In the summer of 2009, two students from rural Alaska, Kelsie Maslan from Kotzebue and Logan Richter from Edna Bay, were chosen to be the 2009 HSSRIP interns for that year's 6-week program that ran from May 26 until July 9, 2009. Knut Kieland was the mentor for Logan Richter and Steve Sparrow was the mentor for Kelsie Maslan. The students were housed jointly with the students of the 2009 Rural Alaska Honors Institute program. The program this year was funded mainly by LTER and was conducted in collaboration with the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences,the International Arctic Research Center and the Alaska EPSCoR program. LTER scientists have also mentored students throught this program in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

LTER scientists including graduate students continue to work with K-12 teachers and students by giving presentations in classrooms, mentoring students in their science fair or high school science symposium research projects as well as serving as judges in local and regional Science Fairs, the Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium (ASHSSS). Dr. Sparrow has continued to coordinate the annual Science Fair in the Fairbanks area. Some LTER graduate students have worked closely with K-12 teachers in Fairbanks schools through out the school year in a collaborative project called GK-12 Teaching Alaskans Sharing Knowledge program, sharing their science expertise with the teachers while learning how to communicate their science to diverse audiences by co-teaching in the classrooms.

LTER scientists have participated in the Interior Issues Council Climate Change Task Force to establish and build a sustainable climate resilient community through education, public outreach, and borough-wide actions, through monthly and committee special meetings. LTER scientists have also collaborated with the Fairbanks community members in the integration of LTER science with arts and the humanities. In March 2008, a group of artists, writers and scientists did a performance entitled "In a Time of Change". An Alaskan Invasive Plant Species Curriculum Guide for K-6 students was developed by former LTER graduate student Katie Villano in collaboration with a SLTER teacher Christine Villano from Denali Elementary School.