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Asking where to start when it comes to NEON data? Dr. Christine Laney, NEON data scientist, helps new users get started in the latest Observatory blog. Catch up with Christine: buff.ly/veQQ70H

NEON data downloads now require users to sign in with a NEON account or API token. Additionally, all data products and sample data are now being published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Learn more: buff.ly/qVlUgSb

NEON is leading and supporting over 16 activities at the 2026 ESA Annual Meeting in July. Short courses and the NEON field trip require preregistration. If you're interested in plant data, short course 4 is the one for you! Learn more: buff.ly/SZvQg7P

Are you giving a talk at ESA 2026? If your research uses NEON data, samples, or infrastructure and the accepted talk mentions NEON, you may be eligible for the Best NEON Presentation Award. Submit the interest form before June 30 to be considered: buff.ly/bwHJmr0

NEON Continuous discharge data are a stream come true! 🤩 Continuous discharge tracks how the flow of water, helping researchers understand what’s driving shifts in aquatic systems. Learn more in the blog: buff.ly/JS4WxSW Photo: LECO field site, Lark Heston.

What does it take to produce ecological data that researchers can trust for decades? Kim Nitschke explains how instrument calibration, repair, engineering and QA/QC help build confidence in NEON data. Learn more in the blog: buff.ly/v8TK9tJ

NEON organizes a monthly seminar series to highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science. Do you have a topic for a seminar? Nominate yourself or a colleague to be a speaker by June 10. Learn more and submit a nomination: buff.ly/hEZ4To4

The NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) solicitation is open! NEON offers several opportunities for support for a proposal. Learn more about how NEON can help: buff.ly/5F1QZcz

Tiny creatures. Big ecological question. 🐛 What drives change in aquatic communities? NEON data is helping scientists understand what drives community synchrony in stream macroinvertebrates. Read more about the research: buff.ly/qTtucPG

Battelle is seeking an accomplished scientific leader to serve as the NEON Chief Scientist and Observatory Director. The role provides strategic, scientific, and operational leadership for NEON. Learn more and apply for the role at buff.ly/DPQ9yt7

Did you submit your nomination? The nomination period for the Science, Technology & Education Advisory Committee (STEAC) closes Monday, May 11. Nominate yourself or a colleague by Monday for consideration: buff.ly/9q4uhfx

No single method can scale a field measurement to a continent. So how do you do it? Researchers tackled that question at the Remote Sensing and Fluxes for Real-world Impact Workshop. Learn more about it in the blog: buff.ly/h25dHPp

NEON Science Seminar coming up! Tues., May 12, at 12pm MT listen to Dr. Ranjan Muthukrishnan of St. Olaf College present the NEON Science Seminar "Linking Local Scale Community Processes into Global Scale Ecological Dynamics." Register to attend at buff.ly/aQ34zmV

Collecting information about water means working with something powerful - and fluid.🌊 NEON Ecologist Zach Nickerson answers your questions about NEON aquatic sites and data. Read more in the blog: buff.ly/7EEL2MY #NEONscience #Hydrology

Biodiversity, variation, traits, and more! Hear more about it all in-person at the Mini-Symposium on Integrating Organismal Biology into NEON on May 7, 9am-12:30pm at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Learn more: buff.ly/917M2ML

Nominate yourself or a colleague for the Science, Technology & Education Advisory Committee (STEAC). The STEAC provides strategic advice to NEON. Learn more and submit a nomination: buff.ly/EaBVWqh

It's Earth Day! We are celebrating the power of long-term ecological observation 🌎️ NEON provides open data and samples from across the U.S., equipping scientists and communities with reliable information for discovery and advancement. Watch on YouTube: buff.ly/kKdKSLW

Interested in learning about NEON data in Google Earth Engine (GEE)? On April 28, 12-1:30pm MT, join the workshop "Remote Sensing Data in Google Earth Engine" in partnership with the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Register on the ESA web page: buff.ly/r7XOEyx

⚙️Add this one to the tool box! The Airborne Observation Platform (AOP) Google Earth Engine (GEE) app enables new interactive features and allows users to visualize NEON hyperspectral, lidar, and camera data. Read more in the Data Notification: buff.ly/ddtxpQ1

📣 Postdoc opportunity available! The NSF ASCEND Engine in Colorado and Wyoming, in partnership with NEON and the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), is offering a unique postdoctoral position in soil health measurement. Learn more: buff.ly/5o6FSWs