Can a Riparian Restoration Project Succeed in Colorado Desert Country? A community is trying in Meeker, Colorado
Miracle in the Desert Partners: BLM, The Nature Conservancy, RiversEdge, Audubon, American Rivers…and private landowners and ranchers
Join the White River Alliance for a FREE two day hands on workshop highlighting practical riparian restoration methods and stewardship from a rancher’s point of view.
October 1 - 2, 2023 Sunday workshop location:
Meeker Firehouse
Monday workshop location:
Blair Homestead
9am-5pm
8am-4pm
240 7th Street, Meeker, CO
Before treatment, 2022
48271 Hwy 64, Meeker, CO
To Register: Click the following link or QR Code: https://forms.gle/jwNXtr7GjWjMQiwZ6 Call or Text: 970-846-9834 Email: white.river.records.llc@gmail.com In cooperation with:
After treatment, 2023
First beavers were removed in the 18th century from the West
Followed by years of overgrazing by sheep and cattle
Without the soil cover and riparian, erosion happened lowering the water table
Lower water table: Changed the ecosystem to sage and greasewood
Hydrologists look for suitable sites for BDA’s to SLOW the water and begin to redeposit the sediment
Experts in hydrology, grazing, and Bio-Logic Engineers
Identify sites and explain techniques to make livestock part of the solution
Slowing the water expands the water table providing more riparian habitat and water storage
BDA’s for perennial streams
One rock dams for temporary stream flows
Next steps: Use Youth Corps and Grants to expand the reaches
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