A.  Center/Institute/Program

 

USDA -  Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

 

Jornada Experimental Range / Las Cruces, New Mexico

 

P.O. Box 30003 MSC 3JER

2995 Knox Street

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM  88003

 

Phone:  505-646-4842

Fax:  505-646-5889

E-mail:  khavstad@nmsu.edu

Web Page: http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/

 

 

Director/Chairperson:  Dr. Kris M. Havstad

Representative to AERC:  Dr. Deb Peters

 

B.  Major objectives of the Center/Institute/Program

 

1.         Methods for assessment and monitoring of rangelands at landscape, watershed and        regional locals.

 

2.         Ecologically-based technologies for remediating of degraded rangelands.

 

3.         Predictive models of ecosystem responses to changes in climate and other management-dependent and independent drivers.

 

C.  Major ecosystem research emphases

 

1.         Ecosystem analyses (resilience and recovery).

 

2.         Regional environmental analysis.

 

3.         Ecological Risk Assessment.

 

D.  Staff

 

Permanent scientific staff:  PhD: 11

Scientific support staff:  Postdocs:  6, Technicians:  42

Other support staff:  Clerical:  2, Administrative:  4

Graduate students:   PhD:  3, MS:  5

Summer undergraduates: 6, Other Guests:  4

 

E.  Approximate annual funding (recent year)

 

Core funding:  $4.2 Million

Grants:  $1,000,000/yr, Major sources:  NSF, DOD, USDI, USDA

 

F.  Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies

 

Jornada Experimental Range, Dona Ana County, NM, 72,000 ha.

 

G.  Research staff directly involved in ecosystem research (names and specialty areas)

 

Anderson, Dean M.                 Animal Scientist

Barrow, Jerry R.                      Geneticist

Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.        Ecologist

Brown, Joel                             Rangeland Management Specialist

Duniway, Michael                    Research Soil Scientist

Estell, Richard. E.                   Animal Scientist

Fredrickson, Ed. L.                 Rangeland Management Specialist

Gonzalez, Alfredo L.               Animal Scientist

Havstad, Kris M.                      Rangeland Management Specialist

Herrick, Jeffrey E.                   Soil Scientist

Laliberte, Andrea                     Physical Scientist

Lucero, Mary E.                       Molecular Biologist

Peinetti, Hector Raul               Research Ecologist

Peters, Debra C.                     Ecologist

Potenza, Carol L.                    Research Molecular Biologist

Rango, Albert                          Hydrologist

Caiti Steele                              Physical Scientist

Tartowski, Sandy L.                Rangeland Management Specialist

Tugel, Arlene                           Soil Scientist

Ward, James Patrick Jr.         Research Ecologist

 

H.  Long-term data sets (code name, number of years of data, computer accessibility)

 

Jornada Experimental Range Data Bases 1912-Present, and

Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Program Data Bases

 

http://jornada-www.nmsu.edu/longtermdatasets.php?withJS=true

 

Also see data catalog at:

 

http://jornada-www.nmsu.edu/datacat.php?withJS=true