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News Release 18-055

NSF awards $6.4 million grant to Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research drylands site

Research in central New Mexico will focus on environmental changes in arid lands

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A group of scientists sitting on rocks at Cibola Canyon, N.M., in NSF's Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research site.

Scientists at Cibola Canyon, N.M., in NSF's Sevilleta LTER site.

Credit: Don Natvig, UNM


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Desert grasses and trees at sunset, with mountains in the background.

A view of Sevilleta toward the Los Pinos Mountains from the base of the Ladron Mountains at sunset.

Credit: Renee Brown


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A scientist measures the heights of juniper trees as part of a Sevilleta LTER study.

Scientist Doug Moore measures the heights of juniper trees as part of a Sevilleta LTER study.

Credit: Amaris Swann


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A herd of pronghorn antelope running through grass.

The pronghorn antelope is among the species that live in or pass through the Sevilleta site.

Credit: Jennifer Johnson


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A female collects samples from the ground.

Sevilleta researcher Michell Thomey unearths below-ground biomass in what's called a root donut.

Credit: Mike Friggins


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A tower placed on desert ground, with mountains in the background.

A tower at the Sevilleta LTER site provides scientists with data on an ecosystem transition zone.

Credit: Douglas Moore


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