Supporting actionable science for environmental policy: advice from researchers and decision makers to Canadian funding agencies DRAFT – NSERC NSE REPORT Submitted March 31, 2020 Elizabeth A. Nyboer1,*, Jessica J.Taylor1, Trina Rytwinski1, John Francis Lane1, Nathan Young2, Joseph R. Bennett1, Vivian M. Nguyen1, Nathan Harron1, Susan Aitken3, Graeme Auld4, David Browne5, Aerin Jacob6, Kent Prior7, Paul A. Smith8, Karen E. Smokorowski9, and Steven J. Cooke1 1 Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada 2 School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, 120 University Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada 3 Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada 4 School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada 5 Canadian Wildlife Federation, 350 Michael Cowpland Drive, Kanata, ON, K2M 2W1, Canada 6 Yellowstone to Yukon, 200-1350 Railway Ave, Canmore, AB, T1W 1P6, Canada 7 Parks Canada, 30 Victoria (PC-03-C), 3-84, Gatineau, QC, J8X 0B3, Canada 8 Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada 9 Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2E5, Canada *Author for correspondence:
[email protected] 1 Abstract Environmental conservation and the management of natural resources require rapid and precise knowledge exchange between scientific researchers and environmental decision makers.