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Overgrazed

imageID: 22833
Description: Overgrazed
Keywords: overgrazed
Photographer: R.. E. Benedict
Original collection id: 60009
Media: Black and white print
Collection: Sierra Ancha Historical Images
Quality: 3
Location: Socorro County; NM; USA
Date(mm/yyyy): 01/1904
Comments: San Francisco Valley. Spanish Daggers. Also shows barren nature of flats, entirely due to overgrazing. Such lands may support a fair sod. Arroyo in foreground in process of formation. Gila Reserve.
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. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006


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