Melissa plans to visit the Konza Prairie (KNZ) LTER to observe a field trip in action and get inspiration for what could be possible in the KBS partnership network and schoolyard research. She is planning long-term data collection at a distributed network of schoolyards and would like to base her approach on that taken by KNZ Education Manager Jill Haukos.
Cameron Clay will visit Luquillo (LUQ) LTER to learn how to install, process, and analyze minirhizotron monitoring systems working with Dr. Tana Wood and Laura C. Rubio Lebrón. At MSP, Cameron will deploy a minirhizotron system into an existing floodplain forest experiment. The skills he gains in Puerto Rico will allow for the creation of parallel projects at these two LTER sites to test how extreme fluctuations in soil moisture affect root traits.
Grace Cawley will travel from the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) LTER to the Northeast Shelf (NES) LTER to conduct field and laboratory work with scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She will draw on protocols developed within the California Current Ecosystem LTER to explore how NES zooplankton sampling can be extended to support size-resolved and image-based analyses.
Who doesn’t like getting postcards? Sign up to exchange postcards with someone at another LTER this summer! You’ll receive a postcard from a fellow scientist at another LTER, and send one of your own. This exchange is open to all and the form will remain open until July 10.
A Minnesota teacher learns about ecological phenomena in the Arctic and connects them to her students — igniting passion and curiosity.
This webinar will introduce the NSF-funded Decomposition Across Dtylands (DeAD)project, which combines field experiments, long-term observations, remote sensing and hierarchical modeling to better understand dryland decomposition across scales.
now design lessons where students analyze real datasets, compare short-term and long-term trends, and consider how disruptions—such as wildfire or limited field access—can influence scientific conclusions.
The Invisible Impacts Symposium is a two-day virtual symposium exploring how social and ecological perspectives can come together to better understand long-term environmental change. Ecology has a rich tradition of long-term observation – decades of data on forests, watersheds, atmospheric chemistry, and biodiversity. At the same time, the social sciences and humanities offer powerful frameworks for… Read more »
“Science and data collection doesn’t always have to have flashy gizmos and light speed computers… Methodology, consistency, simple tools and flexible minds are gold in the field. Get out there!”
Sometimes, the best way to understand an ecosystem is simply to stop and listen.
All are welcome to contribute ideas and/or participate in the ILTER Spring 2026 Coordinating Committee teleconference, which will take place on Wednesday, April 29, from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC.
Students engaged in a productive struggle to come to terms with what data needed to be graphed before they could answer the questions.
