[LTER-All-lter] LTER Network News | 2018 June

Wed Jun 13 16:57:47 PDT 2018

June 13, 2018

*LTER Network News is a forum for sharing news and activities from across
the 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 downs at nceas.lternet.edu
<downs at nceas.lternet.edu>.*
*2018 LTER All Scientists’ Meeting*

*Next Generation Synthesis: Successes and Strategies*
<https://lternet.edu/lter-scientists-meeting-2018/>

*Workshop submissions closing June 15!Poster submissions remain open until
June 30.*

Key Committee Meetings: Sunday September 30
General Meeting September 30-October 4, 2018
Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA

Join us for an exceptional lineup of workshops and plenary speakers
<https://lternet.edu/lter-scientists-meeting-2018/keynote-speakers/>,
including: Sharon Collinge, Chief Scientist of NEON; Michael Dietze,
Director of the Ecological Forecasting Laboratory at Boston University;
Stephanie Hampton, Division Director for NSF’s Division of Environmental
Biology, eco-geomorphologist Matt Kirwan; Kathie Weathers, Hutchinson Chair
and Odum award recipient;  and a panel of synthesis center directors,
including NCEAS’ Ben Halpern, Powell Center’s Jill Baron, and SESYNC’s
Margaret Palmer.
*2018 Science Council Meeting*

Our deepest appreciation goes out to the North Temperate lakes LTER site
for hosting the 2018 Science Council Meeting. Site lightning talks and
committee reports
<https://lternet.edu/?taxonomy=document-types&term=lter-science-council-presentations>are
available in the document archives. Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting
will be available when approved at the June meeting.
*NSF LTER Symposium*

The NSF LTER Symposium: Understanding our Ocean Connections through
Long-Term Ecological Research
<https://lternet.edu/stories/2018-nsf-lter-symposium-understanding-ocean-connections/>
on
April 19, 2018 drew 125 people to NSF Headquarters, including
administrators and managers from Washington-based agencies, academics,
filmmakers, and reporters–as well as NSF administrators. Videos of
excellent talks by Deron Burkepile (MCR), Evelyn Gaiser (FCE), Kyle
Cavanaugh (SBC), Susan Menden-Deuer (NES), Merryl Alber (GCE) and Bill
Fraser (PAL) are available on the LTER YouTube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyi2-kL_cTcm6FOnek-bRA> and are linked
from the symposium webpage
<https://lternet.edu/stories/from-plankton-to-penguins-2018-nsf-lter-symposium-focuses-on-ocean-connections/>
.
*2018 Synthesis Webinar Series*

Five of the six active LTER synthesis groups have delivered webinars
<https://lternet.edu/stories/2018-synthesis-webinars/>, sharing their goals
and early findings. Links to webinar videos are available on the website
<https://lternet.edu/stories/2018-synthesis-webinars/> and (you guessed it)
on the LTER YouTube Channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyi2-kL_cTcm6FOnek-bRA>.

Still to come:
July 12:  Contributions of long-term ecological research to changing
theoretical paradigms of disturbance ecology
<https://lternet.edu/disturbance-framework-webinar-information/>

Fall, 2018: Advancing soil organic matter research: Synthesizing
multi-scale observations, manipulations & models, with Wil Wieder and Kate
Lajtha.
*Around the Network*

*Andrews Forest*: “Numbers in Nature, Math on the Mountain”
<http://csl.nsta.org/2018/04/numbers-in-nature-math-on-the-mountain/?-on-the-mountain/?utm_source=realmagnet&utm_medium=email&utm_term=CSL%20Issue%206,%20Part%201:%20STEM%20Learning%20Through%20Citizen%20Science%20Experiences&utm_campaign=CSL20180412Issue6Part1>
 is a teacher–scientist partnership that explores stories of place through
data. Through the program, teachers and scientists came together to
collaboratively explore data that tell the stories of two locations in
Central Oregon: the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (HJA) and Mt. Bachelor.

*Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve*: Peter Reich was elected to the
National Academy of Sciences
<https://www.cfans.umn.edu/peter-reich-national-academy-sciences> in
May…and…Cedar Creek is bringing bison to their site, along with a viewing
gazebo and trained naturalists to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with
visitors.

*Harvard Forest* has been home to a moving and provocative art
installation, titled Hemlock Hospice,
<http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/hemlock-hospice> resulting from a
collaboration between artist David Buckley Borden and Harvard Forest Senior
Ecologist Aaron Ellison.

*Luquillo LTER:* Nicholas Brokaw gave his retirement talk: “The Professor
as Hunter-Gatherer” on June 8, 2018.

*McMurdo Dry Valleys*: Diana Wall, MCM LTER PI Emeritus, was recently elected
into the prestigious National Academy of Sciences
<http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/May-1-2018-NAS-Election.html>
 in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in
original research.

*Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER* just launched their new website
<https://nes-lter.whoi.edu/>. Stop in and give them a boost.

*Northern Gulf of Alaska*‘s spring cruise will include educator and
film-maker Michele Hoffman Trotter, media and education specialist Carlee
Belt, and cinematographer Katherine Brennan. They are working on a series
of educational modules called “Expedition Gulf of Alaska: an Online STEAM
Experience <https://nga.lternet.edu/highlights/expedition-gulf-of-alaska/>”
and filming for “Microcosm,” a documentary project that features the
diversity and roles of microscopic life in the ocean.

*Virginia Coast Reserve:* The recently-hired site director
<https://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/home2/?p=460> for the Anheuser-Busch
Coastal Research Center, Cora Johnston, will also direct Education and
Outreach programs for VCR. Welcome aboard, Cora.
*Funding Opportunities*

Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
(CUAHSI) announces the Hydroinformatics Innovation Fellowship
<https://www.cuahsi.org/education/hydroinformatics-innovation-fellowship/>,
awarding up to $5000 to support projects that will result in a software or
data products to be disseminated to the CUAHSI community within one year of
funding. Applications will open in August 2018.
*Open Positions*

   - Four open positions (teaching assistants and recruitment coordinator
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/semester-in-environmental-science-4-positions/>)
   with the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Semester in Environmental Science
   <http://www.mbl.edu/ses/>.
   - Postdoctoral Position: Marine Biodiversity
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-scholar-quantifying-marine-biodiversity/>
   The Rassweiler lab at Florida State University is recruiting a postdoc
   to study marine biodiversity, with a focus on data from the Santa Barbara
   Channel including data from the SBC-LTER.

To learn about LTER Network-related job openings as they arise, visit
our opportunities
page <https://lternet.edu/opportunities>.
*LTER Newsletters*

*LTER Science update
<http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=51157f4ed5>,
issued bi-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 LTER Network scientists. Please
share and encourage your colleagues to subscribe through MailChimp.*

*LTER Network News <https://nco.lternet.edu/news-from-the-nco/>, issued
bi-monthly, provides regular organizational updates to all current
LTER-associated personnel.*

*From Related Organizations:*

   - *The LTER data repository is now the Environmental Data Initiative
   <http://environmentaldatainitiative.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c258a774cbd4d34290410d1ea&id=da346b264c>,
   serving LTER as well as a broader community of environmental biologists.
   Visit the EDI website and subscribe to the bi-monthly newsletter to stay
   up-to-date on their training webinars and in-person training opportunities.*
   - *Critical Zone Observatory Network
   <http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=352231f5e14f7bad9721e3a45&id=330ade1465>
offers
   an occasional newsletter with articles on Network research, education, and
   meeting activities.*
   - *The International LTER Network <https://www.ilter.network/> maintains
   an email list and a twitter presence <https://twitter.com/ILTER_network>.
   Check out their new website and subscribe to their newsletter
   at https://www.ilter.network/ <https://www.ilter.network/>*
   - *Sign up for NEON’s monthly newsletter
   <http://www.neonscience.org/observatory/observatory-blog> to learn more
   about the National Ecological Observatory Network and data collections
   rapidly coming online.*

-- 
Marty Downs
Deputy Director, LTER Network Communications Office

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