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Every year, we ask graduate students from across Jornada Research Network (JRN) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)-affiliated institutions to apply for our summer Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The chosen recipients receive funding through support of the US National Science Foundation LTER Program to conduct research at the Jornada. This year, we were able to offer […]

by Curtis MongerProfessor Emeritus, New Mexico State University The Jornada Basin LTER study area has some of the oldest and youngest soils in North America. What does it mean that a soil is old or young? It refers to the time when erosion and sedimentation ceased, the landscape stabilized, and soil horizons formed. The basin

Every year, we ask graduate students from across Jornada Research Network (JRN) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)-affiliated institutions to apply for our summer Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The chosen recipients receive funding through support of the US National Science Foundation LTER Program to conduct research at the Jornada, with an additional student funded by the

In October 2024, NSF announced that the next phase of the Jornada Basin LTER program (JRN-8) will be funded through 2030! This is excellent news, recognizing the importance of the JRN-LTER research that NSF has funded continuously for 42 years (48 years by 2030). This program would not be successful without the effort and commitment