Contact: Nichole Barger
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University of Colorado at Boulder

Biological Soil Crust Research

Caption: A new project led by CU-Boulder is targeting the restoration of biological soil crusts at two US Department of Defense installations in the West where soils have been damaged by past military activity.

Credit: Photo courtesy Sarah Castle

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