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wild horses, Mongolia / google street view 47.6940014,106.982371

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Dioooooos

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Dioooooos

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Headline by: Ryan Burns. “Ground Has Been Broken on Klamath River Restoration, the World’s Largest-Ever Dam-Removal Project.” Lost Coast Outpost. 23 March 2023.

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The world’s largest dam removal in history is slated for 2023. Led by Indigenous tribes in partnership with organizations, lawyers, scientists and activists, the project will remove four dams, clearing the way for the lower Klamath River to flow freely for the first time in more than a century.

Headline and italicized text excerpt by: Malia Russ. “The Science of Saving Salmon as Klamath Dams Come Down.” UC Davis - Blogs - Climate. 24 February 2023.

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Headline by: Jackson Guilfoil. “Klamath dam removals, habitat restoration, begins.” The Mercury News. 25 March 2023.

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Headline by: Kale Williams. “‘The salmon are coming home’: Work begins on Klamath River dam removal.” KGW8. 27 March 2023.

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Iron Gate is a sinuous, skinny reservoir tucked into the folds of the Siskiyou Mountains. Draining it will expose about 900 acres of wet mud. “It’s our job to make sure it’s revegetated. We want that to be revegetated with a healthy native plant ecosystem,” says Joshua Chenoweth, Senior Riparian Ecologist for the Yurok Tribe who is leading the replanting effort. […] Last fall, they seeded the strip with a mix of native grasses and flowering plants; now, they’re installing young shrubs and trees: buckbrush, serviceberry, and Oregon ash, along with the Klamath plum. Collectively, these plants will create a “wall of green,” taking up space that would have otherwise been overrun by non-native plants […]. The revegetation of the Klamath River has been called the largest river restoration project in American history. Collecting, propagating, and growing enough seeds and plants to populate the reservoir footprints – approximately 2,200 acres in all – is a staggering task. […] Their planting design includes 96 different species: culturally significant plants like yampah and lomatium, important pollinator species like milkweed, and tens of thousands of oak trees. […] What will a restored, wild Klamath River look like? Imagine it. Stand at the Wanaka Springs boat launch and picture Iron Gate reservoir drained. The river has found its channel at the base of its original canyon. Willows flank the banks. Much of the reservoir footprint is flush with upland vegetation – oak copses; thickets of buckbrush and Klamath plum; blooming rose and lupine.

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Headline, images, captions, screenshot, and italicized text excerpt from: Juliet Grable. “After the dams: Restoring the Klamath River will take billions of native seeds.” Jefferson Public Radio. 13 March 2023.

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ghost horses

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[id: a digital drawing of two unicorns nuzzling their faces together. Their eyes are closed and they look peaceful. They are standing in a lush forest during golden hour, with willow trees and wildflowers around them. end id]

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Milles-fleurs and unicorn study :)

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Keiko breaching in Iceland

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Troll Child and Mulle (Polle if you’re Finnish)!

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Struttin’ now in color. ✨

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Simply exquisite. ‘Princess and her Handmaiden’. Magical work by Concept Artist @kawaiibettyjiang via @classicartarchive.

#beautifulbizarre #conceptart #digitalart #contemporaryart #fantasyart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnWbHbRra9P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dimitri Sirenko Ukraine

Faith and Fate 2021. Oil/canvas

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i know unicorns are usually silver or lavender with those skinny horse legs built for running but id like to see more unicorns with natural colouration built like tanks like these beasts

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IG: horseispferd

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Killer Whale brooch by Bill Reid, 1964

Gold, abalone.

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if you're a kinnie for fun i think that's awesome. i genuinely hope you have a good time, and if it stops being fun I hope you don't let it linger and fester. It's good and right and fun to explore your identity and how you relate to the world.

things don't always have to be pain and trauma and heartache, i promise. you can have fun and be silly and play and that's okay. It's good.

I love you and i'm happy that you have the courage to create yourself in the image of your highest joy and self-love.