Joe Richardson shared his heart-felt desire to care for Creation as he gave us a tour of Bar-T Mountainside. Directing us to read Drawdown (see http://eartheast.org/book-reviews), he showed us 19 acres of wildflowers, a wind turbine, solar panels, and other eco-friendly projects then taught us about ways to do stormwater management on a grand scale. He showed us rain gardens, swales, berms to direct water, engineered holding/cascading areas with extensive native plants, and more. Many of these techniques can be done on home properties in a small-scale way but if done collectively, can make a huge immprovement in creating habitat and preserving/improving the quality of our streams, rivers and the Bay.
Click photo above to see additional pictures of the stream restoration area.