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Squaring the circle
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Long term project/short term finance
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Implies
- Concept designs Los Alamitos
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Agostin/Marisol/Abuela consults
- Feasibility study
- Supply system design and feasibility studies
- One-rock dam building
- Pruning (swales/sytnropic/access)
- Clean-up
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Training local team (permanent resource)
- with Drylands Institute + iCAAFS (ERC)
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Learning visit to Via Oranica
- Collected agave/mesquite silage for cows to try - they like it!
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Join Billion Agave Project
- Concept - import first 3 years
- Develop home grown replacement during that time
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Applies to
- Silage
- Biochar
- Seeds and plants
- Other biofabrica products
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Delivery of vetiver grass
- arrangements for propagation made
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Multiple survey days
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mapping of order 1, 2 and 3 streams (arroyos)
- combo GIS + field recording system
- design of drone mission
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learning M & E protocols
- soils especially
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Los Alamitos Design speculations
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order 3 arroyos as primary access for ag spaces - edges for planting
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stable soil borders
- agave/mesquite
- "chinampas" in flow paths
- pruning for 'polish swales', headroom, ATV access
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dam back-up in river
- repeat at site-heads of order 3 arroyos?
- estimate volume of water entrained
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Next steps
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Ground truthing Los Alamamitos
- Order 3,2,1 arroyos
- Send data to Melissa
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Jesus Mishael visit (AJ)
- Have Melissa map according to latest specs
- AJL comes back end of Feb for March 2025 and some of April - Alessa March/April
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Quantify silage needs (agave varities)
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Survey growing spots with AJ
- Check options with Agustin & Maricella
- location profiles
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Locate plant supply
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Surplus pencas?
- Alessa?
- Grow in off-ranch, more favorable locations?
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AJ
- December course (rock dams with Agustin?)
- Engage UA students in M & E practices
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Trainings
- Complete Syntropic
- Open Biochar
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Share Living Energy Farm compound thinking
- Los Alamitos housing cluster
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AJL
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Reform motor group
- done
- Add CoP members
- Report to CoP
- Silage course with Via Organica
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Labor & housing issues R. Alamitos and others
- Brigadistas? Van-Lifers? Migrants?
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ReSiMar integration efforts
- Meeting & commitment to enagage
- Small-water cycle restoration
- Commision Drylands article with Esperanza
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Ecotourism interests
- Clean-up R. Alamitos
- Plan facilities
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Access routes
- Hikes
- Functional paths
- Interpretation signage
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Van-lifers?
- Hook-us
- Lost Spaces annual event
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Los Alamitos November 24 charette
- Prepare Syntopic Ag design for hortlisa
- Pares attends
- Jesus Mishael attends