Gophers were given one day to revive Mount St. Helens

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

A stripe of gopher-visited land in the Pumice Plain area of Mount St. Helens is thick with vegetation, while surrounding areas remain barren ...

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

A stripe of gopher-visited land in the Pumice Plain area of Mount St. Helens is thick with vegetation, while surrounding areas remain barren ...

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980.

Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto Mount St Helens For 1 Day. 40 Years Later, The Effect Is Astonishing Despite only spending one day in the ...

Gophers survived, elk returned. It was a big salvage job and a big and successful reforestation project. Now, where have the trees that were NOT ...

Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one ... Mount St Helens in Washington state.

The benefits from that single day were undeniable -- and still visible 40 years later. Once the blistering blast of ash and debris cooled ...

Really? Weyerhaeuser lost entire crews of men, one camp that I know of was wiped out. Here's a quick recap for this one lumber company.

By relocating soil with critical microbes, pocket gophers helped regenerate life on Mount St. Helens following the 1980 volcanic eruption.