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Healthy Soils Demonstration Project Update
Apr 04, 2019
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By Holly Stover
Spring is here and the
Healthy Soils Demonstration Project
(to read about the background of this project,
click here
) has been busy since the
composts were applied last fall
. We have observed the onset of spring, the grasses and wildflowers on the plots are actively growing. With frequent rains and warm temperatures starting, the applied compost has settled into the soil ecosystem.
On March 22, a herd of 79 cattle visited our plots and grazed on the grasses. It was a busy week, we also began our second
intensive gas sampling campaign
and are currently
sampling greenhouse gases every day for the next three weeks
. The soil microbial and plant communities are active and we are capturing key soil mineralization processes during this time. To learn more about the project, visit us on May 15 at SFREC for the
Ranching and Range Management in a Drying Climate Field Day!
Click here to see the agenda
.
Click here to register
.
Cattle grazing in the project area.
Sampling of the green house in the plots.
Flowers blooming in the healthy soils of the plots.
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