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Kitchell, K., Cohn, S., Falise, R., Hadley, H., Herder, M., Libby, K., Muller, K., Murphy, T., Preston, M., Rugwell, M.J., and Schlanger, S., 2015, Advancing Science in the BLM: An Implementation Strategy. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Advancing%20Science%20in%20the%20BLM_Implementation%20Strategy.pdf." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "USGS and BLM are coproducing this effort together with partners from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture \u2013 Agricultural Research Service, and North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "2. Meadow, A.M., Ferguson, D.B., Guido, Z., Horangic, A., Owen, G., and Wall, T., 2015, Moving toward the Deliberate Coproduction of Climate Science Knowledge: Weather, Climate, and Society, v. 7, pp. 179\u2013191, https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00050.1." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The coproduction toolkit can help agencies receive greater benefits from the science and research efforts that they fund, including projects that are better designed to answer key management questions, and products that are tailored for easy integration into agency analyses and work processes." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "4. Cash, D.W., Clark, W.C., Alcock, F., Dickson, N.M., Eckley, N., Guston, D.H., Jager, J., and Mitchell, R.B., 2003, Knowledge systems for sustainable development: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 100, n. 14, pp. 8086-8091, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1231332100." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "5. Dilling, L. and Lemos, M.C., 2011, Creating usable science: opportunities and constraints for climate knowledge use and their implications for science policy: Global Environmental Change, v. 21, n. 2, pp. 680-689, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.006." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Coproduction is a highly collaborative approach to conducting science that focuses on producing actionable products that are used to inform natural resource management decisions. This project will develop an informational toolkit to facilitate coproduction between resource managers and science providers in the context of federal public land management." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Agencies that manage federal public lands and resources are committed to making science-informed decisions.1 However, time and resources committed to supporting external science have not always resulted in products with clear applications for public land management. Adopting a coproduction approach to conducting science, in which scientists, natural resource managers, and related stakeholders work together on projects as partners, is one mechanism that can help ensure that science requested by resource managers will better meet their needs2,3 (see Coproduction Tool #1). Previous research and staff experiences have shown that coproduced knowledge and tools are more likely to be seen as credible, relevant, and timely.4,5" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The goal of this project is for BLM and USGS to work together with other partners to develop an informational toolkit to support researchers and land managers in coproducing science projects to support public land management." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Our objectives are to:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "3. Beier, P., Hansen, L.J., Helbrecht, L. and Behar, D., 2017, A How-to Guide for Coproduction of Actionable Science: Conservation Letters, v. 10, pp. 288-296, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12300." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Fort Collins Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Fish and Wildlife" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science-management gap" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science-practice gap" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "collaboration" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Actionable Science" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Bureau of Land Management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science-management interface" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Project Management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Research-implementation gap" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Land management planning" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Land Management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Public lands management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "human dimensions" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ecosystems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Coproduction" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science delivery" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Multiple use" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Land Management Practices" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Human Dimensions of Resource Management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Policy Analysis and Decision Support" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science integration" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" } ]
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