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Research Project: Great Basin Research and Management Partnership Memorandum of Understanding

Location: Northwest Watershed Research Center

Project Number: 2052-13610-014-006-M
Project Type: Memorandum of Understanding

Start Date: Dec 1, 2015
End Date: Dec 1, 2020

Objective:
GBRMP participants agree to the specific goals of the collaboration which are listed in the charter, and include the following: 1. Maximize integration of science and management through partnerships and technology transfer. 2. Provide leadership and commitment to an integrated organizational framework linking science and management to address priority natural-resource and socio-economic issues in the Great Basin. 3. Expand and facilitate inter-disciplinary, multi-organizational teams focused on problem solving through collaborative management and research. 4. Identify opportunities to leverage limited resources, minimize duplication, and pursue additional support and resources toward shared goals. 5. Implement communication and information sharing that enhances problem solving, demonstrates measurable results, and increases public support for Great Basin sustainability. 6. Produce measurable and meaningful outcomes in support of its mission and goals.

Approach:
These parties hereby agree to support development of The Great Basin Research and Management Partnership (GBRMP). GBRMP coordinates interdisciplinary, multiorganizational, research and management teams to develop solutions to ecological and socio-economic problems in the Great Basin. Documents MOU with USFS.