FSML-Research and Facilities Planning for the St. Croix Watershed Research Station

圣克罗伊流域研究站（SCWRS）是明尼苏达科学博物馆（SMM）的生物野外研究站。SCWRS的设施位于明尼苏达州圣保罗市东北48公里处，位于明尼苏达州和威斯康星州交界处的圣克罗伊河沿岸和圣克罗伊国家风景河道内。SCWRS提供了对大型中部大陆河流系统及其相关栖息地进行研究的机会。通过其母公司设施，SCWRS为野外科学提供了一个强大的公共教育渠道。SCWRS成立于1989年，在此期间的九年中，大大扩展了其物理设施、人员配备和研究活动。1992年进行了初步战略规划工作。由此产生的计划指导了一个6200英尺的现代化研究中心和一个为访问科学家提供的全年住宿设施的发展，两者都于1995年完成。SCWRS已将其常设员额编制从3个增加到9个，其中包括5个研究职位。专门招募了科学人员来创建一个核心研究项目，重点研究陆地-水相互作用中的景观级问题。目前的研究人员在水生生物学、湖沼学、水文学、土壤科学、化学和地理信息系统管理方面具有专业知识和培训。这个科学专家基地补充了一个关注生态学和生物学的访问研究员项目。SCWRS已经进入了一个加速项目增长的阶段，这将增加其为国家和国际领域研究做出重大贡献的能力。最初的设施和研究计划已经超过五年了，需要一个新的愿景来推动SCWRS走向未来。如果SCWRS要充分发挥其作为区域和国家现场设施的潜力，就需要计划好的方案倡议以及设施变更和设备采购。SCWRS现在已经到了加速发展的关键时刻，这将为该地区的长期使用和发展奠定基础。该项目将支持规划工作，为未来设定新的SCWRS研究和设施轨迹。资金将用于支助发展和执行一个便利的规划讲习班。最终产品将是一个新的研究和设施计划，该计划将指导未来十年SCWRS的设施开发、测试和研究，并为研究和项目开发提供长期愿景。

The St. Croix Watershed Research Station (SCWRS) is the biological field station of the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM). The facilities of the SCWRS are located along the St. Croix River and within the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway at the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin, 48 km northeast of St. Paul, MN. The SCWRS provides opportunities to conduct research on a large midcontinental river system and associated habitats. Through its parent facility, the SCWRS provides a powerful public education outlet for field science. The SCWRS was established in 1989 and has greatly expanded its physical facilities, staffing, and research activity in the intervening nine years. An initial strategic planning effort was conducted in 1992. The resulting plan guided the development of a modern 6200 ft Research Center and a year-round housing facility for visiting scientists, both completed in 1995. The SCWRS has expanded its permanent staffing complement from three to nine positions, including five research positions. The scientific staff were specifically recruited to create a core research program focusing on landscape-level problems in land-water interaction. The current research staff have expertise and training in aquatic biology, limnology, hydrology, soil science, chemistry, and GIS management. This base of scientific expertise complements a visiting researcher program that focuses on ecology and biology. The SCWRS has entered a phase of accelerated program growth, which will increase its ability to make significant contributions to national and international field research. The original facilities and research plan is over five years old, and a new vision is needed to carry the SCWRS into the future. Planned program initiatives coupled with facilities changes and equipment procurement will be needed if SCWRS is to meet its full potential as a regional and national field faci lity. The SCWRS has now reached a critical point of accelerated development that will set the future of long-term use and development at the site. This project will support a planning effort that will set a new SCWRS research and facilities trajectory for the future. Funds would be used to support the development and implementation of a facilitated planning workshop. The final product will be a new research and facilities plan that will guide facilities development, sting, and research of the SCWRS for the next ten years and provide a long-range vision for research and program development.