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range study

imageID: 21881
Description: range study
Keywords: grazing
protected area
Improvement
range
study
Photographer: F. L. Kirby
Original collection id: 439894
Media: Black & White Print
Collection: Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs
Quality: 3
Location: Parker Creek Exp Forest; AZ; USA
Date(mm/yyyy): 09/1945
Comments: bare ground nearly devoid of perennial grass sod and without a cover of protective humus cannot fully benfit from the limited precipitation we receive in the Southwest. The plot, which has been totally protected from grazing for 12 yrs, shows good recovery.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0005


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