Development of a Strategic Plan to Address Field Station Needs for Research, Teaching, Education and Outreach, in Northern New England

在凯瑟琳·c·威瑟斯博士的指导下，生态系统研究所获得了一笔赠款，用于制定一项战略计划，以解决外勤站在支持研究、教学、教育和推广方面的需求。这项规划拨款的地理重点是新英格兰北部。目前，该地区没有淡水站，无法通过设施和教育项目为研究人员和更广泛的社区提供服务。将举办一系列四个有针对性的讲习班，其参加者将包括来自新英格兰北部地区的研究和教育界的代表。研讨会将重点讨论在新罕布什尔州苏纳皮湖建立一个淡水站的必要性和可行性。此外，将利用对其他外地站的实地访问和与生物外地站组织主要人员的协商来指导这一进程和随后的战略计划。将利用这笔资金开展的工作代表了一种独特的合作和共同的愿景，即为广泛的参与者和消费者促进科学和科学理解。pi参与了各种各样的研究、教育和推广项目。这些努力包括社会科学和自然科学的基础研究，K-8教学和课程开发，本科和研究生培训，以及通过提供公共项目和出版教育材料进行推广。规划工作将揭示基础设施需求，这些需求将更好地服务于现有的合作，并将当前的研究成果带给可能使用它的人，如本科生和研究生、研究机构和该地区的居民。该战略计划要么将产生一个能够满足研究和教育界需求的设施计划，要么指出现有设施的优势、效用和可用性，并展示如何在现有基础设施的基础上进行建设。将为支助机构编写一份文件，并与该区域其他机构分享。

A grant has been awarded to the Institute of Ecosystem Studies under the direction of Dr. Kathleen C. Weathers for the development of a strategic plan to address field station needs in support of research, teaching, education and outreach. The geographic focus for this planning grant is northern New England. Currently, there is no freshwater field station in this region to serve both the researchers and the wider community through access to facilities and educational programs. A series of four targeted workshops will be conducted whose participants will include representatives from the research and education communities in the northern New England region. The workshops will be focused on the need for-- and feasibility of --creating a freshwater field station based at Lake Sunapee, NH. In addition, site visits to other field stations, and consultations with key personnel from the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) will be used to guide the process and subsequent strategic plan. The work that will be conducted with this funding represents a unique collaboration and common vision for advancing science and scientific understanding for a broad range of participants and consumers. The PIs are involved in diverse research, educational, and outreach programs. These efforts include primary research in the social and natural sciences, K-8 instruction and curriculum development, undergraduate and graduate training, and outreach through offering public programs and publishing educational materials. The planning effort will reveal the infrastructure needs that will better serve the existing collaboration and bring current research to those who might use it such undergraduates and graduates, research institutions, and residents of the region.The strategic plan will either result in a plan for a facility that would serve the needs of the research and education communities, or, alternatively, point to the strengths, utility and availability of what already exists, and demonstrate how to build upon the existing infrastructure. A document will be produced for the supporting institutions and shared with others in the region.