The area was set aside strictly for the research purposes of students and staff from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental sciences. Since its conversion into a Wildlife reserve, the area has been host to numerous research studies.
Dr Lewis uses the area in his Science of Inland Waters course so that his students can look at live specimen of invertebrates, plants, and amphibians in their natural habitat.
Sylvie de Blois used to bring her students in the area for the Ecological Monitoring and Analysis class.
