TREE-RING SPRING
March 10 - 13, 2023 

From March 10th - 13th, 2023, the Idaho Tree Ring Lab and the University of Idaho Student Sustainability Cooperative hosted a free, tree ring science and sustainability-focused research/educational field weekend at the UIdaho MOSS campus (3 hours south of Moscow).

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With this field weekend, we specifically hope to bring together a group of students who have historically been marginalized from American Geosciences (i.e. LGBTQIA+ folks, BIPOC, people with health impairments, women, genderqueer people, Latinx community, international students, non-native English speakers). Additionally, we hope to include disciplines that are traditionally excluded from the Geosciences like the arts and humanities.

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 Over the three days at MOSS, ITRL graduate students and undergraduate participants explored topics such as:

• Introduction to dendrochronology, ecology, and climate concepts

• Dendrochronology field work and lab practices

  • Sample collection in the field

  • Sample preparation: mounting, sanding

  • Sample analysis: reading the rings of trees

• Anti-oppression training

• Indigeneous roundtable

• Field note and photography art workshops

• Screen-printing and tree-ring printmaking

• Eco-poetry sessions

• Not to mention fireside chats, card games, snowy shenanigans, good food, and more!

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The Tree Ring Spring Field Weekend was made possible by a generous Sustainable Initiatives Fund grant from the University of Idaho Student Sustainability Cooperative.