2023

The 32nd Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) will be held at the beautiful University of Nevada - Reno at Lake Tahoe Campus. The fieldweek will run from July 19th through July 28th, 2023 and registration fees will be $1750 US for students and $1800 US for professionals. Registration for Tree-Ring Society Members (https://www.treeringsociety.org/) is $1700 for students and $1750 for professionals.  Your registration fee includes room and board for the entire workshop. Registration fees are due by May 30, 2023. 

If you have any questions about #NADEF2023, please contact Dr. Stockton Maxwell, Professor of Geospatial Science at Radford University (rmaxwell2@radford.edu)

To register for #NADEF2023, please visit the Register to Attend page.

NADEF organizers are still in the process of planning #NADEF2023, but here are some of the potential groups:

Introductory Group: Stockton Maxwell (Radford University) and Victoria Harris (University of Iowa)

Dendroclimatology: Grant Harley (University of Idaho)

Ecology: Maegen Rochner (University of Louisville)

Fire History: Erica Bigio (University of Nevada - Reno) 

Stable Isotope Dendrochemistry: Adam Csank (University of Nevada - Reno) *Dependent on enrollment 

Agenda

1 - Wednesday, July 19      Travel Day. Evening introductions. Group introductions. Split into groups.

2 - Thursday, July 20     Field day.  Evening lecture: cleaning and sharpening increment borers.

3 - Friday, July 21   Laboratory day/Field day.  Evening lecture: Crossdating.

4 - Saturday, July 22   Laboratory day. Evening lecture: CooRecorder and Cdendro.

5 - Sunday, July 23   Laboratory day. Evening lecture: Detrending and Standardization.

6 - Monday, July 24      Free day with hiking opportunities. 

7 - Tuesday, July 25   Laboratory day. Evening lecture: Dendro packages in R.

8 - Wednesday, July 26     Laboratory day. Evening lecture: CaptuRING.

9 - Thursday, July 27    Laboratory day. 1pm presentation of projects. Closing celebration.

10 - Friday, July 28       Travel day.

Deliverables

Each group will develop and present a PowerPoint presentation to all of the fieldweek participants, starting at 1pm on July 27th. These presentations will subsequently be posted on the NADEF website. Each group will also produce a 5-page written report that will be compiled into the final report for the funding agencies, the field station, and the participants.

Websites

North American Dendroecological Fieldweek: https://sites.google.com/view/nadef  

Registration Site: https://radford.nbsstore.net/32nd-north-american-dendroecological-fieldweek-nadef 

University of Nevada - Reno at Lake Tahoe Campus: https://www.unr.edu/lake-tahoe 

Tree Ring Society Membership: https://www.treeringsociety.org/membership.html 

Accommodations

We are very excited to report that the workshop will be held at the UNR - Lake Tahoe Campus. For more information on the incredible facilities open to us during fieldweek, please visit the following link: https://www.unr.edu/lake-tahoe. The campus is located in Incline Village with access to amenities and recreation. Lodging will be dormitory style with three people per room with a private bathroom. You should bring a sleeping bag/twin fitted sheet/blanket and pillow for bedding. Meals will be served in the campus cafeteria. Please note any dietary restrictions on the registration page.

Getting There

The first event on July 19 is dinner around 6 PM, followed by introductions by all of the participants, and an introductory lecture. For those driving, the University of Nevada - Reno at Lake Tahoe Campus is located at 999 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, Incline Village, NV 89451. Parking is available onsite. For those flying, we will have shuttle buses to bring you from the airport on July 19 and for the return trip on July 28. Please arrange to arrive at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport by 4 PM on July 19 (if possible) so that we can get you to the Lake Tahoe Campus in time for the first events. Also, please arrange to fly out from Reno after 10 AM (if possible) on July 28 so that we have time to get you down to the airport without having to leave the field station before 7 AM.

What to bring

• PC laptop (Mac is okay too but CooRecorder only works on Windows)

• Field clothes including boots

• Sleeping bag and pillow or twin bedding

• Increment borer if you have one. We will have many to share as well!

Preparation

For those new to dendrochronology, we recommend Jim Speer’s Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research as an entry point to the discipline. It is also helpful to have the R program and Rstudio installed and updated on your computers. We will use R packages for data analysis. If you are new to R, check out this free self-guided Intro to R course.

Code of Conduct

Participants must adhere to the Code of Conduct Policy here: https://sites.google.com/view/nadef/code-of-conduct 

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