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So I finally received the "proposal" from that staff guy that has difficulty listening to simple instructions. Lordy...it's a...well let me just show you a piece.
For reference, here's an example of what a forestry project should look like from our resident forestry expert. You state in succinct terms what the point of the research is, what the goals are and then you can get a little wordy/science-y in the methods section.
I made sure to let staff guy know in every bit of instructions that we don't upload proposals, what the layout is (which is very short and to the point) and that they have character limits. Here's a snippet from his TOME:
Thus far, New Jersey has overwhelmingly focused on forest stewardship objectives (e.g. wildlife habitat; groundwater recharge; public recreation) rather than woodland management ones (e.g. forest products). But even forest stewardship can be difficult to achieve in New Jersey, as many residents are adverse to any type of tree cutting on public lands - even to improve wildlife habitat - as evidenced by the long-standing controversy at Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area. These viewpoints are consistent with the “preservation” mindset compared to states like New Hampshire, which embrace more of a “conservation” ethos. While this terminology seems interchangeable to the layman, it actually speaks to two divergent management philosophies, which played out on a large stage when the U.S. Forest Service was created in 1905 and John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club called for preservation while the Forest Service’s first director, Gifford Pinchot, wanted conservation. Pinchot subscribed to the concept of utilitarianism and borrowed from 18th-century English philosopher Jeremy Bentham when advocating for “the greatest good for the greatest number” in government decision-making regarding forest management. This mantra of “utilitarian conservationism” was shared by President Theodore Roosevelt, and he and Pinchot became close friends and together exponentially expanded the national forest system to 150 units. The embedding of the U.S. Forest Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture than the U.S. Department of the Interior is a product of this mindset.
Um...yay? Who gives a rat's ass about the philosophy of the creating of the forest service? What is it that YOU are actually doing? Because there's a whole lot of this hoo-ha and the actual supposed part of what he's doing for his research is...not it. It's a laundry list of a bunch of model building and consulting and not a lot of "we are going to study this thing and as a result reach these objectives"
Former Bosslady made the mistake of rolling by to say hi and I've drafted her to be a reviewer so she can hopefully go "Um...what the hell are you actually DOING here?" I'm going to allude to it but he's already made it clear that he thinks I'm a peon rather than a decider. Douchenozzle, I've been doing this for over a decade. I know what you're supposed to do and you're an idiot. But you know big fancy-type words. Whoopdediddlydo.
Oh, the back is well enough to get me to work this morning. But dude is making my head hurt. Whew. Current Bosslady is on vacation until Monday so if the back is iffy the next couple of days, I'll just WFH on the downlow.
For reference, here's an example of what a forestry project should look like from our resident forestry expert. You state in succinct terms what the point of the research is, what the goals are and then you can get a little wordy/science-y in the methods section.
I made sure to let staff guy know in every bit of instructions that we don't upload proposals, what the layout is (which is very short and to the point) and that they have character limits. Here's a snippet from his TOME:
Thus far, New Jersey has overwhelmingly focused on forest stewardship objectives (e.g. wildlife habitat; groundwater recharge; public recreation) rather than woodland management ones (e.g. forest products). But even forest stewardship can be difficult to achieve in New Jersey, as many residents are adverse to any type of tree cutting on public lands - even to improve wildlife habitat - as evidenced by the long-standing controversy at Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area. These viewpoints are consistent with the “preservation” mindset compared to states like New Hampshire, which embrace more of a “conservation” ethos. While this terminology seems interchangeable to the layman, it actually speaks to two divergent management philosophies, which played out on a large stage when the U.S. Forest Service was created in 1905 and John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club called for preservation while the Forest Service’s first director, Gifford Pinchot, wanted conservation. Pinchot subscribed to the concept of utilitarianism and borrowed from 18th-century English philosopher Jeremy Bentham when advocating for “the greatest good for the greatest number” in government decision-making regarding forest management. This mantra of “utilitarian conservationism” was shared by President Theodore Roosevelt, and he and Pinchot became close friends and together exponentially expanded the national forest system to 150 units. The embedding of the U.S. Forest Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture than the U.S. Department of the Interior is a product of this mindset.
Um...yay? Who gives a rat's ass about the philosophy of the creating of the forest service? What is it that YOU are actually doing? Because there's a whole lot of this hoo-ha and the actual supposed part of what he's doing for his research is...not it. It's a laundry list of a bunch of model building and consulting and not a lot of "we are going to study this thing and as a result reach these objectives"
Former Bosslady made the mistake of rolling by to say hi and I've drafted her to be a reviewer so she can hopefully go "Um...what the hell are you actually DOING here?" I'm going to allude to it but he's already made it clear that he thinks I'm a peon rather than a decider. Douchenozzle, I've been doing this for over a decade. I know what you're supposed to do and you're an idiot. But you know big fancy-type words. Whoopdediddlydo.
Oh, the back is well enough to get me to work this morning. But dude is making my head hurt. Whew. Current Bosslady is on vacation until Monday so if the back is iffy the next couple of days, I'll just WFH on the downlow.
