North American Dendroecological Fieldweek

The 20th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) will be held at the White Mountain Research Station in California. The fieldweek will run from August 5th through August 13th and registration fees will be $800 US for students and $950 US for professionals. Students should send a photocopy of their student ID with their registration. Your registration fee includes room and board for the entire week. Space this year is limited to 50 people (including group leaders) because of the limitation of this high elevation field station. Please contact Jim Speer as soon as possible to reserve a place at the fieldweek. Registration fees are due by May 1st, 2010.

Flag your extractor!

Don't lose your extractor in the grass or leaf litter around the tree you're coring! If you accidentally step on it, you may not have a borer to use. Tie some bright colored flagging through the end loop on the extractor handle, and you'll never lose it again.

What's New!

Graduate Research Assistantship in Dendroclimatology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Forest Dynamics Lab,  University of Alabama Wageningen University, Dendrolab FEM The Tree-Ring Times on Facebook University of Cordoba (UCO) - Centre of Forestry Research (CIFOR-INIA) Tree-Ring Laboratory UCO-CIFOR Ph.D. position in Physical Geography, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Gothenburg University of Wisconsin–Parkside, Biogeography and Dendrochronology Lab Graduate Student Opportunities, University of Dayton Two Field Ecologists, U.S. Geological Survey 1st International Course on Wood Anatomy and Tree-Ring Ecology BaltDendro2010 Kolka village, Latvia, August 25-29, 2010 PhD Position Tree-Ring Isotopes, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Research Engineer in Climatology, Stockholm University, Sweden Graduate Research Position in Dendrohydrology, University of Nevada Reno New U.S. Office for RINNTECH Tree-Ring Laboratory Technician, University of Mainz Tree Rings, Climate, and Natural Resources Summer School M.S. Assistantship in Dendroecology, Virginia Tech University Field Research Assistant in Cliff Ecology, West Virginia University WorldDendro 2010 Fieldweek Dendrochronological Laboratory, Swedish Agricultural University Alnarp Laboratoire de Dendroécologie, Université du Québec PhD Student Opportunity, University of St. Andrews Ecologist/ Dendrochronologist, U.S. Geological Survey Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey Junior Scientist, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nancy, France Graduate Research Assistantship, Indiana State University Field Technician, U.S. Geological Survey Research Technician, USFS Northern Research Station

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