FSML: Planning for the future of the Pymatuning Lab of Ecology

皮马图宁生态实验室（PLE）位于宾夕法尼亚州西北部的皮马图宁湖上，是匹兹堡大学的野外研究站。85年来，PLE一直是生物学研究和教育的场所。在过去的五年中，来自三十多所大学和学院的教育工作者和研究人员使用了PLE的设施和资源，并发表了许多科学出版物。由于匹兹堡大学生态学相关研究兴趣的教师最近大量更替，近期需要翻新实验室空间以容纳新的研究小组，并且需要扩大住房设施以适应PLE教育使命的增长，现在是规划PLE未来的时机。该项目将支持制定一项新的总体规划，并从PLE的研究、教育、外联和会议利益相关者那里获得投入。将开展的战略规划活动包括对其他区域野外站进行实地考察，参加生物野外站组织年度会议，以探索合作并从同行野外站的成功经验中学习，主持与利益攸关方的便利会议，讨论每个生物野外站任务的状况和改进机会。并制定新的10年总体规划，以指导未来十年改善公共教育规划和设施的工作。随着PLE进入一个新的发展阶段，将需要改变规划，设施翻新和新的建设，这一规划过程的目标是将车站有限的资源集中在他们将对推进PLE的核心任务产生最大影响的地方。欲了解更多信息，请参阅http://www.biology.pitt.edu/facilities/pymatuning.This该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology (PLE), located on Pymatuning Lake in northwest Pennsylvania, is the University of Pittsburgh's field station. PLE has been a site of research and education in biology for 85 years. PLE's facilities and resources have been used by educators and researchers from over three dozen universities and colleges in the last five years, resulting in numerous scientific publications. Due to a large recent turnover in faculty with ecology-related research interests at the University of Pittsburgh, a near-term need for renovation of lab space capable of accommodating new researcher groups, and a need for the expansion of housing facilities to accommodate growth in PLE's education mission, now is an opportune time to plan for the future of PLE. This project will support the development of a new Master Plan, with input from PLE's research, education, outreach and conference stakeholders. Strategic planning activities to be undertaken include site visits to other regional field stations and attending the annual Organization for Biological Field Stations meeting to explore collaborations and learn from the successes of peer field stations, hosting facilitated meetings with stakeholders to discuss the state of each PLE mission and opportunities for their improvement, and producing a new 10-year Master Plan to guide efforts to improve PLE programming and facilities over the coming decade. As PLE enters a new phase of growth that will necessitate programmatic changes, facilities renovations and new construction, the goal of this planning process is to focus the station's limited resources where they will produce the most impact on advancing PLE's core missions. For more information see http://www.biology.pitt.edu/facilities/pymatuning.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.