Jeffrey E. Herrick1, Stefan Bringezu2, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer3, Joel R. Brown4, Emile Elias5, Kris Havstad6, Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson7, Debra Peters5 and Diane E. Stott8, (1)USDA-ARS, Las Cruces, NM, US, (2)Wuppertal Institute, 42004 Wuppertal, Germany, (3)USDA-ARS, Las Cruces, NM, (4)USDA-NRCS, Las Cruces, NM, (5)Research Unit @ The Jornada, USDA-ARS, Las Cruces, NM, (6)USDA ARS Research Unit based at the Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM, (7)Soil Science and Resource Assessment Division – Modeling Team, USDA-NRCS, Temple, TX, (8)Soil Health Division, USDA-NRCS, West Lafayette, IN