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#UCDavis - Students Lead #HabitatRestoration at #RussellRanch

Fri, March 20, 2026

"At Russell Ranch, just west of campus along Russell Boulevard, a transformation is underway. What was once grazed #pasture and alfalfa field is becoming a thriving #NativeHabitat led by UC Davis students and funded by #TheGreenInitiativeFund, or #TGIF.

"The Russell Ranch Slough Restoration Project, designed and implemented by the Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading™ Ecological Land Management, or #ELM, team, is now at its midpoint. Site preparation is complete, invasive species have been cleared, and nearly 200 native trees and shrubs have been planted along the seasonal slough.

" 'Projects like this show students that restoration isn’t theoretical. It’s something they can design and implement themselves,' said Miles DaPrato, environmental steward for the Arboretum and Public Garden and staff mentor for the ELM team.

"Turning Working Land into #WildlifeHabitat

"The 2.5-acre site sits within the #PutahCreek Riparian Reserve, surrounded by agriculture and rural residences. Rather than separating nature from working landscapes, the project shows how the two can work together — creating habitat while improving the ecological function of the land.

"This past fall, students removed old livestock fencing that blocked #wildlife movement, prepared the soil, and seeded the site with locally adapted #NativeGrasses and #wildflowers timed to the first seasonal rains.

"Over the winter, the team planted nearly 200 native trees and shrubs, including #ValleyOak, #Cottonwood, #Willow, #Elderberry and #Toyon. Temporary drip irrigation has been installed to help the young plants establish during their first critical summers. 'You can study restoration in class, but being out here actually doing the work is completely different,' said Keira Folkers, Environmental Engineering, 2026, and Kayden Delvo, Environmental Science and Management, 2026. 'You start to understand the land, the timing of the seasons and the decisions that go into every step.' "

Learn more:
https://publicgarden.ucdavis.edu/news/students-lead-habitat-restoration-russell-ranch

#SolarPunkSunday #California #HabitatRestoration #Wildlife #CoExistence

I said: NO PHOTOS!

Belted Galloway on the Vosspfad trail in Helmeringhausen

#FotoVorschlag 'Weidetiere'

#Galloway #BeltedGalloway #Olsberg #Helmeringhausen #Vosspfad #Cattle #Calf #Pasture #Photography #Rind #Kalb #Weide #Fotografie

I said: NO PHOTOS!

Belted Galloway on the Vosspfad trail in Helmeringhausen

#FotoVorschlag 'Weidetiere'

#Galloway #BeltedGalloway #Olsberg #Helmeringhausen #Vosspfad #Cattle #Calf #Pasture #Photography #Rind #Kalb #Weide #Fotografie

I said: NO PHOTOS!

Belted Galloway on the Vosspfad trail in Helmeringhausen

#FotoVorschlag 'Weidetiere'

#Galloway #BeltedGalloway #Olsberg #Helmeringhausen #Vosspfad #Cattle #Calf #Pasture #Photography #Rind #Kalb #Weide #Fotografie

I said: NO PHOTOS!

Belted Galloway on the Vosspfad trail in Helmeringhausen

#FotoVorschlag 'Weidetiere'

#Galloway #BeltedGalloway #Olsberg #Helmeringhausen #Vosspfad #Cattle #Calf #Pasture #Photography #Rind #Kalb #Weide #Fotografie

I said: NO PHOTOS!

Belted Galloway on the Vosspfad trail in Helmeringhausen

#FotoVorschlag 'Weidetiere'

#Galloway #BeltedGalloway #Olsberg #Helmeringhausen #Vosspfad #Cattle #Calf #Pasture #Photography #Rind #Kalb #Weide #Fotografie

North: HOARFROST

delicate #hoarfrost
needles of ice on grass blades
melt at sun's first light

South: PASTURE

cows in the #pasture
they wander among the sheep
no one ever fights

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Map Reveals How America's Forests Have Changed Over Time
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https://www.newsweek.com/america-forests-change-over-time-2041291 <-- shared 2025 media article
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1005-2023 <-- shared 2023 paper
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7055086 <-- shared study datasets
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #copernicus #CONUS #USA #forest #model #modeling #landuse #landcover #change #forestland #agriculture #urban #development #cities #industry #vegetation #America #humanimpacts #settlement #decline #cropland #pasture #grassland #grazing #reforestation #deforestation #urbanization #conservation #ecosystems #logging #mining #railroad #infrastructure #forestcover #NLDI #farmland #colonial #LULC #census #climate #hydrology #biogeochemical

Dominant Edaphic Controls On Particulate Organic Carbon In Global Soils
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https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17619 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #soil #global #soilcarbon #climatechange #particulateorganiccarbon #POC #organiccarbon #empirical #model #modeling #machinelearning #AI #profile #biomes #ecosystems #grassland #pasture #shrubland #forest #boreal #arctic #savannas #sampling

Annual 30 Metre Maps Of Global Grassland Class And Extent (2000–2022) Based On Spatiotemporal Machine Learning
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04139-6 <-- shared paper
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https://landcarbonlab.org/insights/first-global-annual-cultivated-natural-grassland-data/ <-- blog post
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https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/publisher/global-pasture-watch <-- Google EarthEngine
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https://github.com/wri/global-pasture-watch <-- GitHub Repository
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #workflow #global #grassland #shrubland #vegetation #spatialanalysis #AI #machinelearning #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #GLAD #landsat #imagery #opendata #landcover #agriculture #change #natural #model #modeling #pasture #cultivated #GlobalPastureWatch #grazing #livestock

Violett fingersvamp (Clavaria zollingeri)

#photography #Violettfingersvamp #Clavariazollingeri #fungi #mushroom #nature #pasture #rural #home #noroads #fingersvamp #svamp #lila #outdoors #closeup #purple #field #green #wilderness #mountains #sweden #northernsweden #jämtland #fall #august #raindrops #rare #biota #biodiversity #Amethystfarbenekoralle

Mapped - Human Impact Across The World
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/human-impact-world-map/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.67 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #global #spatialanalysis #weighted #humanimpact #world #infrastructure #development #building #food #agriculture #farming #navigation #spatiotemporal #buildings #urban #suburban #populationdensity #croplands #pasture #roads #transportation #factors #parameters #inputs #metrics #impacts #impactassessment #footprint #humanfootprint #weighting #normalisation #multifaceted #multiplefactoranalysis #MFA #footprint
#VisualCapitalist

This was how my grandfather did it.
#SilvoPasture #Farming #Cattle #Pasture

The Guardian: The best way to raise cows sustainably? Set them free https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/18/cows-sustainable-farming-silvopasture
>An old farming technique called silvopasture, which allows cows to graze on a variety of plants in forests and tree-filled pastureland, is seeing a resurgence across the world