Suggested by
Susan Outwater in
ÒWATER Ð A Natural
HistoryÓ of US 1600 to 1995 or so.
Bring back the Buffalo to us plains & prair-ies & green
meadow to graze on, even in snowy winters where cows wonÕt survive. Millions of Buffalos did co-exist with
prairie dogs & antelope in sustainable US midwest bioregions until killed
off for furs & tungs, more than meat & bones left to rot in 1800s buy
pioneers. Now 1000s of US buffalo
are raised & crazing on us lands, some restoring natural wild herds &
some for meat & fur sold in special markets.
Rebirthing
the healthy US grasslands
of midwest to catch & hold rainwater in ground where prairie dogs, large
birds & antelope can co-exist with Buffalo grazing on integrated native
bioregion absorbing rain into ground- waters now being polluted by cattle &
farming craving waters being pumped up
irrigating grain crops in windy lands, & draining Aqui-fer falling
with large river levels, killing of aquacultures, also being poisoned &
killed by toxic run-off from petro-chem farming with fertilizers, pesti&
herbicides & cattle poop.
Beaver
Restoring Ð native habitats of healthy waterways
they engineer into vital wetlands
for biulding soil & supported aquaculture & reptiles, fish & land
animals needing water purified by whole ecosystem circulating rain waters.
Reversing
man-made ecospasms from channelizing river meanders &
wetlands & riparian zones damaged by cattle, develop-ments, pollution,
bridges, dams, over-fishing & mass shipping on rivers.
Stop cattle
grazing on riparian shorelands
ecozones of waterways that ruins their
vital water cleaning, fish spawning & mineralizing functions for healthy
fish & aquaculture thriving in balance in the whole watershed.
Reforesting
clear-cut (total
logging) burned out & over thinned forests with diverse ative species to
regain healthy forest ecozones for multiple varieties, mixed young & old
growth canopies, so native animals, mushrooms, birds, fish, insects &
reptiles live & grow in harmony with the circulating watershed & composting
biomass into soil building for seasonal water holding & purifying thru the
watershed cycling thru whole wilderness & down valley & farmlands.
Prohibit most
logging on steep terrain,
over cut, eroded & grazed lands, to prevent erosion, flooding &
landslides into watershed damaging the aquaculture
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Defining Ecological
dimensions of healthy
bioregions habitats promoting fertile organic soil base in microclimates so
native plants, worms, fungus & mushrooms will grow heal-thy lifecycles in
ecozones holding, mineral-izing & purifying water sustaining multiple
species balancing in food webs naturally attracted to living in supportive
ecozones providing healthy needs of raw elements: air, sunshine, water, food,
seeds & soil for trees for multi purposes with eternally regenerating
renewable resources & living varieties from microbes to old growth canopy trees
of wildlife habitats of big mammals & migrating species in seasons cycles,
where humans can be, enjoy, live, hunt, camp, celebrate, forage & learn how
native species all live & work together cooperating & codepending on
each other with instinctual needs nurturing families & guilds of plants
cohabitating in maxi-growing patterns local animals can harvest sharing the abundance
freely in our families & nearby communities all respecting Nature! MS