Participants at the April 2012 Erosion Workshop
I have been so busy gathering cattle that I completely overlooked writing about our April 20, 22, and 23 Erosion Control Workshop. I sure don’t want to forget the workshop! These workshops funded by Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission have been doing an incredible job on the Double Circle Ranch. The structures built by volunteers under the tutelage of Craig Sponholtz of Dryland Solutions, Inc. are slowing erosion by slowing runoff and water flow. So we reduce sediment into Eagle Creek, protect wildlife dependent on the water, promote forage growth, and save valuable top soil. We have over 120 erosion control structures now thanks to many hours of volunteer labor.
Craig is an excellent instructor. Everyone learns a lot. But it is the people who come here as volunteers who really make the big difference. We always make new friends and get to welcome old friends back at these workshops. And we have a lot of fun in the process. Plus thanks to Ed and Edie we eat like kings – no one goes hungry for sure. Also, a great big thanks to the AWPF Commission for their foresight and assistance and double thanks to all the folks who work so hard here to preserve the land and water. You can’t find better people anywhere.
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