[LTER-All-lter] News from the LTER-NCO - Winter 2017

[Marty Downs]

[image: Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara]

January 18, 2017
*Synthesis*

The review committee recommended two Synthesis Working Group proposals for
funding in the current round. Congratulations to Forest Isbell, Jane M.
Cowles, and Laura Dee who will lead *Scaling-up productivity responses to
changes in biodiversity <https://lternet.edu/working-groups-2017>* and
Lauren Hallett, Daniel Reuman, Katharine Suding for *Synthesizing
Population and community synchrony to understand drivers of ecological
stability across LTER sites <https://lternet.edu/working-groups-2017>*.
*Mark your calendars*

The *NSF mini-symposium* is scheduled for March 21, 2017. The list of
speakers <https://lternet.edu/node/84404> is available at lternet.edu. We
are still seeking a few posters to complement the featured talks. Please
contact Marty Downs < downs at lternet.edu> if you have a story you think NSF
should see.

The annual *Executive Board meeting* is scheduled for May 16, 2017 at
Hubbard Brook LTER. The *Science Council meeting* will follow on May 17th,
18th, and 19th. The theme is “disturbance” with a focus on the use and
value of long-term data and science. The steering committee includes Frank
Davis, Michael Nelson, Gary Lovett and Evelyn Gaiser.

An online, interactive workshop on science communication fundamentals,
"*Telling
the Right Story to the Right People, at the Right Time
<https://nco.lternet.edu/right-story-right-people-right-time/>*," is
underway now. If you are interested in being notified directly about future
communications trainings and resources, please sign up for the communications
interest list <https://goo.gl/forms/AG75GLb4qT7gaX1s2>.

The NCO has two workshops accepted for ESA 2017 in Portland, OR. Marty will
lead a workshop on quick and inexpensive video production. Sam and the
education committee will lead a lunch-time workshop on using the Next
Generation Science Standards EQuIP rubric to spark collaborative lesson
generation between educators and scientists. We'll let you know when
registration is open.
*Meetings and Outreach*

The annual *Life Discovery Conference* <http://www.esa.org/ldc/>, which ESA
helps organize, highlights leading science, curriculum design,
implementation, and data exploration efforts for high school and
undergraduate education. Presentations are no longer being accepted, but
it’s still a great place to connect with educators and education-focused
colleagues.

For the upcoming *ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting*
<https://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/honolulu2017/default.asp>, the NCO is
summarizing and promoting LTER-related talks and posters, as we have for ESA
<https://lternet.edu/esa-lter> and AGU
<https://lternet.edu/agu2016abstracts> in the past. If you haven’t already
let us know about your talk or poster, please do.

Abstracts are due soon for presentations at the 2017 *Ecological Society of
America Meeting* <http://www.esa.org/portland/#.WIDz5LYrLfA> in Portland
Oregon. The submission deadline
<http://www.esa.org/portland/contributed-talks/#.WIABabYrLfA> is Thursday,
February 23 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Remember to *include LTER* in your
title or abstract so we can find and promote your talk!
>From the Committees

The *Information Management Committee* has a new training working group
<http://im.lternet.edu/node/1285>, working on identifying unmet training
needs and developing new resources. The web site improvement and redesign
(WIRED) working group <http://im.lternet.edu/project/WIRED_WG> is assessing
and refreshing the information managers web site.

The *Education and Outreach Committee* is working on the application of a
new rubric to guide the design of classroom resources. Talk with Sam Norlin
or Steven McGee if you're interested. This summer's long-distance
information share among Research-Experience-for-Teachers participants,
organized by Kara Haas and others, offered a sense of community and
inspiration for teachers working at LTER sites. Marty Downs and Jill Haukos
are working on a redraft of a resource guide for Education and Outreach
managers.

The *Diversity Committee* was established as a standing committee at the
2016 Science Council meeting, tasked with developing diversity-related
resources and approaches for use across the Network. Current chair is Alan
Berkowitz.
*LTER Newsletter Reminder*

LTER Science update
<http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=4bd8b90142>,
issued monthly, provides brief, accessible summaries of recent science from
across the Network. It is designed to inform partners, educators, and the
broader ecological community as well as Network scientists. Please share
and encourage your colleagues to subscribe.

News from the NCO <https://nco.lternet.edu/news-from-the-nco/>, issued
quarterly, provides regular organizational updates to all LTER-associated
personnel. If you have news items from your committee that you would like
to have included, please drop me a line.
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