Development of a Strategic Plan to Address Field Station Needs for Research, Teaching, Education and Outreach, in Northern New England

一笔赠款已授予生态系统研究所在博士凯瑟琳C。气象局将继续努力，制定一项战略计划，以满足外地台站在支持研究、教学、教育和外联方面的需求。 这项规划赠款的地理重点是北方新英格兰。 目前，该地区没有淡水野外站，可以通过使用设施和教育项目为研究人员和更广泛的社区服务。将举办一系列四个有针对性的讲习班，参加者将包括来自北方新英格兰地区研究和教育界的代表。这些讲习班将侧重于在新罕布什尔州苏纳皮湖建立一个淡水实地站的必要性和可行性。 此外，还将利用对其他实地站的实地访问以及与生物实地站组织的主要人员的协商来指导这一进程和随后的战略计划。 将利用这笔资金开展的工作代表了一种独特的合作和共同愿景，旨在为广泛的参与者和消费者推进科学和科学理解。 PI参与各种研究，教育和推广计划。这些努力包括在社会和自然科学，K-8教学和课程开发，本科生和研究生的培训，并通过提供公共计划和出版教育材料的推广主要研究。 规划工作将揭示基础设施的需求，以更好地服务于现有的合作，并将当前的研究成果带给那些可能使用它的人，如本科生和研究生，研究机构和该地区的居民。战略计划将导致一个设施的规划，以满足研究和教育社区的需求，或者，替代地，指出优势，现有基础设施的实用性和可用性，并演示如何在现有基础设施上进行构建。 将为支助机构编写一份文件，并与该区域其他机构分享。

A grant has been awarded to the Institute of Ecosystem Studies under the direction of Dr. Kathleen C. Weathers for the development of a strategic plan to address field station needs in support of research, teaching, education and outreach. The geographic focus for this planning grant is northern New England. Currently, there is no freshwater field station in this region to serve both the researchers and the wider community through access to facilities and educational programs. A series of four targeted workshops will be conducted whose participants will include representatives from the research and education communities in the northern New England region. The workshops will be focused on the need for-- and feasibility of --creating a freshwater field station based at Lake Sunapee, NH. In addition, site visits to other field stations, and consultations with key personnel from the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) will be used to guide the process and subsequent strategic plan. The work that will be conducted with this funding represents a unique collaboration and common vision for advancing science and scientific understanding for a broad range of participants and consumers. The PIs are involved in diverse research, educational, and outreach programs. These efforts include primary research in the social and natural sciences, K-8 instruction and curriculum development, undergraduate and graduate training, and outreach through offering public programs and publishing educational materials. The planning effort will reveal the infrastructure needs that will better serve the existing collaboration and bring current research to those who might use it such undergraduates and graduates, research institutions, and residents of the region.The strategic plan will either result in a plan for a facility that would serve the needs of the research and education communities, or, alternatively, point to the strengths, utility and availability of what already exists, and demonstrate how to build upon the existing infrastructure. A document will be produced for the supporting institutions and shared with others in the region.