https://bellatlas.umn.edu/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=37Minnesota Biodiversity Atlashttps://bellatlas.umn.edu/index.phpMinnesota Biodiversity Atlashttps://bellatlas.umn.edu/index.php2026-04-25engThe Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area (MSP) Long Term Ecological Research program brings together dozens of researchers from the University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas, USDA Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, and Water Bar, to study how urban stressors affect the ecological structure and functioning of urban nature, including for pollinators, the urban forest, urban watersheds, and lakes and streams. Researchers also are exploring how disparities in who benefits most from urban nature have arisen and might be overcome. Researchers are studying diverse environmental policies and practices across numerous MSP municipalities to understand which ones best improve environmental outcomes for all residents. MSP researchers will engage with historically underserved BIPOC community partners in inclusive research that de-centers whiteness, and determine how such engagement changes researchers, community partners, and long-term urban nature research outcomes. Middle school learners will engage with MSP to learn state standards in Earth and life science through field trips to the Bell Museum and through urban nature-based learning activities in their own communities.Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Long Term Ecological Research Programpatt0335@umn.eduhttps://mspurbanlter.umn.edu/Mary Marek-Spartzpatt0335@umn.educontentProviderTo the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the 2026-04-25T17:50:19-05:00Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - 4ce6c037-bf14-4f4d-9829-d7b932898211UTF-8Darwin Core Archivehttps://bellatlas.umn.edu/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=37UMNMSP LTERMinneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Long Term Ecological Research Programhttps://bellatlas.umn.edu:443/content/collicon/umn-ccesr.jpghttps://mspurbanlter.umn.edu/http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/University of MinnesotaMary Marek-Spartzpatt0335@umn.eduThe Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area (MSP) Long Term Ecological Research program brings together dozens of researchers from the University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas, USDA Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, and Water Bar, to study how urban stressors affect the ecological structure and functioning of urban nature, including for pollinators, the urban forest, urban watersheds, and lakes and streams. Researchers also are exploring how disparities in who benefits most from urban nature have arisen and might be overcome. Researchers are studying diverse environmental policies and practices across numerous MSP municipalities to understand which ones best improve environmental outcomes for all residents. MSP researchers will engage with historically underserved BIPOC community partners in inclusive research that de-centers whiteness, and determine how such engagement changes researchers, community partners, and long-term urban nature research outcomes. Middle school learners will engage with MSP to learn state standards in Earth and life science through field trips to the Bell Museum and through urban nature-based learning activities in their own communities.