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Mountains are essential to the water resources, biodiversity, and recreational opportunities that make the Rocky Mountains such a phenomenal place to live, work, and play. The Niwot Ridge LTER is honored to be a part of the broader Front Range community. Please reach out to connect, ask questions, or schedule a visit to one of our research sites.

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We use our listserv to announce meetings, deadlines, and new opportunities for research and collaboration.

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We encourage active researchers at Niwot to join our Slack channel. We use slack to communicate about ongoing projects and share meetings notes.

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Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
University of Colorado
Campus Box 450
Boulder, CO 80309-0450
USA

lternwt@colorado.edu

 

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Spring is starting to melt away subalpine snow. Conditions still pretty snowy up high (videos by @sanderaplet). . . . #climatescience #mountainresearch #mountainresearchstation #niwotridge @lter_community
Spring conditions are still very snowy in the green lakes valley! Please continue to respect our facilities closures, we are working to develop protocols that minimize COVID19 spread. . . . #fieldwork #alpine #limnology #climatescience #mountainresea
We are currently hiring a new full time limnology technician to lead our monitoring of aquatic ecology in the Green Lake Valley. Check out our website for job the job applications and details!
Update: the CU Mountain Research Station is temporarily closed in keeping with other campus closures due to COVID-19. We will be updating information on our website. (Link to website in our bio). #niwotridge #mountainresearchstation #indianpeakswilde
Outreach even with Niwot grad students and staff and Thornton Elementary School Students learning about #watershedscience at @museumofboulder ‘s Living Landscape exhibit @alexandraprose @bouldercreek_czo . . . #scienceoutreach #climatescience #
2020 summer field technician positions now open! Check out the link in bio for application instructions and position details. #niwotridge #alpinescience #fieldwork #mountainresearchstation @lter_community
@outsidemagazine featured #snowscience insight from #niwotridge CO-PI Noah Molotch: “As the climate warms, Colorado may see fewer days of this light powder and more of the heavy, moist stuff, according to Noah Molotch, a professor of snow hydro
Repost from @beccatbarnes: #EV128 invades the #mountainresearchstation for three days of thinking about #climatechange. So grateful to @nwtlter folks and Merritt Tureksky (#queenofpeat & director of INSTAAR) for sharing their time and knowledge