BES Director Designate Emma Rosi-Marshall Joins LTER Network Executive Board

The Long-Term Ecological Research Network is governed by an Executive Board between meetings of the Science Council (http://www.lternet.edu/node/140/).  This Board is thus quite important in scoping the activities of the Network, which coordinates activities and initiatives between the 27 individual sites.  Comparison studies and experiments, shared methodologies, and conceptual integration are important sorts of activities that reside at the level of cross-site activity.  In addition, the Network promotes education, outreach, and diversity of the community of researchers and educators across the LTER sites.  The Executive Board comprises roughly a dozen members, and the various sites rotate in occupying 9 seats. 

We’ll post access to minutes and activities of the Executive Board and Science Council on the BES News as they become available.

Thanks to Emma for taking on this important role in LTER.

International Drylands Symposium: Learning from Legacies, Sustaining the Future

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012

10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM

Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave., Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001 USA

Recognizing both 100 years of Jornada Research in Support of Management and Conservation of Land and the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

The event is free and open to the public.

Register and submit posters online at: http://jornada.nmsu.edu/news-events/jornada-symposium

Featured speakers during the afternoon program include:

·         Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

·         Dr. William deBuys, Conservationist and noted author (A Great Aridness; River of Traps; Salt Dreams)

·         Mr. Luis Torres, Long‐Time Community Worker in Northern New Mexico and member, High Country News Board of Directors

·         Dr. Deb Peters, Ecologist and Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research Program (NSF LTER) at the Jornada

·         Dr. Steve Shafer, Deputy Administrator, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

·         Program Moderator: Dr. Jeff Herrick, USDA ARS Soil Scientist

 

 

Morning poster program: submission of titles and contributions are welcome and will be published on‐line

Pre‐Symposium Field Tour, Wednesday, July 11th, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, availability limited to first 100 registered

Contact Bernice Gamboa (bgamboa@nmsu.edu or 575‐646‐4842) for further information

Organized by the USDA‐ARS, UNCCD, and the NSF LTER