+ Ranch land Regeneration
HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
IN NORTH EAST RIO RICO YOU CAN FIND OUR DESERT REGENERATION PROJECT ON OVER 40+ ACRES OF PASTURE USING A COMBINATION OF EARTHWORK TECHNIQUES TO RETAIN MOISTURE AND PREVENT SOIL EROSION.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA RAINFALL: 12" /year
Geography & Regenerative Grazing
This research project explains the process behind desert ranching.
Animals. Natural Environment. Sustainable Design.
MAY2025 : Met Dusty Curren this morning in Tumacacori and noticed all his unique hand crafted birdhouses, I ended up buying all of them (47).
Earthworks - Front Loader (Swale + Berm)
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
REAL LOCAL BEEF
11 -NATIVE GRASS SPECIES
11 -NATIVE GRASS SPECIES
Arizona Livestock
BRAND REGISTERED
IN 2023
11 -NATIVE GRASS SPECIES
11 -NATIVE GRASS SPECIES
11 -NATIVE GRASS SPECIES
CLASSIFIED 11 NATIVE GRASS SEEDS IN THE CANYON SO FAR
WILDLIFE
11 -NATIVE GRASS SPECIES
15+ CHECK DAMS BUILT
HELPING NATIVE SPECIES FLOURISH WITH WATER SUPPLEMENTATION
(Video Available)
15+ CHECK DAMS BUILT
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
15+ CHECK DAMS BUILT
HAND BUILT CHECK DAMS SLOW WATER ALLOWING WATER TO PERMEATE THUS PREVENTING SOIL EROSION
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS NURSERY PROGRAM.
47-BIRD HOUSE FEED/WATER STATIONS
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
SEED PROPAGATION AND SPECIES DIVERSITY. BOUGHT 47 BIRDHOUSES FROM DUSTY CURRAN LOCAL CRAFTSMAN
RETENTION BASINS
RETENTION BASINS
RETENTION BASINS
SLOW WATER EROSION POTENTIAL
PALO PARADO - PENDLETON SOCIO-EXPERIMENTAL SHOWCASE
JUNE 26, 2024
ONE DAYS WORTH OF TRASH. THE EFFECT OF CONSUMER BASED SOCIETY.
JULY 22, 2025
MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER. SOME PEOPLE PICKED UP THEIR TRASH OTHERS DID NOT.
CHECK DAMS YEAR 1 RESULTS
ONE ROCK CHECK DAM
ADDING TWO BERMS AFTER
ADDING TWO BERMS AFTER
SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE TO SLOW DOWN WATER EROSION.
ADDING TWO BERMS AFTER
ADDING TWO BERMS AFTER
ADDING TWO BERMS AFTER
ADDING BERMS CREATES SMALL POOLING AND MICROCLIMATE & WIND BLOCK.
LARGE CHECK DAM
ADDING TWO BERMS AFTER
LARGE CHECK DAM
LARGER BUT FEWER ROCKS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MANY SMALL ROCKS
NATIVE GRASS SEED IMPLEMENTATION
SOUTH EAST NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS PROGRAM
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS PROGRAM
OVER 30 DIFFERENT GRASS SEEDS INCLUDING CACTUS FOLIAGE, BUSHES, TREES AND SHRUBS.
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS PROGRAM
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS PROGRAM
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS PROGRAM
5 LBS OF SEED SPECIES
INCLUDING
DESERT SALTBUSH
SAGEBRUSH
ENCELIA FARINOSA
JOJOBA
SAND DROPSEED
MOST POPULAR GRASS WE HAVE
FROM PATAGONIA, AZ BORDERLANDS PROGRAM
MOST POPULAR GRASS WE HAVE
MOST COMMON GRASS WE HAVE HERE IN THE CANYON.