Week 2 - Watershed Restoration

The good news for denuded watersheds is that Permaculture offers strategies and solutions for revegetating and rehydrated degraded landscapes.  See the video below and the links below that to learn about this topic.

 Watershed Restoration

This video revisits our watershed diagram to discuss how watershed restoration can occur. We look at nature's watershed restorer, the beaver, and how we can fulfill the role of the beaver in slowing, sinking, and spreading the water to rehydrate parched landscapes.

Download Intro to Permaculture The Beaver Watershed Engineer Video Transcript

 

Additional Resources:

The Watershed Wisdom of the Beaver by Toby Hemenway Links to an external site.

 Oregon State University Beaver logo Links to an external site.

Explore Watershed Restoration

Explore watershed restoration projects by clicking on the links below.

 

Sadhana Forest Worldwide Reforestation Projects Links to an external site.

Greater Good Haiti (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.

Nandamojo River Basin, Costa Rica (Links to an external site.)

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: Watersheds Links to an external site.

Global Water Partnership (Links to an external site.)

Lomakatsi, Oregon and northern CA (Links to an external site.)

Salmon Creek Conservation Program, CA (Links to an external site.)

Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative, USA (Links to an external site.)

Basins of Relations: Free Download Links to an external site.

Ecotrust: Whole Watershed Restoration Links to an external site.

Ethiopia's Restoration Commitment  Links to an external site.

Sadhana Forest Video Links to an external site.

Hope in a Changing Climate: John D. Liu Links to an external site.Green Gold: John D. Liu Links to an external site.Forests of Hope: John D. Liu Links to an external site.

 Africa Rising: Soil Management in Ethiopia's Highlands Links to an external site.