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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.

Fig Trees May Benefit Climate By Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone - New Scientist

Fig Trees May Benefit Climate By Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone - New Scientist

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer
06 Jul 2026 2 min read
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected for First Time in Yellowstone National Park

Chronic Wasting Disease Detected for First Time in Yellowstone National Park

Chronic Wasting Disease has officially reached Yellowstone National Park. The first confirmed case in a mule deer underscores the growing challenge facing wildlife managers as a fatal disease continues to spread through deer, elk, and moose populations across the American West.
03 Jul 2026 2 min read
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Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters #4

We use goats instead of herbicides to control weeds and stimulate grasses in sagebrush meadows
02 Jul 2026
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