Spring Erosion Control Workshop a Success!

The structures built by volunteers under the tutelage of Craig Sponholtz of Dryland Solutions, Inc. are slowing erosion by slowing runoff and water flow. […]

New Openings for Erosion Control Workshop

A Pool on Eagle Creek

We had a few cancellations for our April 20, 21, and 22 erosion control workshop. So email and sign on up. You won’t find a better deal anywhere. You get free instruction from Craig Sponholtz of Dryland Solutions, Inc. This is hands-on training designed to teach you skills you […]

Erosion Control Workshop – April, 2012

We are prepping for our Erosion Control Workshop on April 20-22, 2012 put on by Craig Sponholtz and funded by the Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission. […]

Erosion Control Workshop Date Change

Ranch Scenery Clouds Around Mountain

Craig Sponholtz has had to change the dates for our April 2012 erosion control workshop. It will be April 20, 21, and 22 this spring. Everything else is the same – great erosion control instruction, good conservation work, free (including the food and camping), beautiful worksite, fun people – […]

October, 2011 Erosion Control Workshop a Big Success!

Erosion Control Workshop Group Photo October 2011

October’s erosion control workshop was a big success – again. It is amazing how much 30 sets of hands can accomplish with a good instructor’s guidance. This time we repaired a breached dirt tank by constructing multiple Zuni bowls separated by rock laydowns. Plus we worked on […]

Erosion Control Workshop Update

Erosion Contol Workshop Outdoor Classroom

Hey – we have a few openings still for the October 14, 15, 16 Erosion Control Workshop.

It is a great deal – free instruction by Craig Sponholtz of Dryland Solutions, Inc., free camping and free food. We have a good time and get a lot of useful […]

Erosion Control After the Wallow Fire

We have put in over 120 one rock and other small rock structures designed to slow water so it can infiltrate the soil. […]

Cowgirl Liv Visgirda Our New Volunteer/Intern

Liv Visgirda is here from California to learn more about ranching and sustainable agriculture. She is working on her Masters studying wolf conservation […]

Mexican Gray Wolves and Ranchers

The endangered Mexican Gray Wolf, with only about 40 animals in the wild, used to be an important predator in our area. […]

Writing Grant Applications

Unfortunately, a regular person is hard pressed to decipher a grant application and turn it into regular English. I will read directions several times and come up with different ideas on what they really are asking. […]