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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.

Southern California Burns Again: The 2018 Warning Agencies Ignored

Southern California Burns Again: The 2018 Warning Agencies Ignored

In 2018, William E. Simpson II warned that declining herbivore populations and accumulating vegetation could worsen wildfire risks. He revisits that warning and makes the case for testing wild horses as part of fuel management.
24 Oct 2026 5 min read
Landscape-Scale Ecological Benefits of Properly Managed Free-Roaming Wild Horses in Appropriate Wilderness Ecosystems  An Empirical and Scientific Synthesis Mini-Dissertation

Landscape-Scale Ecological Benefits of Properly Managed Free-Roaming Wild Horses in Appropriate Wilderness Ecosystems An Empirical and Scientific Synthesis Mini-Dissertation

Drawing on more than a decade of field observation and supporting scientific literature, this paper examines how properly managed free-roaming wild horses may reduce wildfire fuels, disperse seeds, preserve genetic diversity, and contribute to landscape-scale ecological function.
24 Oct 2026 13 min read
Walk the Stream After Rain

Walk the Stream After Rain

A practical post-storm stream walk can reveal bank instability, incision, bare approaches, sediment movement and places where water loses energy.
23 Oct 2026 3 min read
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