Jornada Experimental Range, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Data Center Description
The USDA Jornada Experimental Range is developing a new knowledge of ecosystem processes as a basis for management and remediation of desert rangelands. The science program traces back to field research initiated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1912 when the 78,000 ha Jornada Experimental Range was first established by Presidential Executive Order.