Planning for the ByWater Biological Field Station at Carmichael Forest

该项目支持在路易斯安那州新奥尔良的杜兰大学设施中建立生物野外站的五年战略计划。拜沃特生物野外站位于新奥尔良市一片8英亩的林区，与该市南缘更大的5000英亩滩涂阔叶林毗邻。该网站为实验和应用研究、教育、公众参与和科学交流以及跨学科合作提供了广泛的机会。该遗址的科学价值在于其对发展和完善城市生态系统管理技术的实验价值，此外还在于该遗址接近并嵌入了重要的区域三角洲过程和相关政策制定。此外，拜沃特现场站已被用作该地区的环境教育和艺术综合设施。将进行战略规划，通过一个严格的科学计划来补充这些用途，该计划旨在支持与该地区不同利益攸关方的伙伴关系。拜沃特生物野外站是路易斯安那州及其他地区科学实践和社区参与的关键机会。拜沃特生物野外站的这一规划项目将为位于脆弱生态系统和社区交汇处的一个新的城郊野外站制定一个五年战略计划。空间站的研究有可能对受使用启发的城市、森林、沿海和河流科学做出重大贡献，这些科学在该地区正在进行，并在全国范围内不断增长。影响空间站内和周围森林动态的人为因素和生物物理因素为科学研究和土地管理政策的制定提供了一个具有地方重要性和全球意义的环境。实地考察站的战略规划将有助于实现有影响力的、新颖的研究计划；增加教育和培训机会；具有开创性的跨学科和跨部门合作的前景；提高科学素养和参与度的新可能性；以及加强路易斯安那州和墨西哥湾沿岸的研究和教育基础设施。该地区需要改善教育、STEM培训和学习成果，规划过程将满足美国服务不足地区的主要需求。有关现有设施的更多详细信息可在https://www.astudiointhewoods.org/index.html.This奖励中找到，该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project supports the development of a five-year strategic plan for a biological field station at a Tulane University facility in New Orleans, LA. The ByWater Biological Field Station lies in an eight-acre forest tract in the City of New Orleans, contiguous with a larger 5,000-acre bottomland hardwood forest on the city's southern margin. The site offers wide range of opportunities for experimental and applied research, education, public engagement and science communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The scientific importance of the site lies in its experimental value for the development and refining of urban ecosystem management techniques, and additionally in the site's proximity to and embeddedness in important regional deltaic processes and related policy development. Further, the ByWater Field Station is already utilized as an environmental education and arts integration facility for the region. Strategic planning will be undertaken to compliment these uses with a rigorous scientific program that aims to support partnerships with diverse stakeholders in the region. The ByWater Biological Field Station represents a key opportunity for scientific practice and community engagement in Louisiana and beyond. This planning project for the ByWater Biological Field Station will produce a five-year strategic plan for a new peri-urban field station situated at the nexus of vulnerable ecosystems and communities. Research at the Station has the potential to significantly contribute to use-inspired urban, forest, coastal, and riverine science ongoing in the region and growing nationally. The human and biophysical factors shaping forest dynamics in and around the Station represent a locally important and globally relevant setting for scientific research and land management policy development. Strategic planning for the field station will enable an impactful, novel research program; increased education and training opportunities; prospects for groundbreaking cross-disciplinary and cross-sector collaborations; new possibilities for improving science literacy and engagement; and enhanced research and education infrastructure in Louisiana and on the Gulf Coast. The region is in need of improved education and STEM training and learning outcomes, and the planning process will fulfill a major need in an underserved region of the U.S. More details on the existing facility can be found at https://www.astudiointhewoods.org/index.html.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.