The Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research program is located in the boreal forest of interior Alaska, USA. Our facilities are centered in the city of Fairbanks. Research at our LTER site focuses on improving our understanding of the long-term consequences of changing climate and disturbance regimes in the Alaskan boreal forest. Our overall objective is to document the major controls over forest dynamics, biogeochemistry, and disturbance and their interactions in the face of a changing climate. The site was established in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1987 as part of the National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. More...

Bonanza Creek Research News and Highlights

May 15, 2008 Monthly LTER Meeting: 3-5 pm Alaska Time.
Speaker: Glenn Juday Topic: Spruce budworm and climate change

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May 13, 2008 Graduate Student Presentations

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April 17, 2008 NEW Data Submission Information

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March 29, 2008 "In a Time of Change"-Radio Spotlight : AK: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer.
Read about and listen to this broadcast at ARRN (starts at 7min into broadcast)

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March 28, 2008 A day in the life of Kenji Yoshikawa

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Maps! Use our internet map service to see the taiga biome with a bird's eye view! This internet map service allows you to zoom and pan across the Alaskan landscape. Our maps are clickable, allowing you to obtain details about our research sites and projects from a geospatial perspective.

The Bonanza Creek LTER has two primary research sites located in Alaska's interior:

Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest (BCEF), located approximately 20 km south of Fairbanks at 64.8 N, 148.0 W.

Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW), located at 65.16 N, 147.5 W, approximately 45 km north of Fairbanks.