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Water - Simple, Yet Complex with Watershed Artisan Craig Sponholtz [REPLAY]

Water - Simple, Yet Complex with Watershed Artisan Craig Sponholtz [REPLAY]

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Water - Simple, Yet Complex with Watershed Artisan Craig Sponholtz [REPLAY]

FromFarm Small Farm Smart Daily

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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
Jul 10, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/46 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. Today's story is one about a unique focus. Someone who has dedicated a whole lot of time on mastering one subject. One subject that is dually quite simple yet extremely complex: water. Today I am talking to watershed restoration expert Craig Sponholtz. Craig has made a career of consulting on water related issues - everything from water harvesting to stream restoration to watershed management. He has worked in drylands and temperate regions and everything in between. Studying techniques from native peoples to the latest in fluid dynamics; simple, yet complex. Water has the ability to transfform landscapes, both for the better and the worse.These changes can take place rapidly when a lot of water shows up in one place. Maybe the landscape is ready for it, maybe it isn't. Regardless that water will leave its mark on the landscape. Craig said it best, 'flowing water has energy to spend and it's going to spend it on something.' "If you take the time to learn what is going on and if you understand the problems and opportunities of a given site you can come up with some really elegant solutions that blend seamlessly into the landscape and they turn out naturally beautiful. And one of the outcomes of that beauty and that process of getting there is that they work really well." Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/46 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
Released:
Jul 10, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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