<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-587" src="https://nco.lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stearnswharf-cropped-nco-news-1-e1478205826475.png" alt="Santa Barbara shoreline and wharf header" width="800" height="152" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102);text-align:right"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">December 18, 2017</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:inherit">News from the NCO</em> is a forum for sharing news and activities from the Network Communications Office and from across LTER Network. This is our water cooler. If you have personnel changes, new grants, cross-Network activities that might interest your LTER colleagues, please send them along to <a href="mailto:downs@nceas.lternet.edu">downs@nceas.lternet.edu</a>.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The NCO and NCEAS have been feeling the effects of the Thomas fire, which continues to burn in the hills around Santa Barbara. Smoke and power outages have forced most NCEAS personnel to work from alternate locations, but the fire is now 45% contained and the fight seems to have turned a corner Sunday. Thanks from all here for your thoughts and good wishes.</font></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:1.125em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Save these dates</font></span></h3><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">2018 NSF-LTER Symposium<br style="box-sizing:border-box">April 19, 2018 – NSF Headquarters, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">2018 LTER Executive Board Meeting<br style="box-sizing:border-box">May 15, 2018 – Madison, WI</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">2018 Science Council Meeting<br style="box-sizing:border-box">May 16-17, 2018 – Madison, WI</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">2018 Lead PI Meeting<br style="box-sizing:border-box">May 18, 2018 – Madison, WI</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:base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20Wilcox)%20March%208%20-%20Stream%20elemental%20cycling:%20Global%20patterns%20in%20stream%20energy%20and%20nutrient%20cycling%20(Wymore,%20Kaushal)%20April%2012%20-%20Scaling-Up%20Productivity%20Responses%20to%20Changes%20in%20Biodiversity%20(Isbell,%20Cowles,%20Dee)%20May%2010%20-%20Metacommunity%20mediated%20responses%20to%20ecosystem%20disturbance%20(Wisnoski,%20Sokol,%20Swan)%20June%207%20-%20Synthesizing%20population%20and%20community%20synchrony%20to%20understand%20drivers%20of%20ecological%20stability%20across%20LTER%20sites%20(Hallett,%20Reumann,%20Suding)/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(40,142,175);text-decoration-line:none">New Directions in Computing</a> to develop a new website for the Network. Features include more and better-quality images, with easy-to-update LTER site profile pages and image galleries. Education and research content has been expanded and updated. Integration between the main web site, image galleries, and intranet will be improved, making it simpler to use gallery images and documents on web pages and to navigate between formerly separate sites. An events calendar with i-cal integration will be available, as well as more fluid integration with  social media and newsletters.</font></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:1.125em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Baltimore Public Schools to incorporate BES science</font></span></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The Baltimore Ecosystem Study will be incorporating LTER data into Baltimore Public Schools chemistry curriculum. The newly designed Integrating Chemistry and Earth science (ICE) unit infuses Earth science into chemistry at the high school level; it will be taught to every student taking chemistry this year. ICE aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), adopted by the state of Maryland in 2013, which are designed to help students practice ‘real science’ and explore connections across scientific disciplines.</font></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:1.125em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Open Positions</font></span></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Several key positions are opening up around the Network. Please circulate these announcements to qualified candidates:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><a href="https://lternet.edu/node/84533" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(40,142,175);text-decoration-line:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Diversity Mentor faculty position in Earth & Environment Department at FIU, Miami</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><a href="https://lternet.edu/node/84532" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:in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e January 31</span>. A report from this effort will be developed and shared with NEON stakeholders, and the information will be used in its strategic planning process.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Interested participants will be entered into a drawing to win one of five $25 cash prizes. The survey averages 5-7 minutes to complete. All of your responses are completely anonymous. If you have any questions about this survey, you may contact <a href="mailto:%20acrall@battelleecology.org" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(40,142,175);text-decoration-line:none">Alycia Crall</a>, the NEON Project evaluator.</font></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:1.125em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Conferences, Special Issues and other Opportunities</font></span></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:600"><a href="https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(40,142,175);text-decoration-line:none">The Powell Center</a></span> seeks projects that address development and testing of important Earth system science ideas and theories using existing data, cutting-edge analysis of Earth system information, and use of sound science in policy and management decisions. <a href="https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/proposals" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(40,142,175);text-decoration-line:none">Working Group Proposal</a> submission deadline is January 31, 2018.</font></p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The <span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:600"><a href="http://www.ilter.network/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(40,142,175);text-decoration-line:none">global ILTER</a> and its East Asia Pacific (EAP) Network</span> will conduct a one-week joint conference from <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">15-19 October 2018</span></span> in Taichung City, Taiwan.  The topic is Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems in natural and in human-dominated landscapes. The meeting will be hosted by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Tunghai University, TERN (Taiwan Ecological Research Network).  For more information, please see the featured news item on the ILTER website: <a href="http://www.ilter.network/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:i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