From what I understood from the reading is that the buffalo
where a keystone species of the prairie. They moved as a herd and the indigenous
people would follow as they moved. They would go to where the plants were green
and plentiful water available while the area, they left behind would begin to
regrow. To me this shows a beneficial relationship between all the organisms of
the plains. Showing that by constantly moving and allowing the places already grazed
behind to regrow and allow other plants to refill the gaps left behind they
were guaranteed food. Furthermore, her would leave behind fertilizer (in
the form of their waste) for the regrowth of their precious food source. In the end i found this process very intriguing and it is what regenerative agriculture is trying to mimic.
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