Stories associated with the Advancing Public Engagement Across LTERs (APEAL) Project, July 2022-2025 (preceded by 2 pilot projects, based at Hubbard Brook LTER).
The 2026 Natural Areas Conference: Where Science Meets Stewardship is scheduled for October 5 – 8, 2026, in Asheville, NC. NAC26 is a great opportunity for LTER Network research scientists to share their work with practitioners—and to discuss use-inspired collaborations. NAA’s conference is by practitioners for practitioners, offering access to quality science, new knowledge, and experience-based practices that bridge… Read more »
In a new traveling exhibit, Threshold 32F, from the In a Time of Change project, visitors are treated to a mix of poems, paintings, and research notes that takes them deep into a multidisciplinary experience of change. Adam Popescu wrote about the exhibit for the New York Times. A new video trailer, supported in part… Read more »
The goal of the KBS LTER Listening Session was to understand where gaps between research and implementation occur and how they might work together to support farmers.
In October, over fifty attendees at the PIE LTER gathered in a local pub to acknowledge one another’s’ concerns for issues in the Sound.
In 2024, we invested in people, in science, and in our ability to impact others. We hope we will carry this momentum into the next decade.
SCRREE Framework for Public Engagement with Science The APEAL Project endeavors to put the 6-part SCRREE framework for public engagement into action at Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. SCRREE (Strategic, Cumulative, Reciprocal, Reflexive, Equitable, and Evidence-based) was developed by Sarah Garlick and John Besley, with support from the Consult with Catalyst team and a… Read more »
