NEON District 2 Planning survey

NEON District 2 Planning Survey

NEON
COREO

Participant Survey for MAREO's February 27 Meeting

Deadline for survey submission is
Sunday February 19

This survey should be complete by the facility's primary representative or contact person.
Thank you for your participation.

PLEASE NOTE: All entries must be SHORT and precise - lists and outlines only. Paragraphs of narrative will not be useful. Entries will be coped to SINGLE PAGE fact sheets for use during the meeting.

Read the PDF describing the process and a discussion of this survey.

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Name of Facility:
Your Name:
Your Email Address:
Facility URL:
Facility Institutional Affiliation:
Facility lat / long:

o. What kind of Site are you proposing?
	Urban / Settled
	Managed / Production
	Wild

i. What is the ownership status of the property?
	Owned by institution
	Privately owned
	Held in trust
	Leased long-term by institution.
		If leased, what is the lease expiration date?

ii. What is the size of the site (hectares)?
	ha

iii. Are there and land use or access restriction?
	No
	Yes
		If yes, explain:

iv. Are there any existing easements on the site?
	No
	Yes
		If yes, explain:

v. Please provide a map of the site.
	Enter a URL to the map , or email an image file to enagy@virginia.edu
	a. Describe existing gradients on site (e.g. abiotic variables, land use, topography, hydrology, etc.)

	b. Describe knowledge base for the site (legacy data, history of land units in relations to disturbance, fertilization, soil maps, checklist of biota, etc.)

	c. List and briefly description recent and ongoing research and monitoring activities, in the context of NEON questions (see “Scope” section of meeting preparation document).

vi. Provide details of physical, research, monitoring, sensing infrastructure already existing on the site for each of the categories below.
	a. Housing (e.g. capacity for using existing buildings, leasing or building new year-round housing for at least 40 people)

	b. Laboratory (e.g. capacity for using existing, leasing, or building new laboratories, with sample processing, interior work space)

	c. Utilities – Describe electrical, gas and other necessary power available for housing, laboratory and field facilities. Specify water source(s) (wells, municipal, etc.) and availability for housing, laboratory, and field uses.

	d. Describe existing computer resources, and cyber infrastructure, including:
		1. Internet access (I2, T1, T2, T3, National Lambda Rail, wireless, etc.)

		2. Computer hardware and server resources

		3. Data and information management policies

		4. Other relevant attributes (including any plans for modifying prior to installation of NEON infrastructure).

	e. Describe Road access to site (including all field locations).

	f. Assess security status and needs for prospective NEON field and lab installations.

vii. Can you assure property access and long-term availability (50+ years)?
	No
	Yes
	a. Can you assure ability to run (manage) national experiments to address future issues? Discuss briefly:

	b. Permission and long-term use agreements:
		1. What additional land areas are available for potential NEON Research Reserves (e.g. future observational or manipulative experiments).

		2. What type of permissions of long-term use agreements can be negotiated for NEON Sites and/or Research Reserves (e.g. lease, easements, memorandum of understanding, ownership transfer).

	c. Environmental Impact Status
		1. Has there been an Environmental Impact Study performed? If yes, when? And outcome?

		2. Are there any characteristics of the site that may make it easier or more difficult to complete an EIS (e.g. known or suspected archeological issues?)

Thank you for your time.

Please enter any additional comments, questions or suggestions about the process or the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

- The MAREO Executive Committee

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For questions about the survey or the meeting please contact one of the MAREO leaders
Eric Nagy (enagy@virginia.edu), Francisco Dallmeier (fdallmeier@simab.si.edu), or Bob Gardner (gardner@al.umces.edu).

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