#YouShouldKnow about Critical Period Cutting, an herbicide-free method of control for invasive species, particularly common buckthorn. Read about it at the following links if you're interested:

- https://fmr.org/updates/conservation/how-and-when-use-critical-period-cutting-method-remove-invasive-buckthorn

- https://fmr.org/updates/conservation/new-tool-our-toolbox-buckthorn-control-critical-period-cutting

Farmworkers Heal Climate-Scarred Land With #NativeSeeds

At #California’s #HedgerowFarms, specialists produce seeds to #revegetate burned areas, reestablish #wetlands, and transform drought-prone #farmland

By Caleb Hampton

July 7, 2025

"Quiroz and Gómez are seed-cleaning specialists and field workers at Hedgerow Farms, a native seed farm near the #CentralValley town of #WintersCA. Hedgerow’s collectors gather seeds from native plants in the wild, and field workers grow them out at the 300-acre farm to produce more seeds. This spring, neat rows of #mugwort, #PurpleNeedlegrass, and #CaliforniaPoppies sprouted in the midst of neighboring almond orchards, tomatoes, and alfalfa.

"Government agencies, tribes, and other land managers use the seeds to revegetate #FireRavagedAreas, transform #AbandonedFarmland, reestablish wetlands, and repair other damaged or altered lands, creating environments that support local #ecosystems and #biodiversity.

" 'We’re doing something for the planet,' Quiroz said in Spanish.

"Recreational areas have benefited too: Hedgerow Farms’ #SilverbushLupine grows in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and its #NativeGrasses can be found in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area outside Sacramento. The farm also supplies native seeds to seed packet retailers, helping sow #DroughtResistant plants and establish #pollinator habitat in #urban environments.

"Some projects, such as the ongoing restoration of the #KlamathRiverBasin in Oregon and California, involve billions of seeds — from various suppliers, including Hedgerow — spread across thousands of acres. 'Native vegetation is the foundation of a healthy #ecosystem,' the #YurokTribe said in a social media post showing #wildflowers blooming this spring in the scar of a former reservoir.

"After four dams were removed from the #KlamathRiver, the tribe began #revegetating the riverbanks last year, planting species such as #milkweed — a key food source for #MonarchButterflies — that once flourished in the watershed."

Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/07/07/farmworkers-heal-climate-scarred-land-with-native-seeds/

This weekend is the last chance to say goodbye to our local West Montrose Covered Bridge ("Kissing Bridge"). The historic 145 year old span of the Grand River is the last remaining original one in #Ontario. It will be replaced over the next 2 years by a rebuilt covered bridge, with hopefully many of the original elements reused.
#history #restoration #Waterloo #Woolwich

Ecuador’s Antisana páramo, southeast of Quito, was degraded for centuries by cattle ranches.

In 2010, the Quito Water Conservation Fund and the Quito’s water utility secured funding to buy one of the most heavily impacted properties.

Once non-native livestock were removed and restoration began, native vegetation, wetlands and species like deer, rabbits and foxes returned.

by Ana Cristina Alvarado
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/restoration-brings-back-fresh-water-wildlife-to-degraded-paramos-in-ecuador/

Restoration brings back fresh water, wildlife to degraded páramos in Ecuador https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/restoration-brings-back-fresh-water-wildlife-to-degraded-paramos-in-ecuador/

Four classic FAL disco light boxes dismantled, ready for conversion to 4-channel.

I'd like to find some sort of modern replacement for Tollex cab covering though - the black one. All the options I'm finding are stupidly expensive. Reckon I'll need maybe 1.5m x 5m to cover these. Any ideas please Fedi?

If you'd like to find out more about our 1951 Lanchester LD10, there's a playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXyFRjxdjpzizTuBAadVue-f01FsgbRzU

Retoots, subscribes, comments, likes... please! I'd really like the channel to get to a size I actually get paid for this gig and can bring you more.

Hmm, I wonder if I have a cigar box I can put all my e-bike electronics into and which I could mount on the bicycle. #ebike #restoration #biketooter

Awake The Giant Project release update on steam locomotive 92240 http://dlvr.it/TMKjvn #BluebellRailway #BR9FNo92240 #RailNews #Restoration

E-bike reassembly begins. Replaced crank bearings. Applied significant wire brushing to remove terrible paint job from cranks. #ebike #restoration #rebuild #biketooter

Gyaros Island of Exile

#ICRC 13.06.1948 - penitentiary camp nr.4 - Distribution of relief items - project "infrastructural": https://benhuser.com/2025/05/25/gyaros-island-of-exile/

#Greece #Cyclades #Gyaros

#Alumil #Arxellence3 #IdeasCompetition

Archdaily : Lalla Yeddouna Square Revitalization / Mossessian Architecture + Yassir Khalil Studio https://www.archdaily.com/1032472/lalla-yeddouna-square-revitalization-mossessian-architecture-plus-yassir-khalil-studio #CulturalArchitecture #Refurbishment #Restoration #Urbanism

A good use for #OilAndGas tax revenue! Let's make them pay -- one way or another!

#NorthDakota - Southwest #FargoND nature park site moving along, eyeing 2027 phase 1 completion

The Southwest Pond Regional Recreational Area will offer #NatureTrails, restored natural habitat and possibly an urban fishing spot in the future.

By Robin Huebner
August 02, 2025 at 5:30 AM

FARGO — "What will be a new regional recreation area in southwest Fargo is beginning to take shape.

"The Fargo Park District has received a more than $520,000 Outdoor Heritage Fund grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission for its portion of the Southwest Pond Regional Recreational Area.

"The grant program is funded with oil and gas production tax revenue and supports projects related to outdoor sporting, stewardship practices, fish and wildlife preservation and outdoor recreation areas, the district said.

"A partnership between the park district and city of Fargo, the project stretches from 52nd Avenue South to 64th Avenue South between Veterans Boulevard and a farm field off 45th Street.

"Park Director Tony Schmitt said it includes 160 acres of park land to be restored to upland prairie and wetlands, providing habitat for deer, pheasants, ducks and other migratory birds.
Nature trails and concrete trails will weave alongside a sprawling, 40 acre pond."

[...]

"The land will be seeded with native grasses and flowers, Schmitt said. Benches and interpretive signs offering information about the surrounding environment will go up and trails will go in."

Read more:
https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/southwest-fargo-nature-park-site-moving-along-eyeing-2027-phase-1-completion

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ebsYP

"Cultivating Wholeness In A Fractured World: Regenerative Practice As A Path Forward" - with Avery Hardy & Bill Reed from the Regenesis Group:

https://vimeo.com/1090666334/3a5f06c18d

Saved from the wrecking ball, existing homes across LA are relocated onto Altadena lots destroyed by wildfires

@dna

https://archinect.com/news/article/150492753/saved-from-the-wrecking-ball-existing-homes-across-la-are-relocated-onto-altadena-lots-destroyed-by-wildfires

Happy to report that we've passed another important milestone!

Thank you to everyone watching & sharing my work! Now, only 600 more subscribers to go before I giveaway an SNES

Reviving coral beds
Another reason why we need to keep funding scientific research
#Restoration #Conservation #Ecology

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/coral-restoration-after-devasting-deepwater-horizon-spill-shows-promise/