Planning Activities: Shortgrass Steppe Ecological Research Field Station

科罗拉多州立大学的生态学家对科罗拉多东部短草草原生态系统进行了多年的深入研究。目前对短草草原的强烈关注代表了始于20世纪30年代末的研究传统的持续发展。广泛的科学界研究科罗拉多东北部短草草原生态系统的主要目标是了解短草草原生态系统的起源、维持和可持续性的过程。这项研究的大部分都是围绕位于CPER上的科罗拉多州立大学（CSU）现场站展开的。在科罗拉多州东北部。目前的CSU现场站由总部区、现场经理的住所和53公顷的畜栏和牧场区组成。总部区域有三座建筑：一栋宿舍楼、一栋仓库/工作间大楼和一栋办公/实验室大楼。自20世纪60年代末建成以来，该遗址基本上没有进行过翻修或改善。科罗拉多州立大学的野外站被大量用于研究、教育和公众宣传。目前有18个研究项目正在研究短草草原，并利用CSU在CPER的设施。在过去的五年里，来自国内外36个机构的访问科学家在这里进行了研究。每年有10到15个班级使用该网站进行几次教学。此外，怀俄明大学的班级也利用这个野外研究站进行研究。规划过程的产物将是一个全面的总体规划。该计划将包括该设施的广泛的长期研究和教育计划，以及该设施的管理结构。，详细描述物理结构，详细的机构/机构间关系，角色和责任，设施的长期维护计划，以及设施的详细建筑和工程计划。

Abstract Ecologists at Colorado State University have been studying the shortgrass steppe ecosystem of eastern Colorado intensively for many years. The current strong focus on the shortgrass steppe represents the continuing development of a research tradition that began in the late 1930's. The major goal for the broad scientific community studying the shortgrass steppe ecosystems of northeastern Colorado is to understand the processes that account for the origin, maintenance and sustainability of shortgrass steppe ecosystems. Much of this research is centered around the Colorado State University (CSU) field station located on the CPER. in northeastern Colorado. The current CSU field station consists of the headquarters area, a residence for the site manager and a corral and pasture area of 53 ha. Three buildings are located in the headquarters area: a dormitory, a storage/workshed building, and an office/laboratory building. Essentially no renovations or improvements have been made at the site since it was built in the late 1960. The CSU field station is heavily utilized for research, education, and public outreach. Eighteen research projects are currently studying the shortgrass steppe and using the CSU facilities at the CPER. Visiting scientists from 36 institutions nationally and internationally have conducted research at this site in the last five years. Each year ten to fifteen classes in use the site several times each year for instruction. In addition, classes from the University of Wyoming utilize the field station for research. The product of the planning process will be a comprehensive master site plan. This plan will consist of an extensive long-term research and education plan for the facility, a governance structure for the facility., a detailed description of the physical structures, detailed institutional/interagency relationships, roles and responsibilities, a long term maintenance plan for the facility, and detailed architectural and engineering plans for the facility.