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Erosion Control Workshop

In October, 2007 the Redington NRCD and Redington Conservation Education Center held an two day erosion control workshop in the District. The workshop was  supported by the NRCS, Coronado RC&D, AZ Department of Water Quality and the Cascabel Community Center. 

Bill Zeedyk led the workshop. One of his topics and areas of expertise is building and maintaining unpaved rural roads so that they may drain effectively, harvest water in appropriate places, and decrease soil erosion and water pollution. Included in his educational materials and workshops is the information to learn strategies, techniques, and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners, land managers and maintenance personnel when maintaining roads that alter water movement across the land. Managing a road properly also depends upon recognizing topography, soils, precipitation patterns, and hydrology of the landscape. Following drainage patterns in order to understand the effects the road may be having on soil and water conservation is important. Drainage can be affected by grade, width, cross section, and the presence of berms. 

Within the Redington NRCD boundaries we have numerous low standard rural roads with poor drainage that contribute to natural resource problems. This in fact was voiced as a high priority issue for the Conservation District through our community outreach efforts involved with the Lower San Pedro River Watershed Assessment. Workshop. The workshop focused on Cascabel Road the first day and a rural “ranch” road the second day. A portion of the workshop was classroom instruction, but the majority of the time was spent in the field with a road maintenance/construction demonstration.

County employees were invited to the first day and  one portion of the project involved creating a rolling dip on a section of the County Road. The second day was focused on small, rural roads and was well attended by community members.  Individuals interested in this topic are strongly encouraged to obtain a copy of Bill Zeedyk's book: Water Harvesting from Low-Standard Rural Roads (2006) is available from the Quivira Coalition.

Redington Natural Resource Conservation District  P.O. Box 232  Pomerene, Arizona 85627

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