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April 19, 2010
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Starry Sprenkle demonstrates the use of a new GPS unit to her staffers.
Starry Sprenkle demonstrates the use of a new GPS unit to her staffers. The unit will help her program build a database of more than 2,000 tree plots planted over the past four years. As Sprenkle and her staffers stand in one such plot, note the rocky soil at their feet.
Credit: Starry Sprenkle, Department of Plant Sciences, UC-Davis
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