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Setting up an experiment in a previously burned site in Idaho

By Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center October 2021 (approx.)
3 people crouched down in a dirt field and 2 people walking by, cardboard boxes and fence posts in a pile
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USGS scientists setting up experimental plots in a previously burned site near Boise, Idaho. Fencing keeps livestock from disturbing the site. The experiment was replicated at a second site in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The team is looking at the impact of temperature, planting density, and genetics on the timing of the cheatgrass life cycle.

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