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Announcing the 2024 LTER Photo Contest


Sites go head to head in this year’s LTER Photo Contest, with three categories for winners. Rep your site, show off that ecosystem, and get involved in some friendly cross-network competition!

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October Community Call


October 23, 9-10 PT | Noon ET

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.

Who We Are

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…

Research

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…

Education

Long-term relationships with schools, community groups, resource managers, and landowners provide a foundation for innovative education and outreach programs. Undergraduate and graduate students benefit from working with a diverse and close-knit community of researchers. Read All…

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