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LTEC structures
- Water quality!!!
- Check dams
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Sand dams
- Stern-2011-Water-Techn.note.pdf
- Evaluate main river storage capacity
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Re-vegetation
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mesquite, vetiver grass, lomboy
- agave, opuntia
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Feed yard as scarified seed source (mesquite)
- add char -> biochar
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Wick & reservoir irrigation
- up from river or
- down from sand dams
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Animal fodder - key to viable economics
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Agave/mesquite silage
- 3 to 4 year stablishment
- Famine strategy now?
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Other silages
- Action research zone
- Tree range poultry/rabbits
- Cattle/sheep/goats
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Biochar & other soil ammendments
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Feedstocks
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Existing stands Arundo Donax
- Off-stream plantations?
- Date palm fronds (eliminate fire-hazard)
- Cacti skeletons
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Composts
- Water Hyacinth infestation
- Mineral supplementation
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Restore ecosystem services
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Small water cycle contributor
- see also EL Centernario development
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Biointegrity
- Action research zone
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Accomodation
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LEF energy systems
- Cluster, common facilities
- Shared capital costs, low maintenance costs
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Construction
- Low mass, sunk, wattle & daub
- Double roof with venturi air flow
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Bioregional nursery
- Natives/endemics
- Safe exotics of value in bulk (ex. vetiver grass)
- Seed collecting and storage