Facing the Wind

May 17, 2018

Seirer_180430_8503345.jpgSeirer_180430_8503345.jpgFacing the Wind The wheat has been harvested and the thin, sandy soil, now mostly bare, is free to blow. Dunes form in the roadside ditches, filling them. Fields in far southwest Kansas once were covered with shortgrass prairie, with root systems that held soil in check. This field is in Seward County, north of Liberal.

 

The wheat has been harvested and the thin, sandy soil, now mostly bare, is free to blow. Dunes form in the roadside ditches, filling them. Fields in far southwest Kansas once were covered with shortgrass prairie, with root systems that held soil in check. This field is in Seward County, north of Liberal.

 


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