Network News

On July 18 - 20, 1996 a workshop on a "Common Future" for Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER), Land Margin Ecosystem Research (LMER) and joint Global Ocean Flux Study UGOFS) time series programs w

There are individuals who are making extraordinary contributions to the development and success of the LTER Network. Caroline Bledsoe is clearly one of those.

A workshop will be held at the HJ. Andrews Experimental Forest from May 1-3, 1996 involving LTER scientists and NASA collaborators.

A network information system (NIS) working group was established at the August 1995 LTER Data Managers Meeting in Snowbird, Utah to design and develop an LTER-wide information system that facilitat

The fiscal year 1997 budget request for the U.S.

Two LTER scientists have been named by President Clinton as recipients of 1996 Presidential Faculty Fellow Awards.

The LTER Climate Committee welcomes several new members this fall. Johannes Knops will be representing the Cedar Creek site. Vince Gutschick will be taking over from Wes Jarrell at Jornada.

The workshop revealed that we have some exciting ideas about factors controlling nitrogen dynamics in streams—and it introduced powerful new tools for rigorously testing them

Glaciers are the primary source of water in the dry valleys of Antarctica, influencing numerous processes important to the lake, stream, and soil ecosystems.

The Network Office home page (http://lternet.edu) includes direct links to information on LTER sites, scientists and students, intersite research, and national and international activities