#NSFfunded Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) across the country are helping us plan for the future. Each critical zone has a story to tell about how climate, water, vegetation and humans interact, and each story helps us to better understand and address issues of food and water security and environmental sustainability. Part of the research of the Intensively Managed Landscapes CZO involves land use impact. The scientists share their findings with local farmers who make the studies possible by a