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LTER Photo Contest 2024

Sites go head to head in this year’s LTER Photo Contest, with three categories for winners.

Round three voting is now open on Instagram—pick your favorite photos via the polls in each posting!

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LTERForward!
December Community Call

December 4, 9am PT | 12:00 p.m. ET

New questions, challenges, technologies, and partners are constantly emerging for the LTER Network. 2024-2025 is a year of taking stock, reaffirming our constants, and setting new goals where needed. We invite the entire community to contribute to that process in this community call. Please join us December 4 at 9 am Pacific Time / Noon Eastern.

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We are over 2000 researchers at 27 sites who apply long-term observation, experiments, and modeling to understand how ecological systems function over decades. Read All…

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LTER research integrates many disciplines to understand ecological processes as they play out at individual sites, while synthetic studies reveal broader principles that operate at a global scale. Read All…

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Upcoming Events

November 20, 2024 | LTER Grad Student Representatives Monthly Meeting

November 25, 2024 | IM Executive Team Meeting

December 4, 2024 | LTERForward! LTER Community Call

December 5, 2024 | LTER Education & Engagement Committee Monthly Meeting

December 16, 2024 | IM Executive Team Meeting

December 17, 2024 | Information Management Virtual Watercooler

December 17, 2024 | LTER Diversity Committee Monthly Meeting

December 18, 2024 | LTER Grad Student Representatives Monthly Meeting

January 9, 2025 | LTER Education & Engagement Committee Monthly Meeting

January 20, 2025 | IM Executive Team Meeting

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