Cattle Damage to Riverbanks Can be Undone (IMAGE)

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Cattle Damage to Riverbanks Can be Undone

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An example of comparing two photos using the visual site assessment method in Barnhardy Meadow. Willow have increased. Aspen are present in the photo, but due to the willow obstruction, it is unclear if the level of recruitment has changed. Bare soil has decreased, eroding banks have decreased, channel width has decreased, and amount of exposed channel decreased.

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1990--Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, 2013--Jonathan Batchelor

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