FSML: Collaborative Planning for the Woodlake Environmental and Bath Field Stations

代表伍德莱克环境野外站合作伙伴的克利夫兰州立大学和阿克伦大学将为位于俄亥俄州东北部凯霍加流域的两个野外站进行合作、协调的规划工作。 野外观测站的一个中心目标是支持城市生态学的研究重点，特别是城市边缘的环境变化研究，以及城市侵占对以前未受干扰的栖息地和受保护的公园的影响。 我们的愿景是，这些站将成为此类研究的区域和国家中心，在那里进行的工作将大大有助于我们对城市生态系统的理解。 此外，这些外地站将作为若干机构研究人员联合会的核心设施。 伍德莱克环境和巴斯实地站也打算成为环境教育的重要区域和国家资源。 该网络广泛的生态、社会经济和土地利用覆盖面将为突出人类及其机构和活动对生态系统的影响提供令人兴奋的教育机会。为了确保两个野外站的设施、设备、研究和教育计划得到适当的开发和整合，以供更广泛的科学界使用，该项目将支持对其他实地台站的访问和在三个领域举办讲习班：研究、教育和台站管理。 通过实地访问，将能够审查几个成功的实地台站的基础设施和土地管理做法，从而能够在这两个台站开发类似的模式。 在讲习班上，将寻求已建立的实地站的管理人员和城市生态学领域的杰出研究人员的指导。

Cleveland State University, representing the partners of the Woodlake Environmental Field Station, and the University of Akron will conduct a collaborative, coordinated planning effort for two field stations located in the Cuyahoga watershed of Northeast Ohio. A central goal for the field stations is to support a research focus in urban ecology, especially studies of environmental change at the urban fringe and the effects of urban encroachment on previously undisturbed habitats and protected parklands. The vision is that the stations will become regional and national centers for such research, and that work conducted there will contribute in a significant way to our understanding of urban ecosystems. Also, the field stations will serve as core facilities for a consortium of researchers from several institutions. The Woodlake Environmental and Bath Field Stations are also intended to become important regional and national resources in environmental education. The broad ecological, socioeconomic, and land use coverage of this network will facilitate exciting educational opportunities highlighting the effects humans, their institutions, and activities have on ecosystems.To insure that the facilities, equipment, research and educational programs of the two field stations are properly developed and integrated for use in the broader scientific community, this project will support visits to other field stations and workshops in three areas: research, education, and station management. The site visits will allow the examination of the infrastructure and land-management practices of several successful field stations, allowing the development of similar models at the two stations. In the workshops, guidance will be sought from managers of established field stations and from distinguished researchers in the field of urban ecology.