Arid Land Restoration
Saturday, June 14 10-4
Learn to read the unique landscape of the arid Southwest!
With some attention to wild plant indicators and the deposit patterns of soil and organic material, you can determine the storm water flow areas that nourish the land, the ones that dehydrate it and those that create erosion.
We will tour the ecological restoration projects on Ampersand’s site, discuss the reasons for each design, and observe success rates.
Learn to think like a watershed! We will get hands on experience constructing grade control rock structures that help calm the flood waters as they pass through the landscape. This way we can harvest these strong flood waters rather than watching the land wash away.
We will tour Ampersand’s largest and most important land restoration project on site. This is adjacent to an old mining railroad bed. More on this class.
Register by sending us an email to amanda@ampersandproject.org
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