Building a Lake Erie Area Research Network (LEARN)

淡水是有限的资源。社区、环保人士、政府、学者和企业越来越多地认识到，作为一种清洁和丰富的资源，它的可获得性可能会引发关于其使用和滥用的冲突。因此，水、人、能源、农业和气候之间的联系是一个重要的联系。不幸的是，由于气候变化、土地利用和人口迁移等压力因素在大规模运作，解决方案也必须是宏伟的。因此，长期目标是通过建立一个由野外观测站及其相关研究人员组成的联盟，根据人类驱动的压力源，更好地管理和维持伊利湖；该联盟将被命名为“伊利湖地区研究网络”或“学习”。该奖项将支持该网络的规划活动，包括为期两天的研讨会、一系列网络研讨会和调查工作，以便为学习联盟奠定基础--一个由现场站、科学设备和不同研究人员组成的联盟，以应对伊利湖面临的重大挑战。学习成功需要(1)不同技能组合的参与，(2)金融资产，(3)合作，(4)沟通。由于其使命(根据NOAA和国家海洋赠款学院计划)旨在维持和促进伊利湖资源的健康和明智使用，同时作为一个公正、公正的计划，俄亥俄州海洋赠款学院计划非常适合成为该联盟的领导者。Ohio Sea Grant的总部设在俄亥俄州立大学，该项目允许该项目利用与该大学相关的大量资源。此外，俄亥俄海洋赠款在其存在的整个过程中，利用并加强了与政府、学术资源和私营部门的伙伴关系，通过研究、教育和外联项目的组合来解决环境、经济和教育问题。由于俄亥俄海洋基金是在俄亥俄州立大学实施的，并与其科学家和管理部门密切合作，该大学内部的专家、实验室和测试资产将得到利用。当与该地区其他重点研究型大学(例如，该联盟的其他成员)的研究和技术资产以及企业的技术敏锐和创新想法相结合时，LINE联盟将提供解决/解决伊利湖、五大湖和所有淡水资源面临的重大问题所需的综合努力。

Fresh water is a finite resource. Communities, environmentalists, governments, academics, and corporations are increasingly recognizing that its availability as a clean and abundant resource could introduce conflicts over its use and misuse. Because of this, the connection between water, people, energy, agriculture, and climate is an important one. Unfortunately, because stressors such as climate change, land use, and population shifts operate on a large scale, the solution sets must also be grand. Therefore, the long-term goal is to better manage and sustain Lake Erie in light of human-driven stressors by creating a consortium of field stations and their associated researchers; the consortium would be entitled, "Lake Erie Area Research Network" or "LEARN." This award will support planning activities for this network including a two-day workshop, a series of webinars, and survey work in order to establish the foundation for the LEARN consortium - a consortium of field stations, scientific equipment, and diverse researchers to address the grand challenges facing Lake Erie. For LEARN to be successful it will require (1) the involvement of diverse skill sets, (2) financial assets, (3) collaboration, and (4) communication. Because of its mission (under NOAA and the National Sea Grant College Program) to sustain and enhance the health and wise use of Lake Erie's resources while serving as an unbiased, impartial program, the Ohio Sea Grant College Program is ideally suited to be the leader of the consortium. Ohio Sea Grant is based out of The Ohio State University, which allows the program to tap into the vast resources associated with the university. Furthermore, Ohio Sea Grant, throughout its existence, has utilized and strengthened partnerships with government, academic resources, and the private sector to address environmental, economic, and education issues using a combination of research, education, and outreach projects. Since Ohio Sea Grant is implemented at Ohio State and works closely with its scientists and administration, the university's in-house experts, laboratories, and test assets will be leveraged. When layered with the research and technical assets of other key research universities in the region (e.g., the other members of the consortium), as well as the technical acumen and innovative ideas of businesses, the LEARN consortium will provide the integrated effort needed to solve/address the grand issues facing Lake Erie, the Great Lakes, and all freshwater resources.