Restoring Rangelands with Keyline Design Handout

Restoring Rangelands with Keyline Design Handout
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Restoring Rangelands in Northern New Mexico with Keyline Design CART Case Study Handout

The owners of C-B Ranch and Esquibel Ranch are implementing keyline design, a land management practice that uses the natural ridges and contours of a property’s topography to slow, spread, and sink rainwater to restore vegetation and soil organic matter. The ranches are sharing the equipment and knowledge necessary to implement keyline design, including the specialized plows to dig swales (trenches) to manipulate the flow of water throughout their ranches.

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/nature-based-solutions-restoring-rangelands-keyline-design

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