[LTER-commcom] LTER Mini-symposium

[Marty Downs]

Dear LTER colleagues and friends,

We have finalized talk descriptions for the LTER mini-symposium a NSF
(attached). Now, it's time to get serious about finding panelists and
posters. Promoting the symposium will come later -- please don't circulate
this version of the agenda until we have the panelists filled in.

Whether you are inside or outside the Network, there are a few ways that
you could be a big help.

*Suggest Panelists*: With Washington in transition, agency personnel may be
keeping their heads down, but I think it's even more important for us to
demonstrate (and strengthen) the ways that our science can inform
decisions. Please do your best to help me identify and recruit potential
Washington-based panelists. Have a look at the attached agenda and think
about relevant agency connections (ARS, Forest Service, USGS, EPA, etc).
The ideal candidate knows something about LTER, and is favorably inclined,
but could be a better friend if they knew more.

Please note: We have made a decision not to include panelists from NGOs.

*Posters: *Obviously, there's more great science happening around the
Network than can be discussed in 5 short talks. I would like to use the
posters (displayed throughout the day)  to highlight other compelling
science on the *vulnerability and resilience theme*. If you know of
projects with new-ish results that fit the theme -- particularly in biomes
we haven't yet covered, please let me know about the work. I'll talk with
the investigators and work with them to get an appropriate poster assembled
and printed.

A few possibilities on my radar now include:

   - Vulnerability of Alaskan native hunting communities in the face of
   Arctic climate changes
   - Pharmaceuticals in urban streams
   - Influence of saltwater inundation on carbon storage in marshes
   - Antarctic ice melt and freshwater inputs to ocean ecosystems
   - Resilience of kelp communities

Thanks for your input, your ideas, and all the great work you do.
Best,
Marty
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Marty Downs
Communications Lead
LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)
LTER Science Update
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