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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 1, 2022 9:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Joel K. Llopiz <<a href="mailto:jllopiz@whoi.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jllopiz@whoi.edu</a>><br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Feb 1, 2022, at 8:29 AM, Joel K. Llopiz <<a href="mailto:jllopiz@whoi.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jllopiz@whoi.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Not that we weren’t aware, but the photo for this story is a striking visual that we have a lot of work to do at the leadership level of our LTER sites.
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<li style="text-align:left"><strong>February 15, 2022</strong>:<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=ad6fd2be23&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Track
proposals</a><span> </span>for the LTER All Scientists Meeting are due.</li><li style="text-align:left"><strong>February 16, 2022, 11am PT</strong>: The LTER Synthesis Webinar series continues with a presentation from the<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=307643534e&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Ecosystem
Transitions Working Group</a>. Remember to<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=cc0fd44a47&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">register</a><span> </span>to
attend!</li><li style="text-align:left"><strong>March 30, 2022</strong>:<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=a6859ec0fe&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Workshop
and social event</a><span> </span>proposals for the All Scientists' Meeting are due.</li><li style="text-align:left"><strong>May 16-19, 2022</strong>: The LTER Science Council Meeting takes place at the Central Arizona Phoenix LTER site, in Phoenix, Arizona. More information soon.</li><li style="text-align:left"><strong>September 12-16, 2022</strong>: The Chinese Ecosystem Research Network hosts the<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=6660fe668d&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ILTER
Open Science Meeting</a><span> </span>in Kunming China. A call for interactive session proposals is open now.</li><li style="text-align:left"><strong>September 19</strong> (committee meetings) and<strong> September 20-23, 2022 </strong>(all participants): <a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=fc7a076178&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">LTER
All Scientists' Meeting</a> (in person) at Asilomar Conference Grounds.</li></ul>
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Who are we? Highlighting Nuances in Asian American Experiences in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</h2>
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Americans are underrepresented in ecology and too often unrecognized in broader DEI conversation.<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=54dfff374e&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">This
new paper</a>, written by researchers from universities across the nation, includes guidelines for anti-Asian racism and recommendations for how institutions can reframe DEI policy to stress Asian American justice.<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=6c0b374051&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Read
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Equity and Inclusion Committee</a>. Contact Committee chairs Cora Baird (<a href="mailto:caj2dr@virginia.edu" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">caj2dr@virginia.edu</a>) or Nameer Baker (<a href="mailto:nameerbaker@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nameerbaker@gmail.com</a>)
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<strong>Five emergent themes from an LTER Network Organic Matter Synthesis</strong>
<div style="text-align:right"><em>- Mareli Sanchez-Julia</em></div>
Organic matter has a global influence, but often studies focus on local dynamics. The Organic Matter Synthesis Group worked together to reveal key trends in organic matter processing, storage and transport across ecosystems.<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=b8e6b68eb1&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Read
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<strong>Palmer LTER researchers track complete humpback migrations</strong>
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Palmer researchers used satellite tags to chart the full northbound migration of Southeast Pacific humpbacks-a first for the species. Their results provide important context for humpback conservation and new insight into humpback behavior.<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=e0513c1d02&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Read
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<strong>Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth,<span> </span></strong>instrumental in creating the Luquillo LTER, passed away on January 6, 2022. Dr. Jess Zimmerman and Dr. Ariel Lugo remember him in<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=b26cc9bbbf&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">this
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<strong>Hap Garrit</strong>, long-time data manager for the Plum Islands Ecosystem LTER, announces his retirement. Congratulations, and we wish him the best!<br>
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Several LTER researchers received<span> </span><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=30243146e8&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">AAAS
Lifetime Fellow</a><span> </span>awards this year. Congratulations to Enrique Vivoni (JRN), Bruno Basso (KBS), Stephen Carpenter (NTL), James Byers (GCE), and Monica Turner. If we missed you, let us know!</p>
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strips: Reflections from an LTER Fellow</a><span> </span>| KBS LTER Blog</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=85b3f898d2&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Coffee, Tacos and Mothing: A
Day in the Life of a URA</a><span> </span>| KBS LTER Blog</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=127e703a44&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">January Freeze Dates Becoming
the Norm for Madison Lakes</a> | WISC Limnology Blog</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=f808d6ef64&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Some willing to scale-up conservation
practices</a><span> </span>| Morning Ag Clips</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=5079ca1f3a&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Scaling-up Conservation Practices:
How Much Can Farmers Afford?</a> |<span> </span><a href="http://farms.com/" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Farms.com</a></li></ul>
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<div>The <a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=56cc1a8c83&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">40 years of LTER-related
papers</a> are available on the LTER Network website and can now be easily searched by site, author, keyword, and publication type. The full Network bibliography is also available at the LTER Network <a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=95d2cd55c3&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Zotero
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ecosystem carbon stocks to fire-regime change in Alaskan tundra</a> | Science of the Total Environment</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=f2671c0a4d&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Assessing transport and retention
of nitrate and other materials through the riparian zone and stream channel with simulated precipitation</a> | Methods in Ecology and Evolution</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=f42ce49f64&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Hyphae move matter and microbes
to mineral microsites: Integrating the hyphosphere into conceptual models of soil organic matter stabilization</a> | Global Change Biology</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=0f4cbd9032&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Precipitation effects on nematode
diversity and carbon footprint across grasslands</a> | Global Change Biology</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=ab25c17a33&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">An Open-Source, Durable, and
Low-Cost Alternative to Commercially Available Soil Temperature Data Loggers</a> | MDPI</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=8af6bfcb9c&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Dynamics of organic matter molecular
composition under aerobic decomposition and their response to the nitrogen addition in grassland soils</a> | Science of the Total Environment</li></ul>
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<li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=aa31ed829b&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Director, Marine Science Institute,
UC Santa Barbara</a><span> </span>| Santa Barbara Coastal and Moorea Coral Reef LTERs </li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=d764e7cfc1&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Information Manager</a><span> </span>|
Plum Island Ecosystems LTER</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=3f143df153&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Hannah Distinguished Professor
of Ecology and/or Evolutionary Biology</a><span> </span>| Kellogg Biological Station</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=26ba8165e7&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Postdoctoral Researcher in Land/Seascape
Ecology</a><span> </span>| UCSB; Moorea Coral Reef LTER</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=b6eca33a13&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Scientific Specialist (Research
Staff)</a> | Virginia Coast Reserve LTER</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=05d1e242f9&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Research Assistant</a> | Institute
of Environment at Florida International University</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=0f7524f988&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Research Assistant</a><span> </span>|
Plum Islands Ecosystem LTER</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=85ad52d08b&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">REU Opportunities at the Jornada
Basin LTER</a></li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=8e88ae11eb&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">REU Opportunities at the Virginia
Coast Reserve</a></li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=69438e0789&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Multiple Forest Service positions</a>,
application window February 18-28</li></ul>
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Fellowships (OPP-PRF)</a><span> </span>| Proposals due February 7, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=ba6780d164&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed PRF)</a> | Proposals due March 1, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=3961684b95&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">EAR Postdoctoral Fellowships
(EAR-PF)</a> | Proposals due October 26, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=79c67fe0f0&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research
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<strong>Research and Career Opportunities</strong>
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| Proposals due February 7, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=1799fd8ff2&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Organismal Response to Climate
Change (ORCC)</a><span> </span>| Proposals due March 1 and November 15, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=c6b55b0bd5&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Biodiversity on a Changing Planet
(BoCP)</a><span> </span>| Proposals due March 25, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=076d472415&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)</a><span> </span>|
Proposals Due July 25, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=df8ae25de2&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Opportunities for Promoting Understanding
through Synthesis (OPUS</a>) | Proposals due August 1, 2022</li></ul>
<strong>Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</strong>
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<li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=52943c93b4&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial
Equity)</a><span> </span>| Proposals due March 22 or October 11, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=b6bdf8920a&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Inclusion across the Nation of
Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Alliances</a><span> </span>| Proposals due January 25, 2022</li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=ea4fbeac31&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Persons with Disabilities - STEM
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<strong>Education Opportunities</strong>
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<li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=b9a49f4153&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate
Students (REPS) in the Biological Sciences Supplemental Funding Opportunity</a></li><li><a href="https://lternet.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=94d07b0678&e=5659af4e99" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">EHR Core Research : Building
Capacity in STEM Education Research</a> | Proposals due February 25, 2022</li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
508-289-3845 (office), 774-327-9666 (cell)<br>
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