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Bonanza Creek researchers use boats to access many of their floodplain research sites along the Tanana river. This day was so smoky from the nearby McDonald Fire that it was hard to see the far bank at times.

Bonanza Creek researchers use boats to access many of their floodplain research sites along the Tanana river. This day was so smoky from the nearby McDonald Fire that it was hard to see the far bank at times.

Cedar Schmitz-Guy stands wader deep in a creek at the Bonanza Creek LTER. This project charts the amount of organic material flowing through these waterways.

Jason Downing instruments a white spruce tree with a small, cheap dendrometer (foreground) that measures incredibly fine scale tree growth. Initial data from these sensors shows that trees actually change diameter throughout the day—this project expands that research to new biomes and tree types.