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September 2021
LTER Network News is a forum for sharing news and activities from across the LTER Network. If you know of personnel changes, new grants, or cross-Network activities that might interest your LTER colleagues, please send them along to Gabriel De La Rosa (delarosa@nceas.ucsb.edu).

A late and abbreviated September newsletter due to the ASM and subsequent vacation and illness slowing things down at the LNO. We'll be back to normal next month!
All Scientists Meeting Recap




The All Scientists' Meeting was a huge success!


Great plenaries, enthusiastic participants, very interactive and interdisciplinary workshops, fun social events...we're still buzzing at the LNO, and it seems the network is as active and engaged as it's ever been. Thanks for participating, and we're excited to see how this energy generates new projects and ideas in the next few years. 

View and add ASM Photos to our Photo Sharing Website!

We are now uploading photos from the All Scientists' Meeting to our SmugMug page, where others can view, share, and download any of the photos. You can view the photos here: https://lternetwork.smugmug.com/All-Scientists-Meeting-2022/.

We're also trying out a way to let others upload photos to the same page. Follow the guide linked here with instructions on how to upload your ASM photos to our Photo Sharing Sites. Looking forward to seeing photos from across the network!

There are also instructions on how to upload photos to LTER site specific folders, so feel free to add your great photos from the field to our shared galleries!

This is our first time trying this upload system, so please reach out if you run into problems.

View the Virtual Poster Session

Our virtual poster session ran alongside our in-person session to make up for limited space, and we had a ton of submissions! Many virtual presenters have pre-recorded videos walking viewers through their poster, bringing a bit of the poster session spirit to a virtual platform.

Posters are online for one year, so these are great for sharing, too! Thanks to all who took the time to share their posters!

View the winners of the LTER Photo Contest!

The LTER Photo Contest was a huge success this year! See all the entries here. We had hundreds of entries and tons of stellar photos. Our judging panel was tasked with the impossible task of picking winners, but a few rose to the top. 

View the winners here >>

A huge thanks to everyone that participated, and congratulations to the winners!
Synthesis RFP

New Synthesis Group Proposals due October 12


The LTER Synthesis Working Group RFP is open for a few more weeks. Synthesis groups use data from multiple LTER sites to answer big ecological questions. For example, current working groups are investigating the drivers of masting events in forests across ecosystems, synchronizing environmental metagenomic data so cross site synthesis is possible, or studying the effects of drought across different ecosystems. 

We're also funding smaller Scientific Peers Advancing Research Collaborations (SPARC) working groups this year. These groups receive funding for a one-off meeting to help groups coalesce synthesis ideas into a cohesive synthesis project or to help existing projects wrap up their synthesis efforts.

More information and the application is found on our website's Synthesis RFP Page!
Save the Dates
LTER Committee Meetings and LTER-related events are available for your reference at any time on the LTER Network Calendar.
 
DEIJ Resouce of the Month

Open Call to join LTER DEIJ Committee Working Groups


The DEIJ Committee announced an open call to join their working groups at the All Scientists' Meeting. The current working groups focus on:
  • Resources
  • Field and Community Safety
  • Community Building
  • Fundraising
  • Addressing complaints, conflicts, and inter-personal issues
  • DEIJ Climate Surveys
  • Assessment
See descriptions of each working group on our website, and contact Nameer Baker (bakernam@msu.edu) to get involved.
 
DEIA Resource of the month is brought to you by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Contact Committee chair Nameer Baker (bakernam@msu.edu) for additional information.
Story Spotlights

Utilizing LTER Experiments for Eco-Evolutionary Insights

by Dr. Ezra Kottler
A new cross-site working group explores untapped evolutionary research potential at LTER sites. Ezra Kottler walks us through their first working group meeting, outlining the ideas, motivation, and progress of the group. Read more >>
 
Around the Network
Our thoughts are with those affected by the recent hurricanes, especially researchers with the Luquillo LTER and the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER. We hope everyone and their loved ones stayed safe through the turmoil. 

Dr. Sparkle Malone
, Florida Coastal Everglades researcher and long-time friend of NCEAS and the LTER, is moving to the Yale School of Environment for a faculty position for the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture. Congratulations!

A former LTER site, the UMBC-led Baltimore Ecosystem Study received $500,000 in federal support for critical environmental monitoring. We're very excited to see their critically important work continue, and hope BES remains a strong partner well into the future. 

AdvanceGEO, a critical partner organization dedicated to advancing DEIJ across institutions, announced they received funding to launch the second stage of their project. We've benefitted greatly from their trainings, and are excited to see the program grow. 
 
LTER in the News
NSF Research News Other News
LTER Publications of Interest
The 40 years of LTER-related papers are available on the LTER Network website and can now be easily searched by site, author, keyword, and publication type. The full Network bibliography is also available at the LTER Network Zotero Group Library. Follow this public group for regular updates. 
 
Jobs & Fellowships
Funding
Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunities Research and Career Opportunities
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education Opportunities
Social Media of the Month



Well, that just about sums up our feelings from the ASM, too: it's the people that made the meeting. And the network, really! Continually inspired by everyone around us that makes the network what it is. Still buzzing! 


Remember to tag us on twitter at @USLTER for retweets and possible features! And give @lter_community a follow on Instagram!

 
 

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Photo Credits (top to bottom): All ASM Photos by Gabriel De La Rosa (CC BY-SA 4.0). LTER Photo Contest: Ruby An (CC BY-SA 4.0). Eco-Evolutionary Insight Story: Scott Collins (CC BY-SA 4.0). 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award # DEB-1545288, 10/1/2015-9/30/19 and DEB-1929393, 09/01/2019-08/31/2024. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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