This Field Day will take place in Pueblo Cañon Park, one of many greenbelts in the community of Eldorado, just South of Santa Fe. Concentrated stormwater runoff from a residential road and culvert has created a small arroyo which is eroding a public hiking trail. Luckily, this kind of erosion can be effectively addressed using low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques to induce meandering and mimic natural features that restore ecosystem functions.
At this workshop, you will learn hands-on how to build four different erosion control structures with natural materials (rocks, soil and plants):
- A Media Luna to stop a headcut at the beginning of what has become an incised channel;
- One-rock dams to collect sediment within the channel itself;
- A rock run-down to slow the water flow in a side tributary;
- Baffles to protect the trail.
A delicious local lunch will be provided. Come get to know your neighbors and learn simple restoration techniques that can be easily applied to any roadside stormwater challenge or places where culverts are causing erosion.
This Field Day is offered by NM Healthy Soil Working Group in collaboration with Rio Grande Return and the Eldorado Community Improvement Association.