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Land restoration, which may include renaturalisation or rewilding, is the process of restoring land to a different or previous state with an intended purpose. That purpose can be a variety of things such as what follows: being safe for humans, plants, and animals; stabilizing ecological communities; cleaning up pollution; creating novel ecosystems; [1] or restoring the land to a historical ...
Backyard prairie restoration can enrich soil, combat erosion, and absorb water in excessive rainfalls. [25] An example of a backyard prairie restoration is known as a micro-prairie. [26] Micro-prairies are mini prairie habitats that typically consist of less than one acre, usually isolated and surrounded by developed or urban land. [26]
The preserve was created in 1969 by restaurant chain executive J. David Bamberger. [1]Bamberger specifically sought out a worn-out ranch with poor economic prospects and when he found Selah, “The ranch was mostly bare ground or infested with cedar (Juniperus ashei).
The restoration project blends Western science with traditional ecological knowledge — the relationships between all living things and the land, knowledge which Indigenous peoples have ...
Mine reclamation is the process of modifying land that has been mined to restore it to an ecologically functional or economically usable state. Although the process of mine reclamation occurs once mining is complete, the planning of mine reclamation activities may occur prior to a mine being permitted or started. [1]
PHOTO: A U.S. Border Patrol agent discussing the lay of the land along the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, as part of the federal call-up to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Sgt. Mark Otte/Texas ...
Land rehabilitation as a part of environmental remediation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process (industry, natural disasters, etc.) has resulted in its damage. Many projects and developments will result in the land becoming degraded, for example mining, farming and forestry ...
Revegetation is the process of replanting and rebuilding the soil of disturbed land. This may be a natural process produced by plant colonization and succession , manmade rewilding projects, accelerated process designed to repair damage to a landscape due to wildfire , mining , flood , or other cause.