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"Invasion Biology"

Animal Impact Made Easy #1

  • Chris Gill

Chris Gill

15 Feb 2016
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Join a  a “pasture walk” at Circle Ranch in far-West Texas to observe how we use cattle to restore grasslands in our high-desert mountains.

Animal Impact Made Easy #1 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.

Barbed-wire fence crossing an open grassland with dry grasses and mountains in the background.

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A Keyline plow formerly used for soil management at Circle Ranch in West Texas

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A river flowing between snow-covered banks and forested hills in winter at Pitchstone Waters.

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