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Dr. Christopher Craft, a co-Principal Investigator of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystem (GCE) LTER (http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu) and professor of Rural Land Policy at Indiana University, has been named the 2012 Science Research recipient of the prestigious National Wetlands Awards by the Environmental Law Institute. The awards recognize individuals who have made exceptional and innovative contributions to wetlands conservation.

The Andrews Forest LTER is changing leadership as Barbara Bond retires and phases out as Lead Principal Investigator (PI) after a very fruitful six-year term.

A new analysis of streams in the western United States with long-term monitoring programs has found that despite a general increase in air temperatures over the past several decades, streams are not necessarily warming at the same rate.

Canopy Connections is an experiential learning program for Oregon middle school classes developed by three partner institutions: University of Oregon Environmental Leadership Program, The Pacific T

Sevilleta LTER has implemented a new website (sev.lternet.edu) based on the Drupal Environmental Information Management System (DEIMS), an in-house tool built t

The new Harvard Forest website, which went live in February, integrates the previous website’s strengths (among them an easily accessible, well organized data archive) with a range of new features,

In January, ten Harvard students with concentrations ranging from Biology and Applied Math Architecture to Linguistics and Women’s Studies came to the Harvard Forest (HFR) for a week-long experienc

The Central Arizona-Phoenix (CAP) LTER’s Ecology Explorers program has begun a collaboration with Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts on an exciting new youth pr

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

Urbanization in the desert has changed the environment for native birds by transforming the vegetation structure, increasing access to water, and altering predation levels. Now, CAP researchers Dr. Pierre Deviche, Dr. Bobby Fokidis, and Ph.D. candidate Scott Davies are seeking to understand how urbanization affects birds and the mechanisms that drive bird behavior. They are particularly interested in the role that hormones play in controlling behaviors.