Preamble: In December 2001, the Land Use Committee of Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve met to discuss issues related to experimental and observational research at Cedar Creek. A major concern that arose in this discussion was that the current review process was too slow, too cumbersome, and seemed, at times, to be obscure. The Land Use Committee recommended that a permanent review panel be established that would uniformly evaluate all Cedar Creek research applications. This would replace the ad hoc reviews that have long been the tradition. The goal of this change is to create a more rapid and more transparent review process that serves the needs of a much more active research site. This recommendation was converted into a draft of a new Cedar Creek research review process that was distributed for comments at the end of this summer. The following material incorporates the changes suggested during the comment period.
Data from research conducted at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve must be submitted to Cedar Creek for archiving. Additionally, all data from research supported wholly, or in part, through LTER grants must be made available to the research community within two years of collection. Cedar Creek will distribute all data and metadata in accordance with LTER requirements. Please submit all data in accordance with the protocols available here.
