Site Exchange Opportunity

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Apply to travel to a different site to pursue comparative research. Deadline: March 28, 2025.

Strengthen Mentoring Skills

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The Entering Mentoring program is an evidence-based mentoring approach specifically tailored to STEMM researchers. The LTER Network is piloting an in-network offering of this workshop series. Why Effective mentorship can set both mentees and mentors up for success, from small projects all the way through careers. Mentors will develop skills for engaging in productive and… Read more »

Shrubs Take Over the Prairie: Cascading Changes Reshape Grassland Water Systems

by Dante Capone, PhD Student at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the California Current Ecosystems LTER Invasion of woody shrubs into grasslands disrupts the water cycle, with cascading effects on the ecosystem and conservation. A Prairie Transformed: The Puzzle of Vanishing Water In the tallgrass prairie of Kansas’ Konza Prairie LTER, rain filters through… Read more »

Why Salamanders? A SSALTER Blog Post

So why salamanders? It’s almost always the first question I get when I tell people about my research, says Eric Lyons in this SSALTER Blog post.

Planted prairie strips are safe for native pollinators

Strips of native prairie planted within agricultural monocrops are not an “ecological trap”  for native pollinators, but also do not reduce the runoff of insecticides that may pose a threat.

DataBits: Conventional Commits

Conventional Commits provide a framework for better commit messages using Git, with a set of standards that relay what kind of code changes occur at each step.