This LTERNET Community Forum is an online gathering spot for participants, alumni, partners, and collaborators at and with Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites – meant to complement our website at https://lternet.edu. It replaces the LTERHub as of June 2023.
Feel free to browse the conversations without logging in. If you want to post, view or submit events, or edit documentation, however, you’ll need to login. To minimize spam, new accounts must be approved (which may take a day) - or created via invitation from a current member.
If you have questions, feel free to contact the LTER Network Office.
Once you get logged in, here are some things you can do to get started:
Introduce yourself by adding your picture and information about yourself and your interests to your profile. What is one thing you’d like to be asked about?
Get to know the community by browsing discussions that are already happening here. When you find a post interesting, informative, or entertaining, use emojis, like 
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Contribute by commenting, sharing your own perspective, asking questions, or offering feedback in the discussion. Before replying or starting new topics, please review the Community Guidelines.
Earn trust As you become more active in the community, you earn higher levels of trust, allowing you to post events, moderate groups, and edit documentation.
Invite Others Invite colleagues by simply sharing the url: https://lternet.discourse.group or add them to specific groups by following instructions under how-to and FAQ tags.
If you need help or have a suggestion, feel free to ask in #feedback or contact the admins.