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<br />USGS GCMRC STRATEGIC SCIENCE PLAN <br />. . ....r <br />FISCAL YEARS 2005-2009 .. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Organizations require strategic plans so that all employees can articulate corporate <br />visions, missions, and goals. For the U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring <br />and Research Center, a Strategic Science Plan is critical to explicitly support the mission <br />and goals of managers with the highest quality science capability. <br /> <br />The last approved Strategic Science Plan for the Grand Canyon Monitoring and <br />Research Center (GCMRC) expired in Fiscal Year (FY) 2002, after being implemented in <br />FY 1998. A draft revision extending to FY 2004 was never formally adopted and <br />implemented by GCMRC. During the time period from 1997-2004, GCMRC went <br />through several dramatic changes, including transfer from the Bureau of Reclamation to <br />the USGS, appointment of several Chiefs (Center Directors), and most recently, a <br />reorganization. These changes necessitate immediate development and implementation of <br />a new GCMRC Strategic Science Plan to guide research, development, monitoring and <br />adaptive management in the Grand Canyon over the next five years. <br /> <br />Strategic Science Plans should be visionary, conceptual, directional, and short. <br />Earlier GCMRC Strategic Science Plans were more operational in design and quite <br />lengthy. The new Strategic Science Plan will cover the interval from FY05-FY09. It is <br />intended to be a living document that will be assessed annually to ensure that we are on <br />track to achieve our goals. In short, the Strategic Science Plan is the means by which <br />GCMRC will constantly recreate itself to achieve extraordinary purpose and relevance, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is comprised of two primary sections: a science strategy and a science <br />management strategy. The science strategy is utilized to specify critical science <br />questions that will respond to the information needs of managers. The science <br />management strategy is necessary to assure that the science approaches utilized are both <br />efficient and effective in meeting management needs. <br /> <br />GCMRC STRATEGIC SCIENCE PLAN FOUNDATION <br />~ <br /> <br />This plan is founded on 'two unwavering principles. The first is a commitment to <br />ensuring the conduct, interpretation and delivery of high quality science. High quality <br />science is defined as monitoring, research, development, and adaptive management <br />programs that are rigorous, repeatable, and subject to the highest standards of data <br />collection, analysis, interpretation, and peer review. GCMRC values objective, non- <br />advocacy science that is based on combinations of developing testable hypotheses, <br />rigorous collection of data, state-of-the-art analysis, anonymous peer review of findings, <br />and timely delivery of results to our stakeholders and the general public. <br /> <br />USGS SBSC GCMRC Strategic Science Plan - FY 2005-2009 <br />Dratt, October 22, 2004 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />6 <br />