Developing a sustainable plan to advance research and education at the Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve

制定可持续计划以推进瓦伦丁东部山脉保护区的研究和教育

• 批准号: 1722660
• 负责人: Carol Blanchette
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1722660&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; sustainable; plan; advance; research

The Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve (VESR) comprises 2 of 39 field stations in the University of California Natural Reserve System, and is located at the base of the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada mountains. VESR attracts researchers from throughout the US to study many wide-ranging issues, from aquatic ecosystem ecology to ecological responses to climate change, and is well known for its active outreach programs. To best serve the growing VESR constituency while perpetuating VESR as a resource, this project will develop a long-term (five to ten year) strategic plan for VESR research, education, outreach programs, and facilities. The strategic plan will articulate a scientific vision for research and educational use, and an evaluation of the programs, facility needs and resources necessary to support that vision. The goal of the strategic plan is to enhance research and education activities at VESR as well as the regional coordination of research, education and outreach activities across the Sierra Nevada region through a network of regional agency, non-profit, academic and field station partners.The planning process involves engaging with key stakeholders through virtual and in-person workshops to identify regional coordination opportunities. The strategic plan will direct the prioritization of facilities and programs enhancements, and access for researchers, students, educators and natural resource managers in the eastern Sierra Nevada. The involvement of an Environmental Science Masters level student in this process will provide graduate student level training in biological research, environmental management and related fields. Engaging with regional coordinators at workshops supported by the proposed planning process represents a formalized step in establishing a regionally coordinated node representing the Eastern Sierra Nevada that can more effectively participate in larger scale global observatory or climate change research efforts. The strategic plan and planning process will contribute to ongoing dialogue, and directly benefit several land and wildlife management agencies with jurisdiction over the Sierra Nevada, whose need for information to inform land management has increased markedly in recent years due to persistent drought conditions and other environmental stressors.

情人节东部塞拉保护区（VESR）在加利福尼亚大学自然保护区的39个野战站中有2个，位于内华达山脉塞拉山脉东部悬崖的基地。 VESR吸引了整个美国的研究人员，研究许多广泛的问题，从水生生态系统生态学到生态反应到气候变化，并以其积极的外展计划而闻名。 为了最好地为不断增长的VESR选区服务，同时将VESR作为资源，该项目将制定长期（五到十年）的VESR研究，教育，外展计划和设施的战略计划。该战略计划将阐明研究和教育用途的科学愿景，并对支持该愿景所需的计划，设施需求和资源进行评估。战略计划的目的是通过区域机构，非营利性，学术和实地站合作伙伴的网络来增强VESR的研究和教育活动，以及整个内华达山脉地区的研究，教育和外展活动的区域协调。该计划过程涉及通过虚拟和内在的社会协调机会与关键利益相关联。该战略计划将指导内华达山脉东部的研究人员，学生，教育工作者和自然资源经理的设施和计划的优先级，并访问。环境科学硕士级学生参与此过程，将为生物学研究，环境管理及相关领域的研究生级培训提供。由拟议的计划过程支持的与区域协调员在研讨会上与区域协调员交往代表了建立代表内华达山脉东部的区域协调节点的正式步骤，该节点可以更有效地参与大规模的全球观测或气候变化研究工作。战略计划和计划过程将有助于持续的对话，并直接使内华达山脉具有管辖权的几个土地和野生动植物管理机构受益，由于持续的干旱状况和其他环境压力源，近年来，近年来，对土地管理的信息的需求显着增加。