EFI is a young but rapidly growing organization that has accomplished a lot with limited resources, but at times has been spread thin. The goal of the Strategic Plan document is thus to help guide decision making and the allocation of resources (time, people, money) over the near- and medium-term (present through ~10 yr). Specifically, this planning exercise identified that EFI’s efforts be focused on five high-level objectives

1. Transform the Science
2. Improve Environmental Decision Making
3. Create a Collaborative Community
4. Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5. Improve EFI’s Governance and Sustainability

The Strategic Plan places proposed activities related to these objectives into varying categories of Importance/Difficulty including Quick-wins, Major Projects, Fill-ins, and Backburnered activities.

This plan was presented to the EFI Community for review on February 25-March 11, 2022.