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The role of burning in management and conservation of tallgrass prairie, particularly in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas, was the focus of a story by National Public Radio (NPR) reporter

By changing row-crop management practices in economically and environmentally stable ways, US farms could contribute to

The first time Taylor Stratton saw CU-Boulder’s mascot Ralphie run onto the field at a home football game, she knew she wanted to join the team of Ralphie Handlers. Ranked one of the top college mascots in the country, Ralphie is a real buffalo – female American bison to be precise -- that leads the CU football team onto Folsom Field. Ralphie Handlers are varsity student-athletes who run with Ralphie around the field before the games.

The 25^th annual Harvard Forest LTER/Ecology Symposium brought more than 100 researchers, students, educators, and staff to the Harvard Forest for a range of presentations by Harvard Forest staff and collaborators:

The HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (AND) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and Oregon State University Extension are expanding their collaboration in a Citizen Science project on climate and ecology.

Scientists at the Andrews Forest (AND) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site have developed new computer algorithms that can identify birds from their recorded songs. The technology will address questions about bird phenology, such as the timing of their arrival, the daily time of first singing at a site, and ultimately, scientists hope, act as the canaries that will warn us about the possible onset and changes due to climate change.

The Front Range of the state of Colorado has experienced an extraordinary series of weather events this year. Over a few days in September 2013, heavy rains caused what the media dubbed “100-year flood” conditions across the greater Denver-Boulder area, saturated soils, and clogged streams with debris. Since then, the 2013-2014 winter has already secured a spot in the top five snowiest winters since 1938 according to snow-water equivalent (SWE) records from the University Camp Snotel site (elevation 10,300 feet adjacent to Niwot Ridge).

How did a Liberal Arts major from Vassar College end up researching carbon respiration in gale-force winds at the height of winter in the Rockies? Doctoral candidate John Knowles just smiles and shakes his head, recalling the story. 

Almost five years ago, 29 scientists came together for a workshop at the Harvard Forest (HFR) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site to discuss network possibilities for new and ongoing studies of landscape change scenarios.

Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service and Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) research scientist, was recently featured in The Baltimore Social Innovation Journal discu