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Soil scientist Martin Shipitalo (right), assisted by NRCS resource soil scientist Frank Gibbs, uses a funnel inserted into the opening of an earthworm burrow and a Mariotte device to measure water infiltration rate in an individual earthworm burrow.
Photo by Peggy Greb.
