Niwot Ridge LTER is welcoming some exciting new additions to our NWT team this summer! We will be posting introductions/welcomes to each new researcher in the upcoming weeks. This week we would like to welcome Airy Peralta, who is joining us as a graduate student working on pika research!

Niwot Ridge LTER is welcoming some exciting new additions to our NWT team this summer! We will be posting introductions/welcomes to each new researcher in the upcoming weeks. This week we would like to welcome Sammy and Kenya, who will be joining our team as summer field techs.

Niwot Ridge LTER risk mitigation plan addressing concerns around COVID-19 restrictions with conducting summer field work on Niwot Ridge.

As part of the Niwot Ridge Risk Mitigation Plan for COVID-19, we are implementing a scheduling system to help manage the density and distribution of NWT researchers on the ridge this summer.

Niwot graduate students and staff spent two days at the Museum of Boulder teaching local elementary school kids about the Boulder Creek Watershed and what they can do to protect these ecosystems.

Any faculty member or group of faculty members involved with the Niwot Ridge LTER program is eligible to apply as PI (any faculty member can become involved with the NWT program by sending your name and address to the NWT LTER coordinator (anna.t.wright@colorado.edu or niwotridgelter@gmail.com) and attending science meetings).