“…Like the sites of its sister network, the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network, LTAR sites have embedded data managers who work together to manage data consistent with the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) vision. LTAR sites have data streams initiated before LTAR was established -in some cases dating back more than 100 years -that are leveraged for network analyses; for example, a recent study provided a baseline to understand how water budgets shift in response to changes in management practices or varying climate (Baffaut et al 2020).…”