Landsat-derived classifications showing change in woody cover, grassland and bare sand from 1984-2010
Red represents woody cover, light green represents grassland, beige represents sand, blue represents open water, and dark green represents salt marsh. Image courtesy of Virginia Coast Reserve
Goal: Communicating outcomes with other BES members and the larger world
Topics Included: Communicating with Reporters, Communicating Policy, Photography for Communicating Science, Video for Ecology, Writing for the Public, Writing For Scientists, Making Effective Slides
Education Coordinator at Plum Island Estuary (PIE) LTER involved students in marsh research
For the past 15 years Duff has been developing the Mass Audubon Salt Marsh Science Project, a program aimed at making scientific research accessible to students of all ages
Scott Collins is the new LTER Executive Board and Science Council chairperson
Wants to add cross-site collaborations, increase Network integration, build strong relationships with NEON, and address recommendations of the upcoming 30-year review
Ecologist Susan Barrott works with a student research crew among the wild lupine at the Cedar Creek LTER site in Minnesota. (Credit: BioCON Experiment/NSF Cedar Creek LTER Site)
Two lead scientists at the Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the effects of ocean acidification
Charles Clarkson, a Ph.D student working at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) LTER was featured on the local National Public Radio on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
Continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest and increased crop pest abundance and insecticide use, according to Kellogg Biologic
John Moore, the Lead Principal Investigator at the Shortgrass Steppe (SGS) LTER and Professor of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship and Director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Current Issue
Network News Fall 2011, Vol. 24 No. 2 - Vol. 24, No. 2: Network News: Instructions for article submission; Growing "Reflections" at LTER sites; LTER researchers present "Thirty Years of Earth Stewardship Research" at ESA symposium; Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative formed to safeguard the world’s soils; AND’s Kari O’Connell wins Forestry Education Award; NSF News: Opportunities and challenges for LTER in the coming year; Site News: CAP LTER studies effect of urbanization on native bird populations; LUQ LTER: Living in a watershed; KBS LTER opens self-guided walking tour; Harvard forest leveraging research impacts through outreach; Harvard Forest’s "Mega-Plot" nears completion; Education News: Technology enables cross-site RET exchange; Schoolyard tree canopy webcam aids national phenology study; International News: Konza Prairie hosts international symposium on Grasslands in a Global Context; Information Management: LTER ecology data archives educate tomorrow’s scientists; Scientific Reports: Stability in times of uncertain change; Publications: AND researchers paper challenges long-held theory
