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NEON Land Use and Habitat Alteration Workshop
Workshop participants
- Steve Archer, University of Arizona
- Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota
- Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo
- Virginia Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Keith Eshleman, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science
- Bob Gardner, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science
- Scott Goetz, The Woods Hole Research Center
- Eric Gustafson, US Forest Service
- Andy Hansen, Montana State University
- Steve Harper, University of Georgia
- Loretta Johnson, Kansas State University
- Bruce Jones, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Sujay Kaushal, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
- Todd Lookingbill, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Tom Loveland, U.S. Geological Survey
- Glenn Motzkin, Harvard University
- Phil Townsend, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science
- Dean Urban, Duke University
- Jim Wickham, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- John Wiens, The Nature Conservancy
Convened by:
Robert H. Gardner, University of Maryland, and Virginia H. Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
In Conjunction with The American Institute of Biological Sciences
With Support from The National Science Foundation
Preliminary Agenda
Meeting Objectives
- Identify the key scientific questions, hypotheses, or issues around which NEON should be organized in order to support research in the land use and habitat alteration arena
- Suggest infrastructure design needs associated with these questions
Tuesday, August 24
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7:30 pm
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Informal Welcome Dinner
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Wednesday, August 25
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8:30 am
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Light Refreshments Available
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9:00
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Opening Remarks/Setting the Stage
- Welcome (Bob Gardner)
- Group introductions
- Context for meeting; desired outcomes (Bob Gardner)
- How we are going to get at those issues; review of agenda and ground rules (Facilitator)
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9:20
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NEON: Where We Are Today
- Ground covered to date (AIBS)
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Kind of input needed now (Bob Gardner)
- Questions & answers
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10:00
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Criteria That Will Be Used to Prioritize
Among Suggested Questions, Hypotheses,
and Issues — To be determined by participants (Facilitated)
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10:30
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Break
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10:45
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Small Group Work to Generate Candidate Questions, Hypotheses, and Issues
— Questions suggested during pre-meeting
consultations will be used to stimulate small
groups' thinking. (Facilitated — facilitators rove between the small groups)
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12:15 pm
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Lunch
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1:15
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Small Group Reports to Plenary; Suggested Questions, Hypotheses, and/or Issues — 10-minute report out from each small group,
followed by reflective plenary discussion of
themes that emerged.
(Facilitated)
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2:45
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Break
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3:00
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Selecting Key Questions, Hypotheses, and/or Issues — Using "n/3" technique, apply previously
agreed-upon selection criteria to brainstormed list
of possible questions, hypotheses, and/or issues
to select items to be recommended as focal points.
(Facilitated)
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4:45
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Closing Comments/Adjourn (Bob Gardner)
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Thursday, August 26 |
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8:30 am
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Light Breakfast Available
Served Continental style; optional attendance.
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9:00
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Opening Remarks
- Review Agenda for the Day (Facilitated)
- Reflections from Day 1
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9:15
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Small Group Work to Generate Suggestions Re: Infrastructure Associated with Suggested Questions, Hypotheses, and Issues
— Each group focuses on infrastructure needs associated with just one of the priority questions / hypotheses / issues identified on Day 1. (Facilitated — facilitators rove between the small groups)
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10:45
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Break
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11:00
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Small Group Reports to Plenary
— 15-minute report out from 1st two small groups, followed by questions and answers. (Facilitated)
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12:00 pm
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Lunch
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1:15
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Small Group Reports to Plenary (cont'd)
— 15-minute report out from remaining small groups, followed by questions and answers. (Facilitated)
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2:15
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Plenary Discussion: Infrastructure Needs
— Reflective discussion of themes and insights that emerged from small group presentations on infrastructure needs. (Facilitated)
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3:15
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Break
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3:30
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Plenary Advice to Report-Writers
— Full group will have an opportunity to
offer suggestions to the subgroup that will
produce the workshop report. Focus will
be on identifying key points and themes to
highlight in the report. (Facilitated)
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4:15
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Closing Comments (Bob Gardner, Jeff Goldman)
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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