Restoring Biodiversity - 7/9/2024
Employing goats to create space and clear bracken. Using a stock stank for irrigation. How beaver and cattle can create wetlands in the desert. And more...
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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…
Articles
Service Turns Heads, Helps Trees Grow
This article discusses how goats are employed annually at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center to clear away bracken and create space for the existing tree seed bed to grow.
Videos
Desert Permaculture: Using a Stock Tank for Irrigation
Stock tanks can be easily and cheaply modified to serve the additional purpose of restoring grasslands for cattle and wildlife.
Miracle in the Nevada Desert
Beaver and cattle are symbiotic. Together they can turn desert into wetlands.
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