Announcements

Construction of our EDGE rainout shelters at SEV was completed this fall. Manufacturing the roof panels is underway and all sensors have been ordered! Shelters have also been constructed at the other study sites in Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. Our goal is to be ready to start the rainfall manipulation treatments in April 2013.

PhD candidate Matt Petrie successfully passed his qualifying exams last week.  He is now fully occupied in preparing his Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant proposal for the upcoming NSF deadline. Congratulations to Matt!

The University of New Mexico has been awarded a grant to complete the third and final phase of a long term strategic plan to improve the Sevilleta Education and Research Facility (SERF) for visiting scientists, summer REU students, graduate students and group training. This project will complete and equip shell spaces in the facility to provide growth chambers and a computer laboratory.