MSP LTER Rambles

“Rambles” were developed to be an engaging space to talk about the work being done in the MSP LTER.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area (MSP) Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER) brings together over 100 researchers, students, artists, and community organizers from the University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas, USDA Forest Service, and other local institutions to study how urban stressors affect the ecological structure and functioning of urban nature, including pollinators, urban forests, urban watersheds, and lakes and streams.

Working with the Community Engagement team, we developed monthly “Rambles” as a way to create space for conversations about important local ecological issues and current research related to these issues.

Topics for Rambles have included adaptive silvaculture for climate change study, lichens as air quality monitors, water conversations, emerald ash borer, soil contaminants and more…

WITH JESSIE MERRIAM AND MSP LTER