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2017 News

December  2017

Reynolds Creek Featured on the Cover of Rangeland Ecology & Management

21 Dec 2017 - Lower Sheep Creek at Reynolds Creek Crticial Zone Observatory was featured on the cover of Rangeland Ecology & Managment.  Vol. 71. ...

CZOs at AGU 2017

05 Dec 2017 - Information on CZO award recipients, events, presentations, etc. at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting.

October  2017

Water Resources Research Special Collection: Concentration-discharge relations in the critical zone

30 Oct 2017 - Water Resources Research published a new special collection in September 2017 featuring concentration-discharge research from multiple CZOs.

Assessing The Damage To Puerto Rico’s Rain Forest

30 Oct 2017 - The trees in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico were raked bare by Hurricane Maria. Grizelle Gonzalez talks with NPR's Melissa Block.

CZNews: Fall 2017

25 Oct 2017 - The CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Fall 2017.

September  2017

“Voices of Fire,” a documentary film about wildfire in the West, is now available on YouTube!

05 Sep 2017 - Hugo Sindelar's documentary film about the Soda Fire, which burned the northern portion of Reynolds Creek and a total of 280,000 acres in just 7 days.

August  2017

Earth Science Week 2017 Video Contest

15 Aug 2017 - For Earth Science Week 2017, the American Geosciences Institute invites you to enter the Earth Connections video contest. Submit a brief, 30-90...

July  2017

CZNews: Summer 2017

27 Jul 2017 - CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Summer 2017.

May  2017

Contribute a classroom/field activity to NAGT’s Teach the Earth

22 May 2017 - Contribute a classroom or field activity to Teach the Earth.

STEM Day

05 May 2017 - STEM Day took place on February 23rd at Idaho State University.  Reynolds Creek provided a soil composition activity as an introduction to...

Science Expo 2017

04 May 2017 - The Science Expo took place on Earth Day, April 22, 2017 in Pocatello Idaho.  A number of hands-on exhibits showcased some of the local science...

April  2017

The frontier beneath our feet — an AGU commentary on the critical zone

21 Apr 2017 - AGU has published a collection of commentaries highlighting the important role Earth and space science research plays in society.

2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society

06 Apr 2017 - 2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society.

Field Course at Idaho State - Deadline to apply: April 20

05 Apr 2017 - This course provides an intensive, two-week introduction to the tools and techniques used in Environmental Sciences.

March  2017

K-12 Soil Science Teacher Resources

24 Mar 2017 - The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a professional scientific society, made up of soil scientists, educators, and consultants focused on...

January  2017

Critical Zone Profiles - Meet the people doing CZO science (Reynolds Creek CZO)

18 Jan 2017 - Get a sense of the people and the work. Several members of the Reynolds Creek CZO are profiled here, including students and professors.

Critical Zone Profile – JEN PIERCE (geomorphologist, Associate Professor)

18 Jan 2017 - Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University

Critical Zone Profile – HARMANDEEP SHARMA (ecophysiologist, PhD student)

17 Jan 2017 - Ph.D. Student; Department of Biological Sciences; Idaho State University

Critical Zone Profile – MARK SEYFRIED (soil scientist, USDA)

17 Jan 2017 - Soil Scientist, USDA ARS, Pacific West Area, Boise, Idaho

Critical Zone Profile – TRAVIS NIELSON (geophysicist, graduate student)

17 Jan 2017 - M.S student, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University

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