The Cedar Creek LTER (CDR) is housed at the University of Minnesota’s Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CCESR), an internationally renowned ecological research and education facility, located 35 miles north of the Twin Cities. Established in 1942, Cedar Creek encompasses 2,200 hectares of land comprised of a unique and diverse mosaic of forests, savannas, prairies, wetlands, and open water. Initially becoming a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in 1982, Cedar Creek now supports a diverse and broad array of long-term and large-scale ecological experiments, including one of the world’s largest and longest-running experiments on biodiversity (Big Bio), and one of only a few Free Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment (FACE) experiments being conducted in the world (BioCON). Researchers and educators at Cedar Creek explore topics of fundamental scientific interest, as well as those relevant to current environmental change, and strive to convey this knowledge to fellow scientists, citizens, and policymakers. The overarching goal of research and education at Cedar Creek is to understand the fundamental processes and principles that govern the dynamics and functioning of communities and ecosystems.