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Pitchstone Waters, by Shawn Vickers

  • Chris Gill

Chris Gill

21 Jul 2022
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Shawn Vickers does mapping and wildlife planning for many ranches and public lands in North America, East Africa and the British Isles. He filmed, edited and wrote the music for this little video.

 

NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on June 24, 2019

 

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