June 5-6
3:00-5:45pm
Crowley Theater
Marfa, TX
June 5-6
3:00-5:45pm
Crowley Theater
Marfa, TX
A series of talks centered around the importance of building drought resilience by restoring land and water ecosystems in the Chihuahuan Desert region.
Presented in partnership with Agave Festival Marfa, Borderlands Research Institute and Rio Grande Joint Venture.
Thursday, June 5
3:00-5:45pm
Crowley Theater
Marfa, TX
“Native Plants and Community Resilience During Drought”
Rainer Judd, President, Judd Foundation; Jim Martinez, soil scientist and landscape designer; and Calletana Vargas, Land Stewardship Coordinator, Judd Foundation
“Historic Conditions of Big Bend Streams”
Jeff Bennett, Habitat Restoration Hydrologist, Rio Grande Joint Venture
“Rain Simulator: Vegetation Influence on Runoff vs. Infiltration”
Michael Janis, Trans-Pecos Conservation Initiative Coordinator, Borderlands Research Institute; Jeff Bennett; Habitat Restoration Hydrologist, Rio Grande Joint Venture; and Jared Schniers, Alamito Creek Conservation Initiative Coordinator, Borderlands Research Institute
Friday, June 6
9:00-11:30am
400 West El Paso Street
Marfa, TX
Restoration of neighboring Mimm’s Creek, including planting of native grasses, shrubs, and trees. Boots and protective clothing recommended.
Judd Foundation Land Stewardship initiatives focus on the removal of invasive species and replanting of native grasses and plants. These include several restoration projects in progress at Casa Perez, Casa Morales, and Las Casas, the three ranch houses which comprise Ayala de Chinati.
Through the meadow restoration project at the Cobb House and Whyte Building and the Winter Garden at the Block, the Foundation has begun restoring sites in downtown Marfa. The Agave Garden, also located in downtown Marfa, features more than twenty plants native to the Trans-Pecos region is a public space maintained by the Foundation.