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Desert Grassland Restoration: Using Cattle to Stop Erosion

  • Chris Gill

Chris Gill

21 Mar 2016
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Second in a series on “animal impact”, this video shows cows being used to re-grow grass in deadspots, and how cows can help stop erosion by healing gully headcuts.

Animal Impact Made Easy #2 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.

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