Strategic Planning for the Bartlett-Crowe Field Station

巴特利特-克罗野外站的战略规划

• 批准号: 1723073
• 负责人: Laura Hainsworth
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: Emory and Henry College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-15 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1723073&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strategic; Planning; Bartlett; Crowe; Field

Emory & Henry College has been awarded a planning grant to develop the inaugural five-year strategic plan for the newly-established Bartlett-Crowe Field Station. Founded in 2015 through a generous donation by Dr. Charles Bartlett, the mission is to provide education, research, and service opportunities in the Appalachian forest and river ecosystems by offering innovative field-based education programs and multipurpose research facilities. Situated on a 72-acre property located on the Middle Fork of the Holston River in southwest Virginia, the field station offers students and researchers a remarkable variety of southern Appalachian terrestrial and aquatic habitats for study. The surrounding region hosts some of the most unique and diverse assemblages of salamanders, fishes, and freshwater mussels in North America. Through the development of a comprehensive strategic plan, the Bartlett-Crowe Field Station will contribute to the critical baseline of scientific field-based knowledge that informs our understanding of the natural world and human impacts on the environment. In addition, Emory & Henry College, the leading educational institution in southwest Virginia with a focus on civic engagement, will use the Bartlett-Crowe Field Station as a unique resource for enhancing STEM education initiatives by creating field-based integrative STEM opportunities for teachers and students. The result will be to expand opportunities for STEM undergraduate research, STEM outreach, informal science education, and sound environmental stewardship in rural southwest Virginia.Strategic planning for the Bartlett-Crowe Field Station will begin with the development of partnerships. An advisory council comprised of stakeholders, educators, and science advisors will guide and shape the science and education plan. Key personnel from model field stations and expert science advisors will be consulted on planning research activities, resource and data management, and field station operations. Workshops on Educational Planning, Research Planning, and Field Station Operations will be hosted to facilitate collaborative discussion among Bartlett-Crowe personnel, local stakeholders and invited consultants. The resulting strategic plan will provide a framework for decision-making that emphasizes robust, long-term science and education objectives, and will guide the management and operation of the station in a way that is efficient, effective, and sustainable.

埃默里亨利学院获得了一笔计划拨款，用于为新成立的Bartlett-Crowe野外研究站制定首个五年战略计划。通过查尔斯巴特利特博士的慷慨捐赠成立于2015年，其使命是通过提供创新的实地教育计划和多用途研究设施，为阿巴拉契亚森林和河流生态系统提供教育，研究和服务机会。该野外研究站位于弗吉尼亚州西南部霍尔斯顿河的中叉，占地72英亩，为学生和研究人员提供了各种各样的阿巴拉契亚南部陆地和水生栖息地进行研究。周边地区拥有北美最独特、最多样化的蝾螈、鱼类和淡水贻贝。通过制定一项全面的战略计划，巴特利特-克劳考察站将有助于建立以科学实地为基础的知识的关键基线，从而使我们了解自然界和人类对环境的影响。此外，埃默里亨利学院（Emory & Henry College）是弗吉尼亚州西南部专注于公民参与的领先教育机构，该学院将利用Bartlett-Crowe实地研究站作为一种独特的资源，通过为教师和学生创造基于实地的综合STEM机会，来加强STEM教育计划。其结果将是扩大弗吉尼亚西南部农村地区STEM本科研究、STEM推广、非正式科学教育和健全环境管理的机会。巴特利特-克罗考察站的战略规划将从发展伙伴关系开始。一个由利益相关者、教育工作者和科学顾问组成的咨询委员会将指导和制定科学和教育计划。在规划研究活动、资源和数据管理以及野外台站业务方面，将咨询来自模拟野外台站的主要人员和专家科学顾问。将举办关于教育规划、研究规划和实地站操作的讲习班，以促进Bartlett-Crowe人员、当地利益相关者和受邀顾问之间的协作讨论。由此产生的战略计划将提供一个决策框架，强调强大的、长期的科学和教育目标，并将以一种高效、有效和可持续的方式指导空间站的管理和运行。