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Water Harvesting Earthworks Workshop
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Where: Hacienda Dominguez & Chelenzo Farms in Los Cerrillos, NM
When: August 6, 2022 8:00am - 1:30pm
Join us for a hands-on, experiential Water Harvesting Earthworks Workshop led by Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC’s very own Jan-Willem Jansens. We will be building terraces and other earthworks while learning how to maximize water infiltration and minimize erosion. Please wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, sturdy boots and a hat. Please bring work gloves, a water bottle, sunscreen and sunglasses.
The event will be hosted by Hacienda Dominguez & Chelenzo Farms. It is completely free and lunch will be provided. To register, follow the link:
Restoration Workday
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Where: The Santa Fe Conservation Trust's Conservation Homestead in Galisteo, NM
When: August 27, 2022 8:30am - 3:00pm
Participants will learn restoration techniques and help install simple structures that will kickstart regeneration to reverse land degradation over time —including one rock dams, rock rundowns, juniper weirs, and media lunas. Participants will receive hands-on instruction on the construction of these simple structures. Tools and work gloves will be provided. Please wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, sturdy boots and a hat. Please bring a water bottle, sunscreen and sunglasses. Email melissa@sfct.org to sign up!
Thinking Like Water is a documentary film project that offers a front row seat to Bill Zeedyk and his proteges who are transforming degraded wetlands and drylands into more resilient ecosystems – girding against the ravages of drought and climate change.
As the film nears completion, the production team is seeking donations to support the work and its distribution to a wide audience.
To learn more or contribute, please visit: https://thinkinglikewater.com
Preview: Thinking Like Water
Wildland Urban Fire Summit Presentation:
Achieving Landscape Scale Piñon-Juniper Ecosystem Treatment Efficiency
This four part series addresses what soil really is, what soil health looks like, and how this relates to erosion, sediment accumulation, water conservation in the soil, and getting plants to grow. You will be introduced to the Five Soil Health Principles and learn how to conduct simple terrain measurements and soil observations to evaluate soil health conditions. The series was presented by Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning, with support from Embudo Valley Library & Community Center, New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Soil Health Program, and Quivira Coalition.
Watch the four part series here:
Webinar 1: https://youtu.be/1Pnmt-IhyAg
Webinar 2: https://youtu.be/1H1FsCZ-JxA
Webinar 3: https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=BC6A032fH50
Webinar 4: https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=eka_tKuws6Q
Healthy Soils Webinar Series
This three part series addresses the ecology of PJ ecosystems, both below and above ground, and what interactions take place between the surface and soil ecology. The webinars will identify local soil conditions and how to improve them. You will learn more about indicators of PJ ecosystem health below and above-ground, erosion and sedimentation in PJ ecosystems, how plants are connected through fungal networks, how the soil microbiome accumulates carbon, to what extent the soil system stores water, and the role of fire. The series was presented by Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning and The Forest Stewards Guild, with support from the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Soil Health Program, and Glorieta Freedom Ranch.
Watch the three part series here:
Webinar 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7MBfHrtEw
Webinar 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnounsyDZ8
Webinar 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zArTRmaxI