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#restoration

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Jon Sullivan

Here are four wetland birds I've photographed on my bike commute to work this week, between Ōtautahi-Chirstchurch and Lincoln, New Zealand. Together they're a testament to how much wetland bird life has been returning to the wider city, as the city has been restoring native wetland habitats.

I've been counting birds on my bike commute to Lincoln since 2003. While I saw pied oystercatchers in 2003, the first ever pied stilt I counted wasn't until August 2017, the first grey teal I counted was in July 2019, and the first coot I counted was in June 2024.

Bring back the wetlands and the birds return.

Poaka · Australian Pied stilt: inaturalist.nz/observations/30

Tete · Grey teal: inaturalist.nz/observations/30

Tōrea · South Island Pied Oystercatcher: inaturalist.nz/observations/30

Australasian Coot: inaturalist.nz/observations/30

#birds#nz#wetland
Colin Purrington

Ceiling fresco (c. 1353) by Matteo Giovanetti in the Audience Chamber at the Palace of the Popes, Avignon, France. It looks bright and undamaged but that's because there's been extensive restoration. I found a 1911 book titled, "The Story of Avignon," with some backstory. Apparently some of the Corsican troops stationed in the building in 1816 had taken to removing the heads of the prophets with special tools that could cut small sections out of the plaster. Among other indignities, I'm sure. #avignon #pope #art #churches #restoration #painting #france #history #prophets #medieval #travel

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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Since I had the wire brush on the angle grinder for something else, I gave that little axe a preliminary cleanup and sharpen.

It's nice. Same manufacturer stamp as the big one. Some Soviet stuff, but decent quality and well balanced.

Needs a new handle, despite looking alright it's rotting inside the head.

Hung it on the wall under its bigger brother for now, along with some other finds.

#Homestead#Axe#Restoration
DoomsdaysCW

Farmworkers Heal Climate-Scarred Land With #NativeSeeds

At #California’s #HedgerowFarms, specialists produce seeds to #revegetate burned areas, reestablish #wetlands, and transform drought-prone #farmland

By Caleb Hampton

July 7, 2025

"Quiroz and Gómez are seed-cleaning specialists and field workers at Hedgerow Farms, a native seed farm near the #CentralValley town of #WintersCA. Hedgerow’s collectors gather seeds from native plants in the wild, and field workers grow them out at the 300-acre farm to produce more seeds. This spring, neat rows of #mugwort, #PurpleNeedlegrass, and #CaliforniaPoppies sprouted in the midst of neighboring almond orchards, tomatoes, and alfalfa.

"Government agencies, tribes, and other land managers use the seeds to revegetate #FireRavagedAreas, transform #AbandonedFarmland, reestablish wetlands, and repair other damaged or altered lands, creating environments that support local #ecosystems and #biodiversity.

" 'We’re doing something for the planet,' Quiroz said in Spanish.

"Recreational areas have benefited too: Hedgerow Farms’ #SilverbushLupine grows in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and its #NativeGrasses can be found in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area outside Sacramento. The farm also supplies native seeds to seed packet retailers, helping sow #DroughtResistant plants and establish #pollinator habitat in #urban environments.

"Some projects, such as the ongoing restoration of the #KlamathRiverBasin in Oregon and California, involve billions of seeds — from various suppliers, including Hedgerow — spread across thousands of acres. 'Native vegetation is the foundation of a healthy #ecosystem,' the #YurokTribe said in a social media post showing #wildflowers blooming this spring in the scar of a former reservoir.

"After four dams were removed from the #KlamathRiver, the tribe began #revegetating the riverbanks last year, planting species such as #milkweed — a key food source for #MonarchButterflies — that once flourished in the watershed."

Read more:
civileats.com/2025/07/07/farmw

Civil Eats · Farmworkers Heal Climate-Scarred Land With Native SeedsAt California’s Hedgerow Farms, specialists produce seeds to revegetate burned areas, reestablish wetlands, and transform drought-prone farmland.
#SolarPunkSunday#FoodSecurity#RegenerativeAgriculture
Mongabay

Ecuador’s Antisana páramo, southeast of Quito, was degraded for centuries by cattle ranches.

In 2010, the Quito Water Conservation Fund and the Quito’s water utility secured funding to buy one of the most heavily impacted properties.

Once non-native livestock were removed and restoration began, native vegetation, wetlands and species like deer, rabbits and foxes returned.

by Ana Cristina Alvarado
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/rest

Mongabay Environmental News · Restoration brings back fresh water, wildlife to degraded páramos in EcuadorWhen the sheep were removed, the páramo — high-altitude ecosystems in the Andes — started to heal. Without their waste, water quality improved. Without their hooves compacting the soil, plants began to grow again. Before long, shy white-tailed deer arrived, drawn by the grasses and shrubs for food and shelter. Not long after, pumas reappeared. […]
#news#restoration#conservation
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