What Are Biocrusts?

Soil crust, crypto, living soil. It goes by many different names, but what really are biocrusts? We talked to Kristina Young, PHD candidate studying biocrusts and Executive Director of Science Moab to find out. 

Photos used from the Land of the Ute and Southern Paiute 

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