Beaver reintroductions can help restore damaged watersheds across the desert Southwest. In far-West Texas, the Rio Grande and its tributaries are obvious starting places. Yet, any ranch having a spring or a creek that flows […]
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Turning a Dangerous Arroyo Into a Flood Irrigation Resource in the Deserts of Far-West Texas
Here is how we harvested water out of Circle Ranch’s worst gully, and used it to re-wet 5-miles of desert meadows.
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Circle Ranch Open Gate Day, August 26, 2016
On August 26, 2016, Holistic Management International (HMI) held an Open Gate educational day at Circle Ranch in far-West Texas. We demonstrated desert grassland restoration using ‘Plug and Spread’ water harvesting from eroded gullies, and […]
Read moreRoads and Erosion: #3 of 3: Results of Treatments of Substandard Ranch Roads
Most old roadbeds are simply abandoned after they become impassible. S.O.P. is to move over a vehicle-width, and start a new path. When that wears out, do it again, and so forth. Near Santa Fe, […]
Read moreRoads and Erosion #2 of 3: Addressing The Destructive Erosion of Substandard Ranch Roads
In the summer of 2007, Circle Ranch together with the Dixon Water Foundation, sponsored a road seminar at Circle Ranch. Attendees came from as far as the Navaho Nation in Arizona. Bill Zeedyk, noted erosion […]
Read moreRoads and Erosion: #1 of 3
Pictured here is a typical gully. It was caused by a road which triggered an upward-moving headset. How can you tell an active gully? Whenever the sides of a gully are vertical, the gully is […]
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