A new framework from the U.S. Geological Survey challenges scientists to think more carefully about who their research is actually intended to serve. Rather than assuming a generic "resource manager" will use the results, the framework encourages researchers to answer six simple questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How?

By designing research with these questions in mind from the start, scientists can create products that are more relevant, more transparent, and more likely to be used in real-world conservation and climate adaptation decisions.

Co-authors include NC CASC's assistant regional administrator, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson and research coordinator, Stefan Tangen. Read the new publication here.