Well I'll Be Dammed

In Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains, one of the driest parts of the U.S., scientists are reviving desert marshes eroded by cattle farming. 🌵

Their tool? Nature’s blueprint. Instead of high-tech fixes, they’re building rock-and-wire “beaver-style” dams—known as NIDS (Natural Infrastructure in Dryland Streams). These gully plugs and gabions slow water by half, letting it soak into the soil, recharge aquifers, and support plant life.

A 12-year study near the U.S.–Mexico border showed treated waterways kept vegetation alive through drought, while untreated areas dried up.

Sometimes the smartest solutions are the simplest ones—copying nature itself.

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