We Bought A Desert Wasteland To Do This!
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Published 2023-09-17
However because of human activities such as farming, cattle ranching & oil drilling the desert is loosing thousands of hectares of grassland, which is becoming severely degraded and is having a detrimental affect on wildlife, such as the Mexican wolf now listed as endangered
The Chihuahuan Desert grasslands serve as wintering grounds for a large proportion of North American Great Plains birds including a number of significantly declining species such as mountain plover, ferruginous hawk, and Baird’s sparrow.
53 percent of the grassland bird species that breed on the Great Plains in the United States and Canada during spring and summer travel hundreds of kilometers to winter in the grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert, which encompasses the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and spreading across the northwestern region of Mexico.
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This project to protect grassland birds and restore vital grassland habitat is located in the southern part of the Chihuahuan Desert, its a semi-arid region with extensive grassland and scrub cover as well as a temperate forest in the high mountain areas, but is not exempt from the environmental problems associated with land use changes in favor of agricultural and livestock activities. In this region, extensive areas of scrub cover have mostly been converted into new croplands and pasturelands.
Our mission is to restore this over grazed cattle ranch and bring back native grasses to this eroded zone by digging several retention ditches, creating a swale on contour, a small water retention pond and zai holes to capture and hold water which will create a haven for wildlife such as birds.
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All Comments (21)
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People think this denuded desert is what deserts in North America should look like. In reality most of our deserts were or are full of flora and fauna. Even the Sahara has life in it and not just in its oases.
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Hoping to see an update on this when the next significant rainfall happens. Perhaps this could be the beginning of a regular series/playlist!
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I did this exact same thing probably 4 years ago in hereford Arizona! I augered a 4 foot deep hole and made biochar in that hole. Once the biochar was made I poured composted manure, and all of our food scraps for a week into the hole. Then we moved on to the next hole. Once the acre was done we used a deep riper down the center of all of the holes. We then planted native trees every 10 feet and native understory every 5. Finally, after all of the trees were established for a year we covered the acre in wood chips and low growing prairie grass seed like blue grama and curly mesquite grass. Sold the house the next year unfortunately but the experiment was an integral part of my life. Then and now!
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This place is beautiful. Totally not a waste. I see the potential. I’m in Ghana and turned a desert wasteland into a forest. 😆 Very possible anywhere where TLC is present. Good luck!
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With people like you there is hope for this world. Thank you for what you are doing. The impact widely exceeds the boundaries of your property!
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Quite a productive day for one backhoe. A good illustration of what can be accomplished with the right machine, a professional operator, and a thoroughly mapped out scope of work. Excellent job. Looking forward to the following this site as it evolves.
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Can’t wait to hear about how this turns out and what it looks like in the future! When do you think there’ll be a part 2?
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We need more and more projects like this.
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Foot note to my earlier post Some Australian native trees have a system that when in a drought they turn their leaves away from the sun to save water and open up at dusk to absorb any small amount of moisture from the air.
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Those grassland bird species are gorgeous. I hope they find a healthy place to stay on your new land 🐦 💕
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Great video. I love to see this kind of stuff happening. China has reclaimed thousands of hectares of land from the Gobi Desert. I would love to see the US do the same with some of it's encroaching deserts.
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Great video, but use less sound effects. Keep up the land restoration work!
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Ive been daydreaming about an agave farm... And this made it so much more dreamy. Thanks for sharing your efforts and raising awareness!
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Hi, i have 3 years experience doing the same on Andalucia with 300mm annual rain, I would love to help, the chop for example is very important, a right chop let the vegetation green all year, so the fotosintesis dont stop.
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It's awesome to see you compile the knowledge you've gathered (and shared) from all over the world, and are now documenting as you apply it in real life to a real project! AWESOME!
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This seems to be doing it right. Working to undo the bad mistakes made by past humans to restore the natural plant- and wildlife that belongs in this environment.
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It's a stunning natural desert, teeming with life. It's not a barren, worthless wasteland. Have some respect for the amazing landscape that surrounds you and remember that the desert always wins.
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Very cool project, I'm looking forward to part 2.
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The Tucson Swales are an excellent example of what can be done with swales alone.
