Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research - NWT LTER site

Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research - NWT LTER site We're a National Science Foundation funded research project studying high-elevation mountain ecosystems.

Funded by the National Science Foundation and managed out of the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Niwot Ridge LTER (NWT) program is an interdisciplinary research program with the long-term goals of understanding high-elevation mountain ecosystems and contributing to broad conceptual advances in ecology. NWT also provides education, outreach, and knowledge to inform alpine resource management and conservation. Our program is built on a foundation of more than 35 years of research that includes decades-long experiments and monitoring.

Another successful BioBlitz! We love getting 4th graders excited about the ecology of their own schoolyard!
05/09/2026

Another successful BioBlitz! We love getting 4th graders excited about the ecology of their own schoolyard!

An audacious experiment lives on:
09/12/2022

An audacious experiment lives on:

An annual experiment based out of CU Boulder’s century-old Mountain Research Station aims to measure the effects of warming temperatures and faster snowmelt on alpine ecosystems by coating snowpack with thousands of pounds of black sand.

A little local publicity for a little microclimate study at NWT:
09/07/2022

A little local publicity for a little microclimate study at NWT:

Some effects of climate change are dramatic and visible, like wildfires and extreme weather, but a new University of Colorado Boulder study found that climate change can impact even hidden places and some of the state’s smallest residents.

Another crop of fabulous and fearless Colorado Pika Project volunteers trained in Rocky Mountain National Park last week...
06/29/2022

Another crop of fabulous and fearless Colorado Pika Project volunteers trained in Rocky Mountain National Park last weekend! Photo by Kristi Odum

Enthusiasm abounds for monitoring National Park resources in collaboration with the LTER!
10/28/2021

Enthusiasm abounds for monitoring National Park resources in collaboration with the LTER!

At the Niwot Ridge LTER, community scientists expand the reach of pika research initiatives to understand climate change.

08/29/2021

And yet ANOTHER cheer for community science: The Colorado Pika Project just won the 2020 USFS Volunteers & Service Award for Citizen Stewardship for extending our research on public lands. Congratulations and thank you to CPP leaders Megan Mueller (Rocky Mountain Wild) and Alex Wells (Denver Zoo), plus all 400 hard-working volunteers!

Link to PDF version of bulletin.

Let's hear it for community science! National Geographic highlights the Colorado Pika Project, a partner in NWT LTER res...
08/27/2021

Let's hear it for community science! National Geographic highlights the Colorado Pika Project, a partner in NWT LTER research on pika trends in the Rockies, including 400 volunteers organized by project leaders Megan Mueller (Rocky Mountain Wild) and Alex Wells (Denver Zoo) in collaboration with Chris Ray (NWT LTER).

Each summer, the volunteer Pika Patrol is roaming the Rockies in service to the tiny, climate-threatened animal.

Austin Nash and Chris Ray anesthetize a pika for demographic studies at the NWT LTER.
08/23/2021

Austin Nash and Chris Ray anesthetize a pika for demographic studies at the NWT LTER.

Heather Kenny (left) and Airy Peralta hide a trap in the talus below Mt Audubon, hoping to catch a pika for demographic ...
08/23/2021

Heather Kenny (left) and Airy Peralta hide a trap in the talus below Mt Audubon, hoping to catch a pika for demographic research at the NWT LTER.

From furry to icy, former NWT pika research intern Emma Perkins studied glaciers in Alaska this summer.
08/23/2021

From furry to icy, former NWT pika research intern Emma Perkins studied glaciers in Alaska this summer.

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