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In a new piece in the journal BioScience (Yahdjian et al. 2021), ecologists with ties to the DroughtNet and LTER networks argue that coordinated distributed experiments, such as the DroughtNet International Drought Experiment and NutNet, should expand to cover more of the globe. Such experiments hold great promise for understanding ecosystem sensitivity to a range […]

The 2021-2022 Jornada LTER Graduate Fellowship recipients have been announced. This year, we were excited to add the Deb Peters Dryland Fellowship to our graduate research program. The Peters Fellowships are supported by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences in recognition of Dr. Deb Peters’ long-term leadership of the LTER.

Nate Pierce will defend his PhD dissertation on May 17th at 2:00PM MDT/1:00PM PDT. Nate is a graduate student in the Archer Lab at University of Arizona and a former Jornada Basin Graduate Research Fellow. Please see the announcement below for details and Zoom link. Nate Pierce PhD Dissertation DefenseAdvisor: Dr. Steve ArcherCommittee Members: Dr. Mitch McClaran, Dr.

The 2021-2022 Jornada LTER Graduate Fellowship and REU recipients have been announced. This year, we were excited to add the Deb Peters Dryland Fellowship to our graduate research program, which is funded by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. This year’s awardees are listed below along with their project titles.

Earlier this month, Jornada LTER graduate students took over the U.S. LTER Network Instagram account and shared their work, photography, and efforts in the field with the LTER community. We’ll be highlighting some of these stories here over the next few weeks! Taylor Hansen is an MS student in the Savanna Lab at New Mexico