Strategic Planning for the Cincinnati Center For Field Studies

辛辛那提大学(UC)是一所城市大学，为35,000多名学生提供服务，其中17%代表少数族裔，它试图为新收购的外地站的发展制定一项战略计划。加州大学和辛辛那提自然中心(CNC)联手创建了一个独特的设施，正式名称为辛辛那提田野研究中心(CCFS)，旨在服务于大辛辛那提地区和其他地区。加州大学的野战站毗邻位于俄亥俄州辛辛那提以东20公里的美国计算机网络公司的罗威·伍兹。这处414公顷的土地包括东部中生落叶混交林和顶端山毛榉-枫树混交林、橡树混交林和湿地栖息地。这笔资金将导致根据新的总部外办事处的研究和教育目标制定一项战略计划。CCFS将推动旨在应对我们国家研究议程中六个主要挑战的严谨和复杂的研究计划，包括侧重于以下方面的调查：1)生物多样性、物种组成和生态系统功能；2)生物地球化学循环的生态方面；3)气候变化的生态影响；4)土地利用动态和栖息地变化；5)传染病的生态和演化；以及6)水文预报。拟议的计划有五个与环境研究和教育有关的具体目标。其目标是：1)促进环境科学的发现，同时促进实践培训、教学和学习；2)完成科学项目的成果并广泛传播这些成果；3)通过创建可供俄亥俄河谷地区和全球各地的科学家和学生使用的设施，加强研究和教育的基础设施；4)通过向目前尚不存在实地研究的城市学者提供实地研究的机会，扩大未被充分代表的群体对科学的参与；以及5)通过对环境问题的高级理解和对将成为明天的领导者和教师的新的多样化科学家干部的培训，使社会受益。由于加州大学在实地考察和与当地高中、大学和政府机构合作开展的各种项目中培训学生方面的研究经验，拟议的项目成功的可能性很高。

The University of Cincinnati (UC), an urban university servicing more than 35,000 students, 17% of whom represent minorities, seeks to create a strategic plan for the development of a newly acquired field station. UC and the Cincinnati Nature Center (CNC) have joined forces to create a unique facility, formally known as the Cincinnati Center for Field Studies (CCFS), designed to serve the Greater Cincinnati region and beyond. UC's field station is adjacent to CNC's Rowe Woods, located 20 km east of Cincinnati, Ohio. This 414 ha property includes mixed mesophytic eastern deciduous forest with a mosaic of climax beech-maple forest, mixed oak forests and wetland habitats. Funding from this award will lead to a strategic plan for developing the new field station in light of its research and educational goals. The CCFS will promote rigorous and sophisticated research programs designed to meet six of the major challenges of our national research agenda, including investigations that focus on: 1) biological diversity, species composition and ecosystem function; 2) ecological aspects of biogeochemical cycles; 3) ecological implications of climate change; 4) land use dynamics and habitat alteration; 5) ecology and evolution of infectious diseases; and 6) hydrologic forecasting. The proposed program has five specific goals relating to environmental research and education. The goals are to: 1) advance discovery in environmental science while promoting hands-on training, teaching and learning, 2) complete the results of scientific projects and disseminate the results broadly, 3) enhance the infrastructure for research and education by creating a facility that will be used by scientists and students from the Ohio Valley region and across the globe, 4) broaden participation from underrepresented groups in science by offering opportunities for field research to urban scholars where none currently exist, and 5) accrue benefits to society through the generation of advanced understanding of environmental issues and through the training of a new diverse cadre of scientists who will become the leaders and teachers of tomorrow. The proposed program has a high likelihood of success because of UC's research experience with field studies and training students in a variety of programs conducted in cooperation with local high schools, colleges and government agencies.