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Bio-Diversity

Increasing Soil Carbon Helps Restore Wildlife and Habitat

  • Chris Gill

Chris Gill

30 Oct 2017
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The best and most restorative wildlife practices are those which increase soil fertility. If every wildlife decision were evaluated according to this outcome, wildlife & habitat ‘management’ would fundamentally change.

Soil Solutions to Climate Problems – Narrated by Michael Pollan from Center for Food Safety on Vimeo.

Boise, Idaho, foothills hillside with pine trees and sagebrush. Spring 2021.

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Trees are not always a sign of recovery. In grasslands and sagebrush country, woody encroachment can reduce forage, water and wildlife habitat.
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Grazing, Fuel, and Fire: The Missing Conditions in a Simple Story

Grazing, Fuel, and Fire: The Missing Conditions in a Simple Story

Targeted grazing can alter fine fuels, but weather, timing, animal behavior and ecological tradeoffs determine whether it changes fire risk.
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The Best Monitoring Program Starts With a Decision

The Best Monitoring Program Starts With a Decision

A new USGS framework shows why restoration programs should decide what information will change management before collecting more data.
20 Oct 2026 3 min read
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