JUNIPER REMOVAL RESULTS (3 Years Later) - There is a large 1 square mile State Land Trust parcel down the road from me where three years ago AZ Game and Fish slashed nearly all the Junipers that were starving this land of water and biodiversity. They left behind pinyon pines, a few old growth junipers, and slash piles of juniper branches from the trees that were removed. The goal was to see if removing junipers and creating slash piles would help the land begin to heal itself through more biodiversity and more groundwater. The first picture shows what it looks like today, the second picture is what it used to look like. As you can see in the remaining photos, there are many native plants 🌱 sprouting up in these slash piles and the ground appears to be in better shape with more tallgrass taking hold helping to keep this loose soil in place. The proof is in the pudding, removing juniper trees from the Northern AZ landscape and creating slash piles with the branches has a positive benefit for the environment and encourages more biodiversity in plants which helps local wildlife. I’ve seen lots of people say junipers are essential for restoring the land and native species. I have a different opinion - you don’t need junipers, you just need shade to get things germinating. That’s why reducing the amount of juniper trees and their water consumption by cutting them down but still using the biomass to create shade makes the most sense for what I’m accomplishing on my land. I’ll have all of this in tomorrow’s video. Hope you all have a great Saturday!
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JUNIPER REMOVAL RESULTS (3 Years Later) - There is a large 1 square mile State Land Trust parcel down the road from me where three years ago AZ Game and Fish slashed nearly all the Junipers that were starving this land of water and biodiversity. They left behind pinyon pines, a few old growth junipers, and slash piles of juniper branches from the trees that were removed. The goal was to see if removing junipers and creating slash piles would help the land begin to heal itself through more biodiversity and more groundwater. The first picture shows what it looks like today, the second picture is what it used to look like. As you can see in the remaining photos, there are many native plants 🌱 sprouting up in these slash piles and the ground appears to be in better shape with more tallgrass taking hold helping to keep this loose soil in place. The proof is in the pudding, removing juniper trees from the Northern AZ landscape and creating slash piles with the branches has a positive benefit for the environment and encourages more biodiversity in plants which helps local wildlife. I’ve seen lots of people say junipers are essential for restoring the land and native species. I have a different opinion - you don’t need junipers, you just need shade to get things germinating. That’s why reducing the amount of juniper trees and their water consumption by cutting them down but still using the biomass to create shade makes the most sense for what I’m accomplishing on my land. I’ll have all of this in tomorrow’s video. Hope you all have a great Saturday!
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