Sarah E. McCord,^1,*,** Joseph R. Brehm,² Lea A. Condon,³ Leah T. Dreesmann,⁴ Lisa M. Ellsworth,⁵ Matthew J. Germino,⁶ Jeffrey E. Herrick,¹ Brian K. Howard,⁷ Emily Kachergis,⁸ Jason W. Karl,⁴ Anna Knight,⁹ Savannah Meadors,² Aleta Nafus,¹⁰ Beth A. Newingham,⁷ Peter J. Olsoy,¹¹ Nicole Pietrasiak,¹² David S. Pilliod,¹³ Anthony Schaefer,¹⁴ Nicholas P. Webb,¹ Brandi Wheeler,² C. Jason Williams,¹⁵ Kristina E. Young<sup>1

1</sup>USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
²New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
³US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Reno, NV 89512, USA
⁴Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Science, MSC 1135, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
⁵Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
⁶US Geological Survey, Boise ID 83702, USA
⁷USDA-ARS Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, Reno NV, 89512, USA
⁸Inventory, and Monitoring Coordinator, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 802259, USA
⁹US Geological Survey Southwest Biological Science Center, UT, 84532, USA
¹⁰Bureau of Land Management, CA 93933, USA
¹¹USDA-ARS Range and Meadow Forage Management Research Unit, Burns, OR 97720, USA
¹²School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, School of Life Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA
¹³US Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, ID 83702, USA
¹⁴Plant and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
¹⁵USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA

^*Correspondence: Sarah E. McCord, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, PO Box 30003, MSC 3JER, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
^**E-mail address: sarah.mccord@usda.gov (S.E. McCord).