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Bonanza Creek LTER Images

Emilia and her field tech, Elliot, in the field sampling black spruce forest fuel loads at Bonanza Creek LTER in Alaska.
Xanthe Walker organizes tree cores while sampling in the 1987 burn near Delta Junction, Alaska.
Terry Chapin’s hand drawn map of the 1988 field sites. Sampling these sites this year became much faster with the aid of GPS coordinates and digital maps.
Mel Boyd measures the remnants of burned shrubs along a transect line across the Shovel Creek fire scar near Fairbanks, Alaska.
Bonanza Creek LTER boreal forest after a fire
Smoke from a forest fire in an Alaskan boreal forest near Bonanza Creek LTER
Left: A family expedition; Dr. Katie Spellman, her daughter Izzy, and Dr. Christa Mulder’s son, Euan, during one of their weekly monitoring outings. Right: Dr. Katie Spellman with technician Patricia Hurtt collecting data at a disturbed site.
Dr. Katie Spellman with tech Patricia Hurtt collecting data at a disturbed site.
A family expedition. Dr. Katie Spellman, her daughter Izzy, and Dr. Christa Mulder’s son, Euan, during one of their weekly monitoring outings.
Dr. Christa Mulder and Dr. Katie Spellman removing non-native Melilotus albus plants.
Clouds reflect on early ice melt near Tok, AK.
Sled dogs on bare patch of rocks and snow.
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tipping trees in frozen marsh.
meeting in an ofice with maps
clouds reflected in lake
white spruce forest in Alaska
Wildfire in Alaskan black spruce forests.

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