Acknowledgements
Work in the El Morro catchment was only possible with the generous
collaboration of local farmers and ranchers. We are particularly
indebted to Alberto Panza; the Rizzati, Uke, Bosco, Rodriguez, Comelli
and Bridarolli families, and the late Coco Viotto who observed many of
the ongoing changes with a sharp and curious eye (they can be “met” at
the “Río Nuevo” documentary, available online). People at INTA,
particularly Claudio Saenz, Mario Galván and Juan Cruz Colazo; and at
the local government, specially Emiliano Colazo, helped us with their
field experience. At the GEA lab, George Castellanos, Silvina
Ballesteros, Raul Giménez, María Poca, and Tomás Milani provided
valuable help and insight in the office and the field. Leonardo Ríos
provided his geological experience in the area. Long field days with
Alfonsina Tripaldi, Steve Loheide, Jeff McDonnell, Steve Forman, Coco
Chiesa and Guillermo Ojeda were the source of many of the ideas
presented here. We deeply acknowledge Deolinda Correa´s guidance in the
first steps of this research plan. Grants from the Inter-American
Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) SGP-HW 056 (GovernAgua
Project), from FONCYT-Argentina (PICT2018-01216), CONICET (PUE 2016); as
well as support from the REM AQUA network and Gobierno de la Provincia
de San Luis; financed our work.