Strategic Planning for the Bartlett-Crowe Field Station

埃默里亨利学院已被授予规划补助金，为新成立的巴特罗·克罗野外站制定首个五年战略计划。 查尔斯·巴特利特，该使命是通过提供创新的实地教育计划和多用途研究设施，在阿巴拉契亚森林和河流生态系统中提供教育，研究和服务机会。 该野外站位于弗吉尼亚州西南部霍尔斯顿河中叉的72英亩土地上，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。 周边地区拥有北美最独特和最多样化的蝾螈，鱼类和淡水贻贝。 通过制定一项全面的战略计划，巴特萨尔-克罗野外工作站将为科学领域知识的关键基线做出贡献，这些知识将使我们了解自然世界和人类对环境的影响。此外，埃默里亨利学院，在弗吉尼亚州西南部领先的教育机构，重点是公民参与，将使用Bartlett-Crowe现场站作为一个独特的资源，通过创建基于现场的综合STEM的机会，教师和学生，以加强干教育举措。其结果将是扩大STEM本科生研究，STEM推广，非正式科学教育和弗吉尼亚州西南部农村健全的环境管理的机会。巴特维尔-克罗野外工作站的战略规划将开始与合作伙伴关系的发展。 一个由利益相关者、教育工作者和科学顾问组成的咨询理事会将指导和制定科学和教育计划。 将就规划研究活动、资源和数据管理以及野外台站运作等问题向来自示范野外台站的关键人员和专家科学顾问进行咨询。 将举办关于教育规划、研究规划和实地考察站运作的研讨会，以促进巴特劳-克罗工作人员、当地利益相关者和受邀顾问之间的合作讨论。 由此产生的战略计划将提供一个决策框架，强调强有力的长期科学和教育目标，并将以高效、有效和可持续的方式指导空间站的管理和运营。

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.