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🆓 Free milkweeds for our friends with habitat restoration projects 🌿 Great pollinator habitat includes native milkweeds. Milkweed is the host plant for the monarch butterfly and a nectar source for many other insects. Invite monarchs to your habitat, large or small, with milkweeds from Monarch Watch. Monarch Watch is once again distributing free milkweeds for planting in large-scale habitat restoration projects for Spring 2024. Since this program began in 2015, 840,000 milkweeds have been planted in restored habitat throughout much of the monarch breeding range. To qualify, applicants must have a minimum of two acres (one acre or less in California) to restore to natural, native habitat, and have a management plan in place. Those awarded free milkweeds need only pay shipping/handling, which is modest compared to the value of the plants. For more information and to apply, please visit: Monarch Watch Free Milkweed for Restoration. #Monarch #RegenerativeFarming #Conservation #StateParks #Highways #MonarchJointVenture

🌾 Preserving Our Agricultural Heritage in Sumner County 🌾 As a graduate with a Bachelor's in Agriculture, I'm passionate about maintaining Sumner County's agricultural integrity. Growing up in this community, I value the balance between suburban amenities and preserving our open land and rural charm. This is an area where I differ from many in the real estate industry. While I support local builders and believe in responsible new construction, I stand firmly against overdevelopment without restrictions. Personal Example: One of my most nostalgic roads is Long Hollow Pike. I drove it every day in high school, and it’s the road that has connected me to almost every local horse barn I've ever loved and ridden at. I don't want that beautiful main country road to end up needing to expand prematurely due to more and more subdivisions popping up. Sure, there are already some subdivisions on Long Hollow Pike, and they’re great, but they’re also spread out. I don’t want to see horse farms and cattle operations being encroached upon by developers. It's also a hazard for the animals, but that's a whole other Ted Talk. Earlier this year, a colleague told me, "More development means more opportunity for you to make money." This made my blood boil!! News Flash: I don’t just sell "houses"; I sell "communities." Our balance of suburban amenities and rural charm is what makes Sumner County special. We need responsible development that respects our agricultural roots. Why Attend the Public Hearing? Resolution 2024-01 proposes a Rural Preservation (RP) zoning district for Sumner County, allowing ONE dwelling per FIVE acres. This is crucial for protecting our agricultural areas. 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 21 | 5:00PM 📍 Location: Sumner County Admin. Bldg. Bethel Brown Commission Chambers 355 N. Belvedere Dr, Gallatin Let's support this resolution to keep our agricultural heritage intact. Your voice matters! 📢 Share this post and contact your local representatives to support Resolution 2024-01. 🌾 Preserving our agricultural lands is my mission. Let’s protect our heritage for future generations. #sumnercounty #responsibledevelopment #agriculture #ruralpreservation #communityfirst #sustainablegrowth #keepitrural #AgCommunity

A GLIMPSE INTO THE HIGHLAND PAST Those of us who are interested in the history of the Parish of Assynt, located on the west coast of Sutherland, are fortunate in that the whole parish was surveyed in 1774, for the vast Sutherland Estates of which it was then part. The main task, undertaken with remarkable accuracy, (given the complex and rough terrain), was to map what were then called 'farms' , the individual agricultural communities, but the occasional drawings are also of considerable interest. This one, (reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Scotland), gives us an insight into the wood-pastures which adjoined many of the 'farms'. It took the sharp eyes of Scotland's own 'woodland guru', Peter Quelch, to note that the 'big thing' on the left of the picture is not, as I had often thought, a rock, but the remains, still alive and sprouting, of a huge old tree. Assynt still has big old trees, but nothing on this scale; I would assume from those that remain, that this would have been an oak............but of what age?! And the presumed birches on the right also show features of interest. They have been subject to 'shredding', the practice, (now rarely seen, even in Europe) of removing many of the side branches, here leaving a good top growth. These side branches may have been harvested when in early leaf, and used as fodder, especially during the 'hungry gap'. It is interesting that they also show good growth from the base; this means that even if it was decided at some stage to harvest the main trunk, the tree would still live and regrow as a coppice. That there is regrowth on this scale indicates that the grazing of the cows, sheep and goats was definitely controlled; the animals would have a few bites and then be moved on. Again we get the opportunity to see the sustainable practices of those who lived, for centuries, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland; there is still a lot of woodland in Assynt. And there is NO evidence for the "centuries of overgrazing" which is constantly repeated by those who are too lazy to find out why other large areas of the Highlands do not have such woodland......................

𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺: 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻. 🐎 For over two years, we have been privileged to work on the Wild Hamatethy project with its landowners Yan & Camilla. Like all of our projects, it has been the teamwork between landowner and RESTORE that has started to deliver some amazing results, with each partner strengthening the other. At the start of our engagement, Yan & Camilla were already light years ahead of many UK landowners. They had switched upland sheep for cattle on their land, was beginning to realise better profits, and had already reintroduced beavers to an area of the farm. The Hamatethy beaver ponds are now amongst the most gloriously chaotic and abundant micro-habitats in Cornwall: visited regularly by otters and kingfishers and home to a thriving abundance of amphibians. RESTORE are a value-add company, not one-band heroes. With some areas of Yan & Camiila’s land already coming into great ecological shape, we began to deal with other areas of ecological emptiness that the farm had inherited. We identified that the simplified pasture needed serious work; the damage of ivermectins was still apparent in suppressed dung beetle populations, and the land needed a complex programme of establishing trees and scrub, together with putting dominant grasses on the back foot. So – it was time for porcine intervention. In the past year at Hamatethy, we have seen cuckoos and spotted flycatchers making use of the new tree-banks established on site; increases in orchids and other wildflowers in areas rootled by pigs, and immense densities of dung-beetles following in the wake of the Exmoor ponies brought to site. Restoring upland pastures, denuded over centuries, can be a painstaking process, but Hamatethy also shows the speed and resilience at which nature can recover. #restorenature #cornwall #organicfarming #rewilding #naturerestoration #generationrestoration #nature #environment #regenerativefarming

And so we opened our Eco-Summer-Club today. Our studies were in three parts. First, what do we mean by "Reading the land"? Second, a brief history of farming, looking at field-shape as an indicator, and then using maps to look at the way different areas of our own BioRegion are divided into fields. Finally, we took a dive into map reading with a Bushcraft expert, and then did some practical work in reading maps, and identifying hills, valleys, ridges, saddles, spurs, draws and cliffs. Part of our learning about farming was about the wildwood that covered Britain after the ice age, and then the development of coppicing during the neolithic. As such, we were looking at the difference between cutting the forest down (land clearing for early agriculture) and coppicing for producing wood suitable to homesteading and as fuel. We then walked onto the land around our Community class and could see the expert coppicing of the wood. Although from "outside" it looks natural, the children quickly realised how "human-made" this wood is. Other indications from reading the land were the presence of Ash trees with some almost horizontal boughs. These clearly developed long before the more recent trees that had been planted in the forest. By looking at the terrain, considering the morphology of specific trees, the presence of coppice, the children could see already some of the human influences on this piece of land. Tomorrow we delve into the ancient history of Britian, 450 million years ago, and then look in depth at three regions – coastal Somerset, Wiltshire clays and the Marlborough Chalk Downs. Three regions, three geologies, all linked within one watershed. If you are local to this area there are still places available, each Tuesday and Wednesday – 30/31st July; and 6/7th, 13/14th, 20/21st July. If you have children between 10 and 14 in the Wiltshire area, this is an amazing opportunity to develop their awareness and learning about their BioRegion. https://lnkd.in/ecYTuqaT #HomeEd #EcoSummerSchool #Lacock #Wiltshire #BioRegions #BristolAvonBioRegion

🌱 Dreaming of homesteading or building your dream home amidst nature? Understanding zoning regulations is key to turning those dreams into reality. Our latest blog, "Zoning 101: Understanding Its Role in Land Use," delves into Oklahoma City's zoning regulations, offering insights into agricultural zoning, land development criteria, and much more. Whether you're planning to cultivate a garden, raise animals, or enjoy a serene life in a green haven, this guide is a must-read. Dive into the essentials of zoning and discover how it shapes land use and development. Read more on the Salt Plains Blog. #Zoning101 #LandUse #OklahomaCity #RealEstate #Homesteading #SaltPlainsBlog

A really neat clip highlighting a chapter out of my #phd, showcasing the process of #acoustic #tagging of #rabbitfish in #Seychelles. The results of this study were one of the first to depict the #connectivity of the #shoemaker #spinefoot between #coralreefs and #seagrass meadows; signifying the need for cross habitat #management. Link to publication👉🏻: https://lnkd.in/dTV8ncj8

We need more prairie & young forest #habitat across the landscape. The #wildlife that depends on that type of vegetation for their survival are declining rapidly. Restoring grasslands is not just for the center of North America. Millions of acres from New England to Florida were once savannas, glades, #prairies & other wide open spaces. https://ed.gr/d7z5g

We need more prairie & young forest #habitat across the landscape. The #wildlife that depends on that type of vegetation for their survival are declining rapidly. Restoring grasslands is not just for the center of North America. Millions of acres from New England to Florida were once savannas, glades, #prairies & other wide open spaces. https://ed.gr/d7z5g

Profitable Prairies are Critical to their Conservation. Do you have ideas on how that can be the norm instead of the exception? #milkweedmaverick #monarchflyway #milkweed #monarchs #biodiversity #soilhealth #waterquality #consetvation #restorationdecade #generationrestoration