Fresh Dirt: Scoop #5

Dig into this week’s field-tested conservation crisis solutions.

🔍 Quick Links:

• Field Notes: When funding froze, we mobilized. Meet our field-tested Mobile Conservation Station—turning the West’s toughest landscapes into proof that urgent care works. Next stop: 8 Western communities…Are you on the list? 🛻

• Roots in the Community: David Garcia’s Barrio Restoration transforms South Tucson alleys into food for the hood. Volunteers paint colorful macetas, grow free squash/watermelons, and now reclaim pride in their dirt through #SoilYourChonies science. Join the revolution: Volunteer! Collaborate! 🌵

• Real Dirt: Why dams hold & ditches survive? Soil science + engineering. 🤝 See how drill rigs decode dirt secrets to build bomb-proof structures. Our team’s secret: scientists & engineers sharing geotech cheat codes. 🎮️ 💣️ 

• Seeds of Knowledge: NM farmers/ranchers: Up to $250K available! Get a professional infrastructure survey + application help from our team of former State Engineers and NRCS experts— Act by July 12!

The dirt never sleeps – and neither do we.

With grit and determination,  

-gabby

Gabriella Coughlin