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Can you imagine trying to manage all of the research at the HBEF alone? Neither can scientists who do research here! In fact, scientists from the Forest Service, the US Geological Survey, universities (for example, Cornell University), and private institutions (for example, the Institute of Ecosystem Studies) all cooperate and work together to make sure that research conducted at the HBEF is the best it can be. When scientists with expertise in different areas work together, it becomes possible to answer questions about large, complex ecological processes. Until the early 1960s, Forest Service scientists did research on physical aspects of forest hydrology - such as how much water comes out of a forest and what controls erosion. In 1963, scientists from nearby Dartmouth College joined Forest Service scientists to study other questions - like how nutrients cycle and what determines ecological patterns. In the ensuing years scientists from other universities and government agencies joined in these and other research efforts. Today, more than 100 scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students work at the HBEF, and over 15 institutions are associated with the Study! To encourage this cooperation to continue, an HBES cooperators meeting is held annually with over 100 attendees. At this two-day meeting scientists share information about recent or ongoing HBES research by giving presentations or displaying posters. There is also time to relax and socialize during dinners, an old-fashioned barn dance, as well as swimming in Mirror Lake.
You may be interested in visiting some of these institutions' websites (to the left), or finding out more about individual HBEF researchers. You might also want to click here to read about several HBES scientists. The scientists working at the HBEF have organized the "Scientific Advisory Committee" (SAC) to determine the types of research that may be conducted in the HBEF. The SAC is comprised of senior researchers who have been doing research in the HBEF for a very long time. The SAC gets together at least three times a year to review proposals for new and ongoing research. This committee works to keep scientific standards high, helps prevent research duplication, and keeps forest resources intact (i.e., the SAC insures that any destructive experiments, such as forest cutting, are only conducted for very good reasons). Can you think of more reasons it might be important to have a group of concerned scientists overseeing research at the HBEF? As you may imagine, all of these scientists need buildings in which to run their experiments. On the next page you will be able to learn more about HBEF facilities. ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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