Lead Author: Stephen G. Smarik, NRCS State Resource Conservationist for Arizona and Liaison to the USDA Southern Plains and Southwest Climate Hubs.
Project Manager and Contributor: Emile Elias, Ph.D., Director (Acting), USDA Southwest Climate Hub, Research Hydrologist, Jornada Experimental Range, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Las Cruces, NM.
Contributor: Alison Boes, NRCS State Agronomist for Arizona.
Contributor: David Brown, Ph.D., Udall Foundation Executive Director, formerly Director, USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub, and Director (Acting), Grazinglands Research Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, El Reno, OK.
Contributor: Dave DuBois, Ph.D., New Mexico State Climatologist, Associate College Professor, CoCoRaHS State Coordinator, Director of the NM Climate Center, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.
Contributor: Brandon L. Edwards, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM.
Contributor: Marlen D. Eve, Ph.D., Deputy Administrator, Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems, USDA ARS Office of National Programs, Beltsville MD.
Contributor: Nicholas Webb, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.
Contributor: Mike Wilson, Ph.D., Senior Scientist - Climate Change, USDA-NRCS, Lincoln, NE.
Contributor: Greg Zwicke, Air Quality Engineer - NRCS National Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Team, Fort Collins, CO.
Contributor/Technical Editor: Skye Aney, Graduate Research Assistant, USDA Southwest Climate Hub, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM.
Webmaster: Ericha Courtright, Information Technology Specialist (Data Management), Jornada Experimental Range, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Las Cruces, NM.
Graphic Design: Reanna Burnett, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM.
Additional review of Chapter 8 content provided by USDA Farm Service Agency and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Society personnel.