[LTER-commcom] LTER Mini-symposium

[Foster, David R.]

Marty

Thanks – great to see the focus, structure of the program, title, and quality of the talks/speakers. This does a great job at conveying the unique qualities of LTER and its role in addressing critical social and environmental issues through fundamental, long term studies.  Needed now more than ever.

David


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David Foster, Director
Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Petersham, MA 01366       978.724.3302
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/
http://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/

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Subject: [LTER-commcom] LTER Mini-symposium

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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