Post on 15-Dec-2015
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Our Core Values
Stewardship Scholarship Responsiveness Respect Quality Productivity Leadership
Integrity Diversity Creativity Communication Collaboration Accountability Service
Vision and Mission
VISION: We are highly sought for our scientific leadership and impartial knowledge.
MISSION: Our Mission is to generate and communicate scientific knowledge that helps people understand and make informed choices about natural resources and the environment.
Mission Basis
Understanding system components and their interactions
Holistic and integrative Over a continuum of
temporal & spatial scales Sustainability of
ecological, economic and social values
Examines processes and responses over long time frames
Goals
Understanding ecological, social, and economic systems and their interactions
Assessing Status and Trends of Natural Resource Systems and their Management
Developing and communicating tools,
options and linkages to enhance integrated management and policy at multiple scales
Priorities – Understanding Advancing the
understanding of structure, function, and processes of ecological systems.
Improving the understanding of social and economic processes and their interaction with natural resource values and uses.
Priorities – Assessing
Conducting inventories of forest resources.
Analyzing and assessing resource trends and available knowledge.
Priorities – Developing
Managing riparian and aquatic environments for multiple values & uses.
Restoring and maintaining
forests and their productivity.
Developing monitoring protocols and data analysis techniques.
Priorities – Developing
Creating opportunities for recreation and tourism for diverse populations.
Producing wood within the framework of sustainability.
Priorities – Developing
Developing conservation strategies for biodiversity including TE&S.
Bringing science to managers and policy-makers.
Operational Guidelines
Maintain an environment that fosters scientific freedom, rigor, creativity, flexibility, support, and innovation while treating each other with dignity and respect.
Expect everyone to be accountable for making appropriate contributions to achieving agreed upon objectives.
Operational Guidelines
Develop a strong culture of collaboration with clients, partners, scientists, and science managers throughout the research and development process that takes into account our long-term capability, strengths and comparative advantages.
Continually improve the timeliness and quality of products and services.
Operational Guidelines
Create a diverse and well-qualified workforce that is representative of the larger national workforce, in gender, ethnic background, and physical abilities.
Be proactive in communicating and disseminating our scientific information.
Operational Guidelines
Develop a flexible and resilient organization built around formal and informal teams and programs that can respond to client needs and changes in priorities.
Provide efficient and effective research
and administrative processes.
Operational Guidelines
Develop an environment that rewards quality work and provides professional development and growth opportunities for employees.
Be productive members of and make
creative contributions to the scientific community.