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Using prairie strips to understand the value of diversifying agricultural landscapes: Reflections from an LTER Fellow

2.6.20

MSU graduate researcher, Lindsey Kemmerling, is a PhD student in Dr. Nick Haddad's lab at Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station. Society today faces three immense ecological challenges: preventing the loss of biodiversity, adapting to climate change, and sustainably supporting a growing population. Humans have caused a global biodiversity crisis, with new studies continuing to reveal stunning rates of biodiversity decline across the entire tree of life. Simultaneously, we are presented with the challenge of sustainably and equitably supporting a growing human

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Educators gather for Soil Health Field Day at KBS

9.17.19

The following post is by Ava Garrison, graduate student in Jeffrey Conner's lab and Science Education and Outreach Fellow at the Kellogg Biological Station. Educators from across Michigan gathered at KBS for the 2019 LTER Soil Health Field Day, which took place on Wednesday, September 11. The day began with the driving question: how can we as educators share soil health science with our students? The attendees, who were educators from all grade levels including non-traditional and adult education, kept this question on their minds as they participated in the day’s

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Recent News and Events

  • New KBS LTER Artist-in-Residence program aims to create intersection between art and research
  • Sarah Evans named to prestigious 2022 Earth Leadership Program cohort
  • Prairie strip ecology, art, and advocacy in the LTER: Reflections from an LTER Fellow
  • Studying small populations using big experiments: Reflections from an LTER Fellow
  • Disentangling the complex effects of climate change on above and belowground communities: Reflections from an LTER Fellow

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