FSML Planning for the Future of the Holt Research Forest

缅因州大学获得一笔规划补助金，用于制定一项十年计划，以更新和制定缅因州南部霍尔特研究森林(HRF)的新研究、教育和公共推广计划。最近项目领导和支持基础的变化创造了一个理想的机会，可以在过去的成功基础上再接再厉，制定一项计划，以确保人力资源管理处作为一个外地站的遗产和可持续性。之所以需要这一计划，部分原因是1982年没有预见到的一系列全新的环境挑战已经出现。该计划将制定战略，以促进关于健康管理的森林生态系统的价值、气候变化适应和城乡交界处森林动态的研究和教学。一项战略计划将确定必要的步骤，以加强基础设施，完善数据管理计划，增加对有价值的长期数据的获取，更广泛地传播研究成果，并加强人力资源框架与类似外地站之间的交流。规划赠款和由此产生的战略计划的一个关键成果将是扩大教学、培训和学习的机会，使研究生、博士后、本科生、K-12教师和青年以及成人学习者参与进来。霍尔特研究森林(HRF)是位于缅因州中部沿海南部的野外站点，具有35年的多学科生态研究历史。该遗址的特色是红橡树白松林生态系统，一个重要的和相对较少被研究的森林类型，有盐沼和潮滩的河口临街，以及岛上最大的淡水池。国家认可的肯纳贝克河口拥有30,000英亩的保护土地，位于国家认可的肯纳贝克河口内，其独特的沿海环境为扩大研究提供了广泛的可能性。这一规划项目旨在阐明研究、教育和公共推广规划的增长潜力。这一进程将涉及各种各样的利益攸关方和潜在受益者。其他大学和学院、科学家、自然资源专业人士、当地学校、保护组织、国家机构、林地所有者和普通公众都将参与进来，以改善结果。这将通过三次讲习班和一次会议来实现；征求该领域专家的外部评价；与类似站点的同行建立网络联系；并将结果综合为指导未来努力的十年战略计划。

University of Maine is awarded a planning grant to enable the development of a 10year plan to update and formulate new research, educational, and public outreach programs at Holt Research Forest (HRF) in southern Maine. Recent changes of project leadership and supporting foundation creates an ideal opportunity to build on past successes and create a plan to ensure the legacy and sustainability of HRF as a field station. This plan is needed in part because a whole new set of environmental challenges, not foreseen in 1982, have emerged. The plan will develop strategies to stimulate research and teaching on the value of healthy managed forest ecosystems, climate change adaptation, and forest dynamics at the urban/rural interface. A strategic plan will establish the steps needed for establishing an enhanced infrastructure, a refined data management plan with increased access to the valuable long-term data, broader dissemination of research results, and developing greater communication between HRF and similar field stations. A key outcome of the planning grant and resulting strategic plan would be expanded opportunities for teaching, training, and learning that engage graduate students, postdocs, undergraduate students, K-12 teachers and youth, and adult learners. The Holt Research Forest (HRF) a field station located in southern mid-coastal Maine and has a 35-year history of multidisciplinary ecological research. The site features a red oak white pine forest ecosystem, an important and relatively understudied forest type, estuarine frontage with salt marshes and tidal flats, and the largest fresh water pond on the island. The unique coastal setting of HRF within the nationally recognized Kennebec Estuary with 30,000acres of conservation lands within a 15 mile radius provides a wide spectrum of possibilities for expansion of research. This planning project seeks to articulate the growth potential for research, educational, and public outreach programming. The process will involve a wide diversity of stakeholders and potential beneficiaries. Other universities and colleges, scientists, natural resource professionals, local schools, conservation organizations, state agencies, woodlot owners, and the general public will all be engaged to improve the outcomes. This will be accomplished through three workshops and a conference; soliciting an external evaluation from experts in the field; networking with peers at similar stations; and synthesizing the findings into a10-year strategic plan that will guide future endeavors.