Hubbard Brook Annual Cooperators' Meeting
2022-07-13 - 2022-07-14 | Merrill Place Conference Center, Plymouth State University
July 13-14, 2022 Annual Cooperators’ Meeting and July 15 Quarterly Project Meeting
Merrill Place Conference Center
Plymouth State University
Deadline for registration is June 13.
Cook-out and Barn Dance at Pleasant View Farm: July 13
Field trips at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: July 14
Click here if interested in on-site lodging at Merrill Place.
DOWNLOAD FINAL AGENDA: https://hubbardbrook.org/wp-content/uploads/HubbardBrook-CoopMtg-2022-schedule-Final.pdf
HubbardBrook CoopMtg 2022 schedule Final

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
2022-07-15 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Merrill Place Conference Center, Plymouth State University
Please join us for the Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Friday, July 15, 2022
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
to be held in person at
Merrill Place Conference Center, Plymouth State University
14 Merrill Street, Plymouth NH 03264
Topic: Pathways to Societal Impacts
Theme 1: Carbon
Theme 2: Biodiversity
Theme 3: Agency Partnerships
Download agenda here.

LTER All Scientists Meeting
2022-09-19 - 2022-09-23 | Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
The 2022 LTER All Scientists’ Meeting (originally scheduled for Fall of 2021) is now scheduled for September 19-23, 2022 at Asilomar Conference Grounds, in Pacific Grove, CA. For more information: https://lternet.edu/2022-all-scientists-meeting/

Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium
2022-10-12 09:00 - 17:00 | Harvard Forest and Virtual
A Tale of Two Research Forests: Hubbard Brook and Harvard Forest
Our theme this year is “A Tale of Two Research Forests: Hubbard Brook and Harvard Forest.” We are excited to highlight and strengthen complementary work at the Harvard Forest and our LTER neighbor to the north.The day will feature talks by Harvard Forest and Hubbard Brook researchers, and a poster session.
Speakers and posters will be in-person, and you are welcome to zoom in to listen to the talks.
Attendance details can be found here: https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/symposium
Program coming soon! So far, speakers include
Jackie Matthes (HBR/HFR)
Peter Groffman (HBR)
Pam Templer (HBR/HFR)
John Campbell (HBR)
Audrey Barker Plotkin (HFR)
Sarah Garlick (HBR)
Clarisse Hart (HFR)
Andy Reinmann (HBR)
Emma Conrad-Rooney (HBR)
And special guest Jerry Franklin (AND)

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
2022-10-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Topic: Control Points of Change

Co-leaders: Emily Bernhardt and Kevin McGuire

Who: All interested. Students encouraged.

How: via Zoom*

Please click here for the Draft Agenda

We are collecting information from the community on the theme of “control points of change” prior to the meeting on October 25th using a survey.
We will summarize results and share them during the meeting. We are also looking for contributions during the meeting
and are using the survey to solicit examples of “ecosystem control points” from Hubbard Brook.
If you have ideas or observations to share, please include those in the survey. It will also be helpful to read or skim
“Control Points in Ecosystems: Moving Beyond the Hot Spot Hot Moment Concept,” by Bernhardt et al.
before completing the survey and attending the meeting. The paper can be found here: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0103-y

Please click here for the survey
(Please complete the survey by October 17th.)

Zoom Link mailed to the Hubbard Brook Listserv. Contact mary.martin@unh.edu if you did not get that.

Field Station: Art-Science in the White Mountains
2022-11-19 - 2023-02-23 | NY

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
2023-01-04 13:00 - 2023-01-05 15:00 | The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, 50 Vassar Farm Ln, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting – January 2022
Jan. 4, Critical Ecology, leaders: Sue Pierre & Peter Groffman
Jan 5, Changing Forest Structure, leaders: Nat Cleavitt & Matt Vadeboncoeur
Venue: Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns ~
https://offices.vassar.edu/environmental-cooperative/vassar-barn/
Farm and Ecological Preserve
Vassar College
50 Vassar Farm Lane
Poughkeepsie NY 12604
Accommodations: Click here for a list of local hotels near Vassar College
Agenda: FINAL AGENDA – QPM January 4-5, 2023

April 2023 Quarterly Project Meeting
2023-04-13 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
When: Thurs. April 13, 2023 10 – 3
Where: virtual (Zoom)
Topic: Changing Seasonality
Leaders: Sara Kaiser and Mike Hallworth

July 2023 Quarterly Project Meeting
2023-07-14 | Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 234 Mirror Lake Road, North Woodstock, New Hampshire
When: Fri. July 14, 2023
Where: in-person at USFS Hubbard Brook
Topic: Joint meeting with Harvard Forest LTER
Leaders: Jackie Matthes and Pam Templer

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
2023-10-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(possible earlier end time)
Topic: The Changing Hydroclimate
Co-leaders: John Campbell, JP Gannon, Mark Green, Nina Lany, Kevin McGuire
Virtual – via Zoom
Agenda

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
2024-01-03 13:00 - 2024-01-04 15:00 | The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, 50 Vassar Farm Ln, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
January 3-4, 2024
Day 1 – Wednesday, January 3rd: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Topic: LTER Proposal Process and Review
Co-leaders: Peter Groffman and Pam Templer
Day 2 – Thursday, January 4th: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Topic: Beech Leaf Disease – Preparing for the Inevitable
Co-leaders: Nat Cleavitt and John Campbell
Venue:
Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns
Farm and Ecological Preserve
Vassar College
50 Vassar Farm Lane
Poughkeepsie NY 12603
Accommodations:
Click here for a list of local hotels near Vassar College
(more details to follow)

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - April 2024
2024-04-10 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Topic: Carbon Revisited
Topic Organizers: Lynn Christenson, Pam Templer, Chris Solomon
Virtual – via Zoom
Agenda

Annual Hubbard Brook Cooperators’ Meeting
2024-07-10 - 2024-07-11 | Plymouth State University, 14 Merrill St, Plymouth, NH, 03264
AGENDA
61st Annual Cooperators’ Meeting (July 10-11)
Merrill Place Conference Center
Plymouth State University
Date: July 10-11, 2024
Location: Merrill Place Conference Center, Plymouth State University

Barn Dinner and Entertainment
Date: July 10, 2024 (evening)
Location: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Field Trips
Date: July 11, 2024 (afternoon)
Location: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Date: July 12, 2024
Location: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Topic: Control Points

Organizers: Peter Groffman, Danielle Hare, Emily Bernhardt, Kevin McGuire

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - July 2024
2024-07-12 09:00 - 15:00 | Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 234 Mirror Lake Road, North Woodstock, New Hampshire
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Date: July 12, 2024
Location: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Topic: Control Points

Organizers: Peter Groffman, Danielle Hare, Emily Bernhardt, Kevin McGuire

Explore With a Naturalist: Experimental Forest Tour
2024-10-05 09:30 - 12:00 | Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 234 Mirror Lake Road, North Woodstock, New Hampshire
Join Brendan Leonardi, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation Program and Education Manager in North Woodstock for an Experimental Forest Tour.

Visit Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) to learn more about the extensive history of forest ecosystem research that has been conducted continuously since 1955, making HBEF one of the longest running and most comprehensive ecosystem studies in the entire world.

Learn about how the combination of long term monitoring and ecological experiments helps us build fundamental understanding of forest ecosystems. On this tour we will discuss various topics, including: how forests are monitored and measured, ongoing research themes and experiments, climate trends and threats, and the value of forests for human society.

Space is limited to 16 people.
Cost: $10 NHEE Members and $15 Not Yet Members

Registration Required. Registration closes September 30th. Use the link below to register.

2024 Virtual Forum on Bi-Partisan Environmental Policy
2024-10-09 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
Hosted By The Emerging Climate Leaders’ Collaborative

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, 1:00 – 2:30 pm Eastern, via Zoom

We will convene the champions of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to hear how and why they worked so effectively to achieve bi-partisan support for air and water quality.
The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, the League of Conservation Voters, the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth College, and Sustainable Futures Consulting will host a multi-part public panel discussion featuring bi-partisan environmental decision-makers of the past, present, and future. We will hear from the scientists, lawmakers, and advocacy leaders who championed the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and young environmental activists with a shared vision for a sustainable future.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Anthea Lavallee, Executive Director of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
Geoff Parker, Interim Faculty Director, the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth

Reflections and Insights from Champions of the Clean Air Act Amendments

Message from George Mitchell, U.S. Senate Majority Leader (D-ME) 1989 – 1995
Max Baucus, U.S. Senator (D-MT) and original sponsor of the CAAA, 1978 – 2014
Michael Kranish, The Washington Post, political investigative reporter, covered the CAAA for The Globe in 1990
Dr. Gene E. Likens, co-discovered acid rain in North America at Hubbard Brook, NH
Roger Porter, Assistant to President George H.W. Bush, Economic and Domestic Policy, 1989 – 1993
Moderator: Chelsea Henderson, author of Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics

Youth Panel Introductory Remarks

Sue Kaplan, Sustainable Futures Consulting

Youth Environmental Action

Dayna De La Cruz, Wellesley, B.A. Biological Sciences, 2021 and HBRF Young Voices of Science and Community Relations Specialist
Georgianna Fischer, University of NH, B.S. 2024, Environmental Sciences, from Montana
Eric Lyons, University of Montana, Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences
Isaiah Menning, American Conservation Coalition, Dartmouth, B.S. 2024, Biology Environmental Studies
Carlos Vargas, University of Georgia, M.S. Student, Ecology
Moderator: Bea Burack, Dartmouth, B.A. 2025, History

Closing Remarks and Thanks

Rob Werner, NH State Director, League of Conservation Voters

The 2024 Forum on Bi-Partisan Environmental Policy builds on the hosts’ record of success. Previous public events include the 2020 NH Youth Climate and Clean Energy Town Hall for U.S. Presidential Candidates (in person); the 2021 Climate and Clean Energy Youth Forum (virtual), the Road to COP26 (virtual), the Youth Forum on Climate-Smart Infrastructure (virtual), and the 2024 Youth Forum on Climate Action and Clean Energy (in person).
Click thumbnail to view video about our event:

A recent Washington Post story, featuring our latest convening, was the inspiration for the current event.
For information, contact:
Anthea Lavallee, Executive Director, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
Rob Werner, New Hampshire State Director, League of Conservation Voters
Susan Kaplan, Founder and Senior Consultant, Sustainability Futures Consulting

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - October 2024
2024-10-23 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
SAVE the DATE !
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(virtual meeting – Zoom link to follow)
Topic: Artificial Intelligence: The Promise and Peril for Advancing Forest Ecosystem Science and Outreach at Hubbard Brook *
Organizers: Lindsey Rustad and Andrew Reinmann
* To help the organizers with planning for the meeting, please complete this participant questionnaire:
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning QPM questionnaire
MEETING AGENDA

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - January 2025
2025-01-08 - 2025-01-09 | The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, 50 Vassar Farm Ln, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting

January 8-9, 2025

in person at the
Environmental Cooperative at The Barns, Vassar College
50 Vassar Farm Lane
Poughkeepsie NY 12603

Day 1 – Wednesday, January 8, 2025
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 – Meeting (end time is approximate)
5:00 – 5:30 – Tribute to John Campbell
5:30 onward – Pizza dinner
Topic: Advancing Public Engagement Across LTERs (“APEAL”)
Organizers: APEAL leadership
Day 2 – Thursday, January 9, 2025
8:00 – 9:00 – Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 3:30 – Meeting

Day 2 Agenda
Topic: Preparing for the Mid-term Review of the Long-term Ecological Research Project
Organizers: Peter Groffman and Pam Templer

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - April 2025
2025-04-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
AGENDA
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Zoom link sent to listserv
Co-leaders: Bob Fahey and John Battles
April 30, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 pm (Eastern)
Forest ecosystem dynamics in a changing world: Can we build a conceptual model for HBES informed
by community assembly rules post-disturbance?
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Introductions
(SCC Chairs: Lynn Christenson & Christy Goodale)
10:15 – 10:45 Overview of Disturbance Theory for Ecosystem Ecologists
(Bob Fahey)
10:45 – 11:15 Discussion: Novel Disturbance and Forest Reorganization (Seidl and Turner 2022)
(Facilitator: Bob Fahey)
11:15 – 11:30 Disturbance theory applied: 30 years of forest dynamics in the Bird Lines
(Nat Cleavitt)
11:30 – 11:45 Challenges in using community assembly as an HBES conceptual model
(John Battles)
11:45 – 12:30 Discussion: Can disturbance theory serve as the HBES conceptual model?
(Facilitators: Bob Fahey and John Battles)
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break (breakout groups)
1:30 – 3:00 (in process)
(Lynn and Christy programming for business meeting and future of HBES discussion)

Screening of the film OBSERVER
2025-06-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 234 Mirror Lake Road, North Woodstock, New Hampshire
Hubbard Brook is excited to be partnering with the Museum of the White Mountains to bring to you the screening of the new film, OBSERVER, from Director Ian Cheney. (Trailer here.)

Join us in the Forest Service Forest Building on Saturday, June 7th at 4:00 pm, for a FREE movie, snacks, and some new perspective on nature!

Description of the film by Producer Rebecca Taylor:
“In OBSERVER, filmmaker Ian Cheney embarks on an experiment in which he brings a series of keen-eyed observers—scientists, artists, a hunter—to a range of locations around the world, often without telling them where they are going, and asks them simply to describe what they see. What unfolds is a deep exploration and celebration of the power of observation: What happens when you find new ways to sense and perceive the world around you? With customary whimsy and a small painted red square that Cheney brings on every journey, the film is an invitation to viewers to find beauty and meaning in even the most quotidian of locales.”

RSVP your spot here!

Hubbard Brook Annual Cooperators' Meeting - 2025
2025-07-09 - 2025-07-10 | Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 234 Mirror Lake Road, North Woodstock, New Hampshire
Date
July 9-10, 2025

Venue
The U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station at Hubbard Brook will be the venue for:

the Annual Cooperators’ Meeting (July 9-10)
the Barn Dinner (July 9)
the Field Trips (July 10)
the Quarterly Project Meeting (July 11)

Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station
Robert S. Pierce Laboratory
234 Mirror Lake Road
North Woodstock, NH 03262

Registration
>> Not yet registered? REGISTER HERE! You will then be directed to the payment portal via the registration form. * Special Note: The registration form still shows Plymouth State/Merrill Place Conference Center as the venue for the two-day Annual Cooperators’ Meeting. Please ignore this. We are not holding the meeting at PSU this year!

>> Already registered for yourself and/or others but have not yet paid? Use this Hubbard Brook Meetings-Payment Form.>> Not attending but paying for others? Use this Hubbard Brook Meetings-Payment Form. And please make sure everyone in your group also submits a registration form (so we have accurate attendee numbers).

Deadline Extension

We are extending the deadline to June 13th — for registrations, talk sign-ups, and payments.

Lodging

There is no lodging available at PSU, as we are not using the conference center.
For anyone interested in on-site lodging at Hubbard Brook, limited options may be available at Pleasant View Farm and Mirror Lake. All rooms are double-occupancy or more. Payment must be received in advance to hold the space. For more information and to make a reservation, email Brenda McCartney at bmccartney@hubbardbrookfoundation.org or Dayna De La Cruz at ddelacruz@hubbardbrookfoundation.org.

Quarterly Project Meeting July 11, 2025 (Agenda to follow)
Topic: Review of synthesis topics, with a focus on “future forests” and the effects of beech leaf disease
Organizers: Pam Templer and Peter Groffman

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - July 2025
2025-07-11 | Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 234 Mirror Lake Road, North Woodstock, New Hampshire
Topic: Review of synthesis topics, with a focus on “future forests” and the effects of beech leaf disease
Organizers: Pam Templer and Peter Groffman

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting – October 2025
2025-10-22 | Zoom
Final Agenda-QPM-Oct 22 ’25
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome & Introductions (Christy Goodale, Lynn Christenson)
Morning: Planning for Long-term Research with Limited Funds
(Peter Groffman, Pam Templer)
10:10 – 10:25 NSF funding–what we should do with it and when
10:25 – 10:55 Proposal writing plans (5-minute updates)

– HBNO (Pam Templer)
– APE (Jeff Garnas)
– Forest change (John Battles)
– Exudates (Angela Possinger)
– Birds (Mike Webster)
– Ca-rich silicates (Christy Goodale)

10:55 – 12:00 Long-term data maintenance & succession plans (5-minute talks)

– Trace gases, microbial biomass and activity, soil moisture and temperature (Peter Groffman)
– Vegetation, foliar chemistry, litterfall (Nat Cleavitt)
– Forest floor, soil pits, soil solution chemistry (Chris Johnson, Charley Driscoll)
– Birds (Webster)
– Mammals (Lynn Christenson)
– Insects (Matt Ayres)
– Stream chemistry and biology (Emily Bernhardt, Chris Solomon)
– Flux tower, hydromet, phenology, groundwater/hydropedology (Mark Green, Amey Bailey)
– MELNHE (Ruth Yanai)
– CCASE (Pam Templer)
– Soil temperature/moisture/CO2 (Alix Contosta)
– Salamanders (Winsor Lowe)
– Data (Mary Martin)

12:00 – 12:30 Lunch break
Afternoon: Current and Future Partnerships with Experimental Forests
12:30 – 12:40 Introductory remarks (Alix Contosta)
12:40 – 12:50 From long-term research to experimental forests: Connecting networks
(Susannah Lerman)
12:50 – 1:05 Open access, stable funding: A freemium path for forest inventories (John Battles)
1:05 – 1:20 Small mammal population dynamics and ecosystem functions in the northern forest
(Rebecca Rowe)
1:20 – 1:35 Experimental forest partnerships: Perspectives from an LTER veteran who’s spent
years swatting mosquitoes in Bartlett (Scott Ollinger)
1:35 – 2:00 Discussion: How can we strengthen partnerships with other experimental forests?
(Facilitator: Alix Contosta)
2:00 – 2:15 COS Business (Christy Goodale, Lynn Christenson)
2:15 – 2:45 Research Advisory Committee discussion: Proposed moss-removal experiment

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - January 2026
2026-01-08 - 2026-01-09 | The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, 50 Vassar Farm Ln, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States
Topic: Internal mid-term review (in-person at Vassar College)

Organizers: Peter Groffman and Pam Templer

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting - April 16, 2026
2026-04-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting
Thursday, April 16, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (possible earlier adjournment)
Topic: Revisiting the Energy Budget for Hubbard Brook
Organizers: Mark Green, Matt Ayres, Caitlin Hicks Pries
Virtual via Zoom

Hubbard Brook Annual Cooperators’ Meeting – July 8-9, 2026
2026-07-08 - 2026-07-09 | NY

Hubbard Brook Quarterly Project Meeting – July 10, 2026
2026-07-10 | NY
