INFORMATION: Montana If you went to UNDERC-East in 2011 Puerto Rico If you went to UNDERC-East in 2011

UNDERC-WEST UNDERC-EAST UNDERC-SOUTH RESEARCH EDUCATION CONSERVATION Must first attend UNDERC-EAST to apply for UNDERC-WEST or -SOUTH

UNDERC – EAST (BIOS ) Amphibian/Reptile Ecology Aquatic Ecology Bird/Mammal Ecology Forest Ecology Insect Ecology

UNDERC teaching and research facilities adjacent to Tenderfoot Lake main gate

NO COST TO YOU! NO COST TO YOU!  Round trip from ND to UNDERC  Research expenses  Free Housing  Stipend ($2500)  uition  Free Tuition NO COST TO YOU! NO COST TO YOU!  Round trip from ND to UNDERC  Research expenses  Free Housing  Stipend ($2500)  uition  Free Tuition

WHAT YOU GAIN: CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION OUTDOORS -- see it CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION OUTDOORS -- see it as you are taught it INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT -- work with INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT -- work with a faculty/grad student mentor to design, conduct and report your own research

WHAT YOU GAIN: OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES -- live in the wilds OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES -- live in the wilds CULTURAL DIVERSITY -- work and live on Native CULTURAL DIVERSITY -- work and live on Native American reservations and in Puerto Rico

WHAT YOU GAIN: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY -- see the ecological ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY -- see the ecological diversity of our country and how it has changed FUN -- great friends and fascinating places FUN -- great friends and fascinating places

MAIN ACTIVITIES AT UNDERC: teaching and research facilities 7500 acres closed to public

Many Land O’ Lakes Properties habitats are used in UNDERC education and research programs Bay Long Bergner 35 lakes and bogs 2 streams many forest and wetland habitats A cooperative agreement also provides teaching and research use of the 1,000,000 acre Ottawa National Forest

NEW DORMITORY

TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES (48 beds)

LABORATORIES COMPUTER FACILITIES: DSL Internet and Wireless Connectivity FLEXIBLE CHEMISTRY LABS: Common equipment ANIMAL LABS: Aquatic tanks, Artificial streams

Roach Lake in March

Roach Lake in August

LONG HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT UNDERC 1920’s - E. A. Birge’s pioneering lake studies at UNDERC. 1940’s - J. T. Curtis forest communities of UNDERC. 1950’s – A. Hasler conducts first whole-lake lake experiments on Peter & Paul Lakes. 1970’s – F. Hooper and T. Griffing conduct first radioisotope studies of phosphorus-cycling in bogs.

LONG LAKE PETER LAKE PAUL LAKE SINCE THE 1970’s “CASCADE PROJECT” (whole lake experimentation) Nutrients added/ No Piscivores Nutrients added/ Piscivores No Piscivores Piscivores

Ongoing Research at UNDERC (Focus on natural processes in undisturbed environments) Bio-indicators of water quality and environmental changeBio-indicators of water quality and environmental change Regulation of aquatic productivityRegulation of aquatic productivity Global environmental changeGlobal environmental change Aquatic-terrestrial habitat interactionsAquatic-terrestrial habitat interactions Naturally acidic aquatic environmentsNaturally acidic aquatic environments Biting arthropods and their transmitted diseasesBiting arthropods and their transmitted diseases

UNDERC University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center Furthers research and education in locations of high environmental quality East – Upper Peninsula of Michigan West – Montana South – Puerto Rico Natural laboratories for study of ecosystems which have experienced little human degradation Baseline for comparison with disturbed systems NEON National Ecological Observatory Network Continental research platform Climate change / ecohydrology / biogeochemistry Biodiversity / invasives / disease Land-use change Collect long-term ecological data Gather and store data to advance scientific understanding and theory to manage national ecological challenges NEON Benefits Research Infrastructure Sensors Experiments Cyberinfrastructure Buildings Staff Domain 5 Chief Scientist (PhD) Environmental education specialist (PhD) 3 Technicians Funding Maintenance and operation costs Competitive NSF funding for NEON research NEON Research Fundamental Instrument Units (FIU) Three fixed towers supported by sensor arrays Data collection Climate and canopy microclimate Air pollution and air quality Carbon cycle Soil characteristics Water quality Fundamental Sentinel Units (FSU) Twenty-six sample sites to measure soil and aquatic biochemistry (sensors) Track patterns and changes in organisms Small mammals Insects Birds Fish Soil microbes Plants Algae Relocatable Tower System Suite of instruments that can be moved to collect data outside the fixed Core site Support extended and periodic campaigns that expand measurements of environmental variability Domain 5 Theme: Forest management Tree Haven (UW – Steven’s Point) Steigerwald Land Services UNDERC-East UNDERC-South UNDERC-West

WEST EAST SOUTH RESEARCH EDUCATION CONSERVATION

Rainbow over Bergner Lake

Extent of Continental Glaciation Churchill WinnipegOttawa Quebec New York Cleveland Chicago St. Paul St. LouisDenver San Francisco Seattle Calgary Juneau Anchorage

Inland Lakes Resulting from Melt Water Churchill Winnipeg Ottawa Quebec New York Cleveland Chicago St. Paul St. LouisDenver San Francisco Seattle Calgary Juneau Anchorage Miami