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When hiking in the great outdoors, people generally avoid trampling the vegetation. But journalist Amanda Heidt took great care to do the opposite on a recent trip to Canyonlands National Park.
Heidt was accompanying scientists who study the dirt between the plants, the biocrust: a fragile community of microbes, fungi, lichens and more that often grows atop the soil in arid landscapes.
Read Heidt’s account in SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/arches-canyonlands-biocrusts-22384504.php
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And for more on biocrusts and why they are worth protecting, check out our 2024 story.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/what-are-biocrusts-why-are-they-worth-protecting -
En pleine lecture instructive et la conclusion m'a tapé dans l'œil ! Bien vu, monsieur.
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