- Author: Saoimanu Sope
Published on: May 15, 2023

Ewes and lambs graze in February 2021 on a Hopland Research and Extension Center pasture that was burned in the 2018 River Fire. UC Davis researchers analyzed meat, wool, soil, plant and water samples to assess the risk of metal contamination in sheep grazed on recently burned pasture regrowth. Photo: Valerie Eviner.
Hopland REC turns 2018 River Fire devastation into research opportunity
The destructiveness of wildfire flames is easy to see, but dangers may lurk in the ashes they leave behind. A group of UC Davis scientists studied lambs at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center, investigating whether pastures regrown after a wildfire cause toxic metal residues in grazing animals. The results, published in California Agriculture journal, showed that grazing on regrown pastures did not significantly alter the metal content of the lambs' meat and wool. That's...
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