Hendrix College Researchers Calculate Benefits of Restoring Fracked Ecosystems

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published April 15, 2021 at 1:30 PM CDT

A photo montage of ecosystem changes due to fracked oil and gas development.

A team of Hendrix College professors and students have determined the value of ecological services delivered by abandoned oil and natural gas extraction sites which have been environmentally restored. The team's findings are newly published in the journal Nature Sustainability.

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