• McKnight, M. E.
  Program Leader - United States
  
• Buckner, C. H.
  Program Leader - Canada
  

Call it what you wish--a "blue print," a "road map,"

a "master pl an"--the CANUSA Program Activity Schedule

serves several useful functions. With the Activity

Schedule in hand every investigator can see how his or

her work fits into the "big picture" and realize the

significance of that work to achievement of Program

objectives. Program Management finds the Activity

Schedule useful for soliciting and selecting proposals

for studies for funding and for making adjustments at

the component, national, and international program levels.

Furthermore, the Activity Schedule displays for

the CANUSA Joint Planning Unit (JPU).and the Joint Policy

and Program Council (JPPC) "who is doing what," progress

toward stated goals, and projected work in each Program

component for the remainder of the Program. In short,

the Activity Schedule provides the framework for coordination

of all research and development on spruce budworms

related to Program objectives and identifies opportunities

for cooperation between all Program investigators

and components.

It is important to recognize that the CANUSA Program

Activity Schedule is a composite document assembled for

a specific purpose - display of the total CANUSA Program.

As such, it closely, but not exactly, reflects the programs

of each of the Program components: Eastern Canada

(ECAN), Eastern United States (EUS), Western Canada

(WCAN ) , and Western United States (WUS ) . Each component

may have much more specific and detailed working plans

which may look quite different from the Activity Schedule

presented here.

Also, we emphasize that the Activity Schedule is a dynamic  document. It will be reviewed and revised annually by

Program Management as part of the annual planning and

budgeting process. With the consent of the JPU and JPPC,

unproductive approaches will be abandoned, new approaches

may be undertaken, and goals will be refined in response

to uncertain outcomes in biological research and changing

needs and priorities in resource protection.