Timeline

Timeline of important publications and events since the inception of the LTAR Network

LTAR Network Timeline

LTAR Annual Science Meeting at Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW)

Location: Tucson, AZ

LTAR Annual Science Meeting at R. J. Cook Agronomy Farm (CAF)

Location: Pullman, WA

LTAR Annual Science Meeting (Virtually) At Lower Mississippi River Basin (LMRB)

Location: Virtually at Oxford, MS

LTAR Annual Science Meeting (virtually) at Kellogg Biological Station

Location: Virtually at Hickory Corners, MI

LTAR Annual Science Meeting at Platte River/High Plains Aquifer

Location: Lincoln, NE

LTAR Annual Science Meeting at Southern Plains

Location: El Reno, OK

LTAR Annual Science Meeting at the Archbold Biological Station

Location: Ona, FL

LTAR Annual Science Meeting at the Lower Chesapeake Bay
LTAR Annual Science Meeting at the Central Plains Experiment Station
LTAR Annual Science Meeting in Estes Park, CO
2nd RFI (Request for Information)

2nd RFI resulting in the selection of Archbold-University of Florida, Eastern Corn Belt, Great Basin, Michigan State University WK Kellogg Biological Station, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Lower Mississippi River Basin, Platte River-High Plains Aquifer, Texas Gulf Research Partnership.

1st RFI (Request for Information)

RFI resulting in the initial selection of Central Plains Experimental Station, Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed, Jornada Experimental Range, Little River Experimental Watershed, Little Washita River/Fort Cobb Reservoir Experimental Watersheds, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, R.J. Cook Agronomy Farm, Upper Chesapeake Bay Experimental Watersheds, Upper Mississippi River Basin Experimental Watersheds, Walnut Gulch Experimental

Walbridge and Shafer paper describing start of LTAR

https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/np211/LTAR%20Walbridge%20and%20Shafer%202011%20Paper.pdf

Robertson et al. paper describing need for an LTAR

DOI: 10.1641/B580711

ABOUT LTAR

 

The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network consists of 18 Federal and university agricultural research sites with an average of over 50 years of history. The goal of this research network is to ensure sustained crop and livestock production and ecosystem services from agroecosystems, and to forecast and verify the effects of environmental trends, public policies, and emerging technologies.