Current Events
Announcements & News
- 2024 Summer Courses are posted and taking reservations!
- 2024 Winter Ecology - registration begins Oct 30th.
- 2023 Summer Seminar Series now posted and taking reservations for Dinner + Seminar evenings
- 2023 summer courses now taking reservations!
- 2023 Winter Ecology course now taking reservations!
- 2022 Research Application Form is available at https://www.colorado.edu/mrs/research-natural-history/research-application-form
- The Environmental Data Initiative has 15 fellowships available in its Data Management Training Program (June 13 – August 19, 2022). They are now requesting applications from undergraduate, graduate and recently graduated students.
- Three Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance, Paddon/Gelhorn Wilderness grants are available for up to $2,000 each. Applications are due by March 13, 2022 and awards will be announced by April 10, 2022. Go to https://www.indianpeakswilderness.org/research-grants
- Summer 2022 field courses - NOW OPEN FOR RESERVATION !
- Winter Ecology 2022 - registration closed.
- The Platte Basin Timelapse project, follow water from Niwot Ridge to the Missouri River.
- National Geographic covers Pika research on Niwot Ridge, starting around minute 25.
- Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado’s subalpine forests
- Air quality in Colorado and around the MRS...check here: https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Nederland&state=CO&country=USA
- Congratulations to Bill Bowman on his retirement after a successful 30 year run as Station Director! Now welcome our new Station Director Scott Taylor!
- Plastic Polution in pristine sites, (including data from Niwot Ridge Saddle NADP collector) a paper in Science by Janice Brahney (CU PhD), Margaret Hallerud, Eric Heim, Maura Hahnenberger, Suja Sukumaran
- MRS receives grant to construct interpretive nature trails for K-12 visitors.
- MRS and LTER in the News - Colorado Public Radio Story
- LTER and Niwot Ridge in the News - 9News Story
- Overview of LTER activities at the MRS
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