Workshop: Planning Activities for the Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve, Indiana University 2003

该奖项支持印第安纳州大学新成立的研究和教学保护区（IURTP）的战略计划的发展。该站的使命是为研究、教学和推广提供自然的野外环境，以补充现有的校园项目和设施。 IURTP目前由两个森林地块组成，总面积近200公顷，包括各种高地、低地和水生生境，并包括印第安纳州最大的湖泊。 尽管缺乏基础设施，但IURTP对于研究和培训具有重要价值，因为它的可访问性（包裹距离校园约4，15和35公里），自然条件，栖息地多样性和靠近广泛的公共土地。它位于下中西部最大的森林地区，因此从保护和生物多样性的角度来看具有相当大的区域和国家意义。战略计划的制定将吸收外部专家的重要投入，通过两个连续的讲习班帮助确定研究优先事项和反映这些优先事项的场地改进：一个讲习班侧重于研究，另一个侧重于为IURTP基础设施提出具体建议。 此外，该奖项还支持台站工作人员访问可比的实地台站，并保留收集有关共同问题和解决方案的信息。 在讲习班上，将邀请台站使用和运行的研究和行政方面的专家访问IURTP，与当前和潜在的用户进行磋商，并就最能反映现有教师兴趣和保护区新机会相结合的战略方向提出建议。

This award supports the development of a strategic plan for Indiana University's newly established Research and Teaching Preserve (IURTP). The station's mission is to provide natural field settings for research, teaching and outreach that complement existing on-campus programs and facilities. The IURTP currently consists of two forest parcels that total nearly 200 ha encompassing a variety of upland, bottomland and aquatic habitats, and including the largest lake in Indiana. Despite the lack of infrastructure, the IURTP is of great value for research and training given its accessibility (the parcels are approximately 4, 15 and 35 km from campus), natural conditions, habitat diversity and proximity to extensive public lands. It is located within the largest forested region in the lower Midwest, and thus has considerable regional and national significance from conservation and biodiversity perspectives. The strategic plan will be developed with significant input from outside experts to help define research priorities, and site improvements that reflect these priorities, through two, sequential workshops: one a workshop focusing on research, the other focused on development of specific recommendations for IURTP infrastructure. In addition, the award supports visits by station staff to comparable field stations and preserves to gather information on common problems and solutions. For the workshops, experts in both research and administrative aspects of station use and operation will be invited to visit the IURTP, consult with current and potential users, and make recommendations on strategic directions that best reflect the combination of existing faculty interests and new opportunities at the preserve.