Xilingol   hillside   in   July, 1998
 
 

Xilingol grassland in better times: July, 1998
 
 

 Genesis of a dust storm, east of Xilinhot, April 2001
 
 

 A work crew plants trees along the roadside near
Xilinhot as part of Central-Government Funded effort
to control dust storms, April 2001
 
 

                              Outskirts of Xilinhot,   April 2001
 
 

Sheep scavenging for grass amidst the sand,  east of
Xilinhot,  April 2001

Severe desertification along the highway from Xilinhot
to Uliastai, April 2001

The transition zone at the edge of the spreading desert
near Dalate, South of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, August 2001

Degraded pastureland in Dalate Banner, Inner Mongolia,
August 2001.   An elderly local claims sheep used to
disappear from view behind an ocean of deep grass here
in decades past

 

Edge of spreading desert, Dalate Banner, Inner Mongolia,
August 2001
 
 

A U.S.expert team inspecting the desert transition zone
near Dalate, Inner Mongolia, August 2001
 
 

A lattice-work of reeds intended to stabilize sand dunes
along a roadside outside Dalate, Inner Mongolia,
August 2001.  A similar construction on the other side
of the road had been destroyed, apparently by scavenging sheep.
 
 

A U.S. expert inspects the desert margin outside Dalate,
Inner Mongolia, August 2001