[LTER-commcom] LTER Mini-symposium

[John Kominoski]

Hi Marty et al.,

This is an excellent list of speakers and topics.  I suggest slight
additions to the title to read as: "Drought, fire, rising seas: discovering
and forecasting the long-term nature of ecological change".  I just don't
think we can underscore enough the importance of the long term in LTER and
how it is needed to enable site-based discoveries as well as help us
understand and forecast areas of change among other non-LTER sites.

DC-based panelist suggestion: Scot Haggerthy US EPA.

Thanks for this effort!

John

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:04 AM, Foster, David R. <drfoster at fas.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> Marty
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> 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.
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> David
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> *Date: *Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 7:22 PM
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> *Subject: *[LTER-commcom] LTER Mini-symposium
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> Dear LTER colleagues and friends,
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> 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.
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> Whether you are inside or outside the Network, there are a few ways that
> you could be a big help.
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> *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.
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> Please note: We have made a decision not to include panelists from NGOs.
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> *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.
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> A few possibilities on my radar now include:
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> ·  Vulnerability of Alaskan native hunting communities in the face of
> Arctic climate changes
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> ·  Pharmaceuticals in urban streams
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> ·  Influence of saltwater inundation on carbon storage in marshes
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> ·  Antarctic ice melt and freshwater inputs to ocean ecosystems
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> ·  Resilience of kelp communities
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> Thanks for your input, your ideas, and all the great work you do.
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> Best,
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> Marty
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