Project Description
Arid landscapes that have lost their topsoil are subjected to erosive forces of wind and water to form a clay crust that prevents the growth of vegetation. Ray Thompson explains the technique of waterponding, which captures and directs water, slowing runoff and creating an environment for vegetation to reestablish. In the long-term wind erosion is prevented and the land becomes arable pastureland. The techniques is gaining widespread adoption in arid Australia and overseas.
| Topic | Mins: seconds |
|---|---|
| Opening Titles | 00:00 |
| Demonstration of wind and water erosion on duplex soil | 0:42 |
| What is a waterpond? | 2:00 |
| Background to project- location | 2:25 |
| Aim of the project- penetration of crust to allow for vegetation growth | 4:10 |
| Trials of a variety of techniques-adaptive management | 6:05 |
| Equipment and configuration for waterponding | 8:48 |
| Exploring and inventing equipment | 11:15 |
| Bulldozer built banks- problems | 12:03 |
| Equipment incentives | 12:23 |
| Waterpond construction technique | 13:01 |
| Direct seeding, germination and revegetation progress | 15:30 |
| Completing the waterpond | 18:30 |
| The effects of Inundation | 19:00 |
| Waterponding costings | 19:57 |
| Construction Issue with waterponds | 20:32 |
| Management of construction, controlling grazing | 20:45 |
| Cultural Heritage Survey | 22:45 |
| Monitoring vegetation cover | 23:25 |
| Carbon sequestration | 24:23 |
| Training- AusAid Sudan, ANU, landholders | 24:55 |
| Summary | 26:47 |
| Stocking rates and management | 29:38 |
| Weed issues | 30:40 |
| Extent of waterponding scheme | 31:00 |
| Demonstration of surveying and construction of waterpond | 31:58 |
| Credits | 34:58 |
| End credits | 35:11 |
Read More – Links
- Waterponding: Reclamation technique for scalded duplex soils in western New South Wales rangelands. Ray Thompson
- Waterponding the rangelands. Ray Thompson
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