th&egrave;mes exploi-tables,          m&ecirc;me pendant la mauvaise saison : la v&eacute;g&eacute;tation et          son histoire, la flore, la faune, les ruisseaux, la tourbe, les roches,          les pierriers, les palses, les pollens, les bornes, les haies, l'habitat          traditionnel, ...</font> </p>       <div>         <div align="center"><img src="Images/labo3.jpg" width="280" height="210" align="TOP" naturalsizeflag= "0" alt="linaigrettes"></div>       </div>                          <h6><A HREF="#sshftop" ><b>Sommet</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#008000"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/pedag.html" >S&eacute;jours          p&eacute;dagogiques</A> </b> </h6>       <P><CENTER>         <h1><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>           <A NAME="sshf4"></A><B><I>... et apprendre</I></B> </h1>         <TABLE WIDTH="430" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3">           <TR>             <TD WIDTH="270" VALIGN="TOP">                <P>               <p><font color="#006600">Dans un cadre qui efface celui de l'&eacute;cole                  de tous les jours et o&ugrave; l'essentiel est bas&eacute; sur                  l'observation du moment, les stagiaires -&eacute;tudiants, naturalistes                  ou amateurs curieux- se reprennent &agrave; d&eacute;couvrir et                  &agrave; se passionner : qui pour un lichen sous la loupe binoculaire,                  qui pour une diatom&eacute;e au microscope, qui pour le relev&eacute;                  m&eacute;t&eacute;orologique matinal.</font></p>               <p><font color="#006600"> Toucher du doigt une &eacute;corce de                  bouleau vieille de 6.000 ans, p&eacute;n&eacute;trer les myst&egrave;res                  des sphaignes, d&eacute;couvrir des ruisseaux aux eaux pures,                  mais sans poissons, ... suscitent bien des &eacute;tonnements,                  des questions et de toute fa&ccedil;on, l'envie d'en savoir plus.                  </font> </p>             </TD>             <TD WIDTH="160" VALIGN="TOP">                <div>                 <div align="center"><IMG SRC="Images/entomo.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="355" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "3"></div>               </div>             </TD></TR> </TABLE> </CENTER>        <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Sommet</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#008000"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/pedag.html">S&eacute;jours p&eacute;dagogiques</A> </b></h6>       <P><CENTER>           <h1><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>             <A NAME="sshf3"></A><B><I>Pour chercher ...</I></B></h1>           <h1><img border="0" src="Images/labo.jpg" width="300" height="207"></h1>                    <p><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=+3>A</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#008000">ux            chercheurs, la r&eacute;gion apporte chaque ann&eacute;e de nouveaux            faits et de nouveaux probl&egrave;mes : les uns vieux de 600 millions            d'ann&eacute;es, les autres imm&eacute;diats. Chacun dans sa discipline,            observe, inventorie, mesure, r&eacute;colte, exp&eacute;rimente, compare            ... pour apporter sa quote-part &agrave; la compr&eacute;hension int&eacute;gr&eacute;e            d'un &eacute;cosyst&egrave;me r&eacute;gional particuli&egrave;rement            original.</FONT></p>         <h6><A HREF="fr/recherch.html"><b>Recherches en cours</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#006600">            - </FONT><A HREF="fr/science.html">Stages scientifiques</A> - <A HREF="#sshftop">Sommet</A>            </b> </h6>         <div><p><IMG SRC= "fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "3"></p></div>         <h1><A NAME="sshf5"></A><B><I>...et appliquer</I></B></h1>         <p><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=+3>T</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#008000">outes            les connaissances fondamentales d&eacute;bouchent sur de multiples applications            &agrave; la protection, &agrave; la gestion et &agrave; la mise en valeur            du patrimoine naturel et &eacute;conomique r&eacute;gional : gestion            &eacute;cologique des milieux les plus originaux de la r&eacute;serve            et du parc, impact &eacute;cologique des projets d'infrastructure, plantations            d'abords autoroutiers, protection des ressources aquif&egrave;res, sauvegarde            du bocage, information du public, formations de guides-nature, etc.</FONT></p>                </CENTER>       <P>       <p><FONT COLOR="#008000">La station propose des consultance &agrave;              des entreprises priv&eacute;es, ...</FONT></p>                  <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Sommet</b></A> </h6>       <div><p><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH= "368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></p></div>                    <h1><A NAME="sshf6"></A><B><I>Pour discuter ...</I></B></h1>                  <table width="430" border="0" align="center">         <tr>           <td width="120"><img src="Images/semin2.jpg" width="120" height="273"></td>           <td width="310" valign="top">              <p><b><font color="#008000" size=+3>I</font></b><font color="#008000">l                est souvent n&eacute;cessaire, et tr&egrave;s utile, de confronter                ses id&eacute;es ou ses r&eacute;sultats avec ceux des autres. Non                seulement les scientifiques, mais aussi les cadres d'entreprises,                les gestionnaires d'administration, les acteurs du secteur associatif                peuvent trouver &agrave; la station un cadre agr&eacute;able, d&eacute;paysant                et calme pour se r&eacute;unir.</font></p>             <p><font color="#008000">Pour des conf&eacute;rences, 80 &agrave;                100 personnes peuvent &ecirc;tre accueillies.</font></p>       </td>         </tr>       </table>              <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Sommet</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#008000"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/seminair.html">S&eacute;minaires d'entreprises - Colloques scientifiques</A></b><br>       </h6>       <br><div>         <div align="center">           <IMG SRC="Images/lignechr.gif" WIDTH="383" HEIGHT="16" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "0" ALIGN="BOTTOM">         </div>       </div>       </TD>                    <TD WIDTH="105" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#FF9900">                <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk1"><img src="Images/optionaa.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk2"><img src="Images/optionbb.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk3"><img src="Images/optioncc.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk4"><img src="Images/optiondd.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk5"><img src="Images/optionee.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk6"><img src="Images/optionff.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk7"><img src="Images/optiongg.gif" border="0"></a></div>	         <br> 	  <br> 	  <div align="center"><img src="Images/pays1.jpg" border="0" width="105" height="156"></div>      </TD>   </TR> </TABLE>   <A NAME="uktext"></A> <table width="640" border="0" align="center">     <tr>        <td width="461"><img src="Images/logonew2.gif" width="457" height="65"></td>       <td width="169">                 <div align="right"><a href="http://www.ulg.ac.be/"><img src="Images/logoulg.gif" width="135" height="92" border="0"></a></div>       </td>     </tr>   </table>    <TABLE WIDTH="640" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">   <TR>            <TD WIDTH="105" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#FF9900">        <div align="center"><a href="#sshf0"><img src="Images/optiona.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfa1"><img src="Images/optionb.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf2"><img src="Images/optionc.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf4"><img src="Images/optiond.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf3"><img src="Images/optione.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf5"><img src="Images/optionf.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshf6"><img src="Images/optiong.gif" border="0"></a></div> <br> 	  <br> 	  <div align="center"><img src="Images/pays2.jpg" border="0" width="105" height="156"></div> </TD>     <TD WIDTH="430" VALIGN="TOP"> <P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/lignechr.gif" WIDTH="383" HEIGHT="16" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "0" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></CENTER></P>  <div>           <div align="center"><IMG SRC="Images/logosshf.gif" ALIGN= "BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="2"><BR>           </div>         </div>                      <h6><A HREF="fr/liensite.html">Links to other web sites</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/recherch.html">Researches</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/seminair.html">S&eacute;minaires</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/pedag.html">S&eacute;jours p&eacute;dagogiques</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="uk/stageuk.html">Scientific seminars</A><FONT  COLOR="#006600"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/contact.html">Contact us</A></h6>           <P><CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="23" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "3"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="45%">&nbsp;<A HREF="de/homede.html"><IMG SRC="Images/flagde.gif" WIDTH="40"  HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="MIDDLE" NATURALSIZEFLAG="2" BORDER="0"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000">Deutsche Inhalt</FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="55%">&nbsp;<A HREF="de/homede.html#txtnl"><IMG SRC="Images/flagNL.gif" WIDTH= "40" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="MIDDLE" NATURALSIZEFLAG="2" BORDER="0"></A> <FONT  COLOR="#008000">Nederlandse inhoud</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE>           <br>           <div>             <IMG SRC="Images/lignechr.gif" WIDTH="383" HEIGHT="16" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "0" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></div>                    <h5><b><font color="#800000" face="arial">Snapshots : everyday life at            the Station</font></b></h5>         <h5><a href="fr/instants.html">Click here</a></h5>         <p>           <center>             <img src="Images/lignechr.gif" width="383" height="16" naturalsizeflag= "0" align="BOTTOM">           </center>         </p>         <h1><A NAME="sshfuk1"></A>Where ?</h1>                    <p><B><font color="#006600" size="+3">O</font></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">n            the Hautes-Fagnes plateau, on the northeastern border of the Ardenne            region (alt. 674 m), within the Hautes-Fagnes / Eifel nature park.</FONT></p>         </CENTER>          <P>                  <FONT COLOR="#006600">Easy access by road or railway and bus from              Verviers, Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt-Vith.</FONT>         </P>  <h6><A HREF="uk/mapuk.html"><b>How to reach the Station</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#006600">                - </FONT><A HREF="#sshftop">Top</A></b></h6>                        <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "3"></div>                             <h1><A NAME="sshfuk2"></A><B><I>Why ?</I></B></h1>                <p><B><font color="#006600" size="+3">W</font></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">ithin          the EUREGIO, the high Ardenne region, and especially the Hautes-Fagnes          area, is of exceptional interest because of the local diversity in the          fields of biology, biogeography, climatology, geology, geomorphology,          and also history and human sciences. </FONT><B><A HREF="fr/3sshf.html">In          1924</A></B><FONT  COLOR="#006600">, the University of Li&egrave;ge built there a scientific station.          Some 800 publications are based on 7,000 year-old raised bogs, traces          of mineral palsas, chickweed wintergreen and black grouses, boreal-montane          mosses and insects, old stones and paths, dialects,...</FONT></p>            		   <div align="center"><img src="Images/sshfold7.jpg" width="320" height="195"></div>       <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Top</b></A> </h6>                               <div>         <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></div>       </div>                          <h1> <A NAME="sshfuk3"></A>Teaching</h1>                          <p> <b><font color="#006600" size="+3">T</font></b><FONT COLOR="#006600">he          main interest of the Station for university, high school or secondary          school teachers is the vicinity both of very different biotopes for scientific          observations and of the laboratory where tools for an in-depth approach          are available. A direct contact with the local scientists is always possible,          even at the last minute, to prepare or to guide activities or to find          the right reference in the library. </FONT></p>                              <TABLE WIDTH="420" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3">             <TR> <TD HEIGHT="124" VALIGN="TOP"><P><FONT COLOR="#006600">Innumerable research subjects are available, even during the cold season : vegetation and its history, flora, fauna, brooks, peat rocks, accumulation of stones, palsas, pollens, old stones, hedges, villages, landscapes, tourism...</FONT></p></TD>               <TD VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="Images/pays5.jpg" WIDTH="180" HEIGHT="212" ALIGN="TOP" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "0"></TD>             </TR> </TABLE> <P><CENTER>                              <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Top</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#008000"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/pedag.html">S&eacute;jours p&eacute;dagogiques</A></b></h6>                               <div><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></div>                    <h1> <B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000"><a name="sshfuk4"></a></FONT>Learn</I></B>ing          </h1>                    <TABLE WIDTH="420" HEIGHT="369" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3">           <TR>             <TD WIDTH="270" VALIGN="TOP">                <P><B><FONT COLOR="#006600" SIZE=+3>I</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">n                  an environment that is so different from everyday routine and                  where the important thing is immediate observation, the participants                  (students, naturalists or inquisitive amateurs) are enthused by                  the sight of lichen or crossbills seen through binoculars, a diatom                  under the microscope, or even an early morning weather report.                  Actually touching a six thousand year old birch bark, going deeper                  into the secret anatomy of a peatmoss, discovering brooks with                  clean waters but without fish, is a source of astonishment and                  wonder, which triggers the wish to know more.</FONT>              </TD>             <TD WIDTH="160" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="Images/entomo.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="355" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG= "3"></TD>           </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER>  <P>             <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Top</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#008000"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/pedag.html">S&eacute;jours p&eacute;dagogiques</A></b></h6>           <P>         <div>           <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" ></div>         </div>                           <h1><A NAME="sshfuk5"></A>Research</h1>                   <div align="center"><img border="0" src="Images/labo.jpg" width="300" height="207"></div>                         <p><B><FONT COLOR="#006600"  SIZE=+3> T</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">o researchers, the area brings new          data and new challenges every day : some 600 millions of years old, others,          relating to the present or even to the future. Everyone, in his own field          of interest, observes, lists, measures, collects, experiments, compares...          and brings her or his own contribution to a comprehensive synthesis of          a unique regional ecosystem.</FONT></p>                <h6><A HREF="fr/recherch.html"><b>Recherches en cours</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#006600">          - </FONT><a href="uk/stageuk.html">Scientific seminars</a><FONT COLOR="#006600">          - </FONT><A HREF="#sshftop">Top</A></b></h6>                               <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></div>                             <h1><A NAME="sshfuk6"></A>Implementing</h1>       <p><B><FONT COLOR="#006600" SIZE=+3>A</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">ll          this fundamental knowledge leads to practical measures to protect, manage          and highlight the regional, natural and economic heritage: ecological          management of the unique environments in the Reserve and in the Park,          ecological consequences of engineering projects, greening of motorway-sides,          water protection, safeguard of the grove, impact of pollution on on conifer          woods, information to the public, private management for municipalities,          educating nature-guides,...</FONT> </p>                 <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Top</b></A></h6>                       <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></div>                         <h1><A NAME="sshfuk7"></A>Exchange</h1>        <P><B><FONT COLOR="#006600" SIZE=+3>I</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#006600">t          is often necessary and helpful to exchange ideas or results with others.          Not only scientists but companies or administration managers will find          in the Station an enjoyable, quiet and relaxing place for small groups          to meet.</FONT></P>        <P><FONT COLOR="#006600">Our rooms can accommodate up to 100 participants.</FONT></P>                    <h6><A HREF="#sshftop"><b>Top</b></A><b><FONT COLOR="#008000"> - </FONT><A HREF="fr/seminair.html">S&eacute;minaires d'entreprises - Colloques scientifiques</A></b></h6>         <div>         <div align="center"><IMG SRC="fonds/ligne1.gif" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></div>       </div> 		</TD>            <TD WIDTH="105" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#FF9900">        <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk1"><img src="Images/optionaa.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk2"><img src="Images/optionbb.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk3"><img src="Images/optioncc.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk4"><img src="Images/optiondd.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk5"><img src="Images/optionee.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk6"><img src="Images/optionff.gif" border="0"></a></div> 	  <div align="center"><a href="#sshfuk7"><img src="Images/optiongg.gif" border="0"></a></div> <br>       <br> 	  <div align="center"><img src="Images/pays1.jpg" border="0" width="105" height="156"></div>         </TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> 
