[Sdpg] NEW BOOK the Water Do the Work Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier Island Press

Tue Dec 14 07:48:47 PST 2010

hi everyone
   with the flooding that happened to rearrange the landscape of 
berms, pond, gardens  and gabions at Quailsprings  Learning Center 
and Permaculture Farm www.quailsprins.org  in the floods Oct 3 and 4 
see details at the bottom.

It is important as Permaculture designers that we understand how to 
work in riparian restoration by "thinking like a creek" there is so 
much to learn from the designs that failed and the ones that worked 
at Quailsprings

Thank you Owen Hablutzel Holistic Maganagement and Keyline Consultant 
for passing this information on to me. Owen has taken courses with 
Bill Zeedyk in Arizona and New Mexico who was a student of
Dr. David Rosgen of Wildland Hydrology http://www.wildlandhydrology.com/

Here is a book that will help to expand your knowledge of working in 
Landscapes of the Southwest and around the world
wes
ps look at the website of WILDLAND HYDROLOGY too

Let the Water Do the Work
Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier
http://www.islandpress.org/bookstore/detailsyy27.htm

Published: 06/06/2009
Publisher: Island Press/
Quivira Coalition

ISBN: 9780970826435
Paperback: $50.00

  Let the Water Do the Work is an important contribution to riparian 
restoration. By `thinking like a creek,' one can harness the 
regenerative power of floods to reshape stream banks and rebuild 
floodplains along gullied stream channels. Induced Meandering is an 
artful blend of the natural sciences-geomorphology, hydrology and 
ecology-which govern channel forming processes. Induced

Meandering directly challenges the dominant paradigm of river and 
creek stabilization by promoting the intentional erosion of selected 
banks while fostering deposition of eroded materials on an evolving 
floodplain. The river self-heals as the growth of native riparian 
vegetation accelerates the meandering process. Anyone with an 
interest in natural resource management in these uncertain times 
should read this book and put these ideas to work. Let's go with the 
flow!

Biographies

Bill Zeedyk, innovator of the Induced Meandering concept and 
principal author of this book, brings a lifetime of experience in 
natural resource conservation to the practice of river, wetland and 
riparian restoration. Upon retiring from the U.S. Forest Service with 
thirty-four years experience in habitat management, Bill founded a 
small consulting business with the mission of motivating others by 
developing and advancing simple techniques for healing incised 
streams and gullied wetlands. He has prepared training materials and 
conducted numerous hands-on workshops involving professionals, 
laymen, and volunteers alike. His methods have been adopted by 
federal, state, and tribal agencies, landowners and conservation 
organizations, and acclaimed by teachers, scientists, and 
practitioners in the field.

Van Clothier, is involved in stream, wetland, and water harvesting 
projects all over New Mexico and Southeast Arizona. He has a degree 
in physics from the University of California and is a student of Dr. 
David Rosgen. Van has been an apprentice of Bill Zeedyk since 2003 
and his company, Stream Dynamics, Inc., provides consultation and 
on-the-ground work for water harvesting earthworks, stream and arroyo 
improvement, erosion control, and road maintenance.

WILDLAND HYDROLOGY

  Dr. David Rosgen website a wealth of information for Permaculture 
Designers who want to understanding water hydrology

http://www.wildlandhydrology.com/

Reference Materials
Wildland Hydrology now offers reference materials for students and site users.

News

Flood Recovery Begins at Quail Springs

http://www.quailsprings.org/news
October 10, 2010
Hello Dear Friends of Quail Springs,
The waters have settled and the clay deposits are beginning to crack 
in the sun as the land at Quail Springs begins to rest from last 
weeks unprecedented flooding event. Since the mountains of water came 
to reshape the land and our lives, our spirits have been lovingly 
buoyed by the tremendous outpouring of kind words, offers of 
assistance, donations, general encouragement and appreciation from 
hundreds of people locally and around the globe. We've been reminded 
again and again that our work touches many people, in many places, 
and in many ways.

Check out this short video (no audio) taken during the flood by Nick 
Peihl, who was here for a plastering workshop. Take a look at the 
water in the middle of the canyon up toward the springs - it is 
nearly 15 feet deep in the center and over 100 feet wide. Down canyon 
across from our main community area, the waters gathered to nearly 
800 feet across.

This past week has been filled with long days troubleshooting, 
designing and fixing plumbing, sanitation, phone, roads, and water 
storage, repairing our badly damaged well, and scavenging down canyon 
for the many things that floated away...
Please help with flood recovery and rebuilding by contributing a tax 
deductible donation via Donate Now. Thank you! All gifts, small and 
large, add up to rebuilding and planting for resiliency.
Read more...

Quail Springs Sustains Major Flooding

October 3, 2010
Hello Friends of Quail Springs,
We wanted to share with all of you that we've just come through two 
days of major flooding that have altered the face of Quail Springs. 
First of all, we are SO GRATEFUL THAT NO PEOPLE OR FARM ANIMALS WERE 
HURT. This is a huge blessing for which we are all thankful.

Beginning on Friday, October 1st, we had a storm that dropped a 
little over 2" of rain in about an hour that caused extreme channel 
flooding that ripped out our lower gabion, silted up our larger 
swales and caused damage to about 10% of the garden. We wish that 
this was the extent of the damage yet mother nature had another story 
to share with us.

On Saturday, October 2nd, at about 12:30pm, a second and much more 
ominous thunder storm descended on our valley down from Iwihinmu (Mt. 
Pinos) beginning with a huge hail storm followed by torrential rains 
and heavy winds. The lighting and thunder stood right over us for 
what seemed like a lifetime yet was just a few minutes. In just a 
half an hour, over 3 inches of rain fell directly on Quail Springs 
and much more in the canyons that feed the main canyon. Little rivers 
began to flow down the secondary and tertiary canyons, and then it 
happened.
A wall of water we could have never imagined in our wildest dreams 
and ruminations made its own thunder as it careened down the canyon. 
This wall of water tore at trees, ripped out our largest gabions and 
breached the walls of our incised stream and created a rushing river 
that spanned at some points over 1,000 feet across the canyon. It was 
a sight to behold and an event that made your heart nearly stand 
still.
Nothing could stand up to this deluge...
Read more...

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.permaculture-guilds.org/pipermail/san-diego-permaculture/attachments/20101214/5c5ed467/attachment.html>