Featured Project
CanopyMeg and TREE Foundation are working to conserve the Church Forests of Ethiopia, but we need your help!
This unique opportunity not only reduces your carbon footprint, but also saves biodiversity, fresh water, natural medicines, pollinators, and insures the future spiritual heritage of an African nation. Read more.
This unique opportunity not only reduces your carbon footprint, but also saves biodiversity, fresh water, natural medicines, pollinators, and insures the future spiritual heritage of an African nation. Read more.
Current Projects
The Nature Research Center
The Nature Research Center (NRC) is the new wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Its goal is to bring research scientists and their work into the public eye, help demystify what can be an intimidating field of study, better prepare science educators and students, and inspire a new generation of young scientists. Dr. Lowman is the Director of the Nature Research Center.
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TREE Foundation
TREE Foundation pursues and promotes research, education, and exploration to advance the conservation of our planet's botanical resources and ecosystems dependent upon them.
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REU Canopy Explorers
Designed for eight students, four with ambulatory disabilities and four without, this project is based on the idea that a wheelchair is not a limit to good field biology. Students will engage in canopy research to learn about herbivory, arthropods, and in particular, small critters called tardigrades (or water bears).
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Sloth Conservation
The Pygmy three-toed sloth is one of the world’s most endangered animals and the TREE Foundation has established a special fund to support canopy research on sloths.
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Out on a Limb - Forest Canopies
Out on a Limb - Forest Canopies is an ecology education canopy exhibit funded by National Science Foundation’s informal science education program.
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Base Camp Sarasota
A biological field station planned for Sarasota county meant to establish a research and education center offering state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and small conference and environmental education facilities amidst the natural habitat of southwest Florida.
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Canopy Walkway Construction
Canopy Construction Associates is staffed by scientists and construction experts who have both the ability and experience to work high above the ground in remote (and not so remote) locations. CCA provides canopy access and consultation with regard to the appropriate site location, selection of access options, and costs.
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Books, Publications and Column
Dr. Lowman has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and several books including Life in the Treetops, It’s a Jungle Up There, and Methods in Forest Research.
Dr. Lowman’s column Nature’s Secrets can be found in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and The News & Observer.
Dr. Lowman’s column Nature’s Secrets can be found in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and The News & Observer.
CanopyMeg Twitter Feed
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tropical forest conservationist and educator. Director of Nature Research Center and Professor at NCSU. Science rocks!!
- From the Mailbag – Anna writes: I’m a rising junior at Williams College, in Massachusetts, where I’m majoring in... http://t.co/yDiNdjXOLd
Mon 17th Jun 13 23:02 - Williams College student writes about the NSF REU summer program http://t.co/yMgE9YwdRJ
Mon 17th Jun 13 22:55 - My latest column in the Herald-Tribune http://t.co/SNHszJRvNe
Mon 17th Jun 13 00:24 - Lowman: Celebrate Clean Water Act http://t.co/qEFOdibJrY
Mon 17th Jun 13 00:01 - Joyous observation in nature: baby white-throated sparrows prepare for first flight, Vermont woods! http://t.co/UszMzz5gh2
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Latest Posts
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