Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on September 8, 2020
Woodland Soils for Pinyon/Juniper Landscapes
August 13, 2020 – September 10, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 4.5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 6 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: Forest Stewards Guild and Ecotone Landscape Planning LLC
Landscape/area: Santa Fe National Forest (1544748 acres)
Short Description of Activity
3 Webinars on the topic – 8/13 – Healthy Woodland Soil -1.5 hrs; 8/27 – Measuring Woodlands for Soil Health – 1.5 hrs; 9/10 – Managing Woodlands for Soil Health – 1.5 hrs.
Reflection/Evaluation
This is an anecdotal webinar on a soil study on a private ranch on Glorieta Mesa – soil health pre, during and post restoration. The presenter from Ecotone is a scientist who has studied soils all over the world. It is a somewhat dry and slow-going but informative set of webinars, and I am learning about what different restoration techniques do to soils. For instance – chaining and massive logging and mastication projects are devastating to any healthy soil ecosytem.