Our dear friend and colleague Erin Lindquist passed away on August 2, 2019 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Erin was one of the original founders and intellectual architects of the EREN project, a PI on the NSF grant that funded EREN, and served as co-Lead Scientist of the Permanent Forest Plot Project. She inspired us all with her energy, scientific insights, warmth, dedication, determination, and courage. There is a scholarship fund being established at Meredith College in Erin’s memory. A link to Erin’s obituary with information on making contributions to this fund is here: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver/obituary.aspx?n=erin-lindquist&pid=193556649