LTER Calendar

LTER recognizes the value of sustained interactions between students, teachers, and scientists, and strives to integrate LTER science with K-12 education. Most LTER sites conduct individual programs at the local level, and the network supports centralized approaches to educational initiatives.

The LTER Education and Engagement Committee meets monthly:

First Thursday of each month at
Noon Pacific Time / 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

2024 Agenda/Notes document (current committee members can find the zoom link here)
Education and Engagement Committee Web Page
Join email list here (education@lternet.edu)
LTER Forum Group

The LTER Information Management Committee meets monthly via video conference to share information and ideas relevant to information management in the LTER Network. Information Managers from all LTER sites are invited and encouraged to participate in these meetings.

Meetings are regularly scheduled for the second Monday of each month at Noon Pacific Time / 3 pm Eastern Time

Participants may obtain the zoom link by visiting the:

• LTER IM shared google drive
• Direct link to Zoom Information

This FieldFutures harassment and assault prevention workshop will help participants learn to prevent, intervene in, and report incidents of sexual harassment and assault in scientific or field settings. They will also learn prevention via positive organizational climate-setting activities matters for the movement toward safe, inclusive fieldwork. Grounded in the latest evidence-based research on harassment prevention and organizational psychology, each session is designed to help participants build knowledge, competency, and self-efficacy so they can set and enforce positive norms in fieldwork settings.

These workshops are designed for LTER researchers who expect to be in leadership roles in the coming field season. This includes, but is not limited to, investigators, graduate students, postdocs, and staff.

Two dates are offered in 2024:

• Tuesday April 23 at 10:30-Noon PT (1:30-3:00 p.m. ET)
• Tuesday, May 14 at 10:30-Noon PT (1:30-3:00 p.m. ET)

LTER Grad Rep Meeting

The LTER Graduate Student Committee was established to foster interaction among graduate students working at LTER sites and between students and senior LTER scientists, to create student opportunities for intersite research, and to develop interdisciplinary graduate student training programs. Membership includes student representatives from each of the LTER sites.

Shared Google Drive (request access from a google-associated email account)
2024 Meeting Notes
Committee Web Page
LTER Forum Group Page

Each third Monday of the month at 12:30 pm PT / 3:30  pm ET

The Information Management Committee Executive Team meets monthly and is responsible for tracking working group progress, liasing with the Environmental Data Initiative, the LTER Executive Board, the LTER Network Office, and developing agendas for the IM Virtual watercoolers.

Members of the IM Executive Team may find the meeting Zoom link on the shared google drive

Google Drive IMExec meeting notes

Trello Board: https://trello.com/b/FQq9KYib/imexec

The LTER Network DEIJ Committee meets monthly:

Second Tuesday of each month at
Noon Pacific Time / 3 pm Eastern Time

The purpose of the LTER Network DEIJ Committee:
Engagement, integration and retention of a diverse community of students, scientists, and educators within LTER. Provides concrete and deliberate actions and resources at individual sites and at the Network to foster diversity and inclusion.

Key links:
Shared google drive (current committee members may access zoom link here)
Committee web page
Join email list (diversity@lternet.edu) or change settings
LTER Forum Broadening Participation group

Preparing to enter the work force after completing a graduate degree, and building a fulfilling and successful career outside of academia can be daunting and full of uncertainty. There is no ‘one path fits all’ that will lead to your career goals, but one of the best ways to prepare is to learn from others’ experiences.

If you are interested in pursuing a career working for a federal agency, join us on May 22^nd from 3:00-5:00 EST/12:00-2:00 PST to meet federal scientists working around the United States and learn about their career paths, work challenges and benefits, ‘a day in their life,’ and advice they wish they would have known as early career scientists.

Individual, prerecorded interviews with each of the 15 panelists will be played for the first hour of the forum, and interviews will be available to watch on this webpage a week before the forum occurs.

A “watch party” of prerecorded interviews with 13 federal scientists will start at Noon PT (3 pm ET), with the full panel discussion beginning at 1 pm PT (4 pm ET). After a brief interview with a federal careers coach, the panelists will spend the second hour of the forum in discussion with and answering questions from the attendees.

Recorded interviews will also be available for asynchronous viewing online, starting in early May. Return here or visit our YouTube Channel for the link.

Bring your questions and join in the lively discussion. If you have any questions before the event, please contact Paige Kleindl at pklei007@fiu.edu.

Panelists:

Kevin Cunniff
kevinc@miccosukeetribe.com
M.S., new FCE LTER Miccosukee connection

Sarah Spaulding
sspaulding@usgs.gov
Aquatic Ecologist
US Geological Survey / INSTAAR Fellow, University of Colorado and McMurdo LTER
Spaulding CV

Paul Julian
PJulian@evergladesfoundation.org|
Ph.D., Everglades Foundation NPO
Julian_Bio

Andrew Christopher Oishi
Andrew.c.oishi@usda.gov
Forest Ecology
Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service and Coweeta LTER

Alison Ainsworth
Alison_Ainsworth@nps.gov
Plant Community Ecology
CESU Science Advisor / Ecologist; National Park Service
Faces of Adaptation: Meet Alison Ainsworth (uw.edu)
Pacific RISCC March Webinar – High Elevation Hawaiian Plant Communities: Implications for Conservation Under Climate Change – Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Center

Chuck Rhoades
charles.c.rhoades@usda.gov
Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service and Experimental Forest
Website: Charles C. Rhoades | US Forest Service Research and Development (usda.gov)

Gina Ralph
Gina.P.Ralph@usace.army.mil
Ph.D., Planning and Policy Division, Jacksonville, FL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CESU
Gina Paduano Ralph Bio

Donatto Surratt
Donatto_Surratt@nps.gov
Ph.D., Senior Ecologist, National Park Service, Davie; U.S. National Park Service & CESU

Lisa Baron
lisa.c.baron@usace.army.mil
Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CESU

Stephanie Sharuga
Ocean environmental science
stephanie.sharuga@boem.gov
Ph.D., BOEM
Sharuga Bio

David Walters
waltersd@usgs.gov
Ph.D., USGS
Walters Bio

Laura Brandt
Laura_brandt@fws.gov
Wildlife Biologist
Regional Scientist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Florida, Davie, FL

Andrea Nocentini
andreanocentini@semtribe.com
Ecological Analyst; Freshwater Ecologist
Seminole Tribe
Website

Holly Sweat
SweatL@si.edu
Ph.D., The Smithsonian Institute
Sweat Bio

Allison Roy
aroy@eco.umass.edu
Ph.D., USGS and University of Massachusetts
Freshwater ecologist
Website: https://www1.usgs.gov/coopunits/staff/1160013

LTER recognizes the value of sustained interactions between students, teachers, and scientists, and strives to integrate LTER science with K-12 education. Most LTER sites conduct individual programs at the local level, and the network supports centralized approaches to educational initiatives.

The LTER Education and Engagement Committee meets monthly:

First Thursday of each month at
Noon Pacific Time / 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

2024 Agenda/Notes document (current committee members can find the zoom link here)
Education and Engagement Committee Web Page
Join email list here (education@lternet.edu)
LTER Forum Group

The LTER Information Management Committee meets monthly via video conference to share information and ideas relevant to information management in the LTER Network. Information Managers from all LTER sites are invited and encouraged to participate in these meetings.

Meetings are regularly scheduled for the second Monday of each month at Noon Pacific Time / 3 pm Eastern Time

Participants may obtain the zoom link by visiting the:

• LTER IM shared google drive
• Direct link to Zoom Information

Each third Monday of the month at 12:30 pm PT / 3:30  pm ET

The Information Management Committee Executive Team meets monthly and is responsible for tracking working group progress, liasing with the Environmental Data Initiative, the LTER Executive Board, the LTER Network Office, and developing agendas for the IM Virtual watercoolers.

Members of the IM Executive Team may find the meeting Zoom link on the shared google drive

Google Drive IMExec meeting notes

Trello Board: https://trello.com/b/FQq9KYib/imexec