Since 2005 brush control on over half a million acres has been completed on public, private and state lands. Native riparian vegetation was reestablished on 36 miles of river, removing salt cedar that had invaded their banks. And 450+ acres of well pads, roads, and power lines have been reclaimed, reconnecting more than 80,000 acres of wildlife habitat.
Acres of reclamation work
done with BLM.
Oil and Gas reclamation – 450+ acres reclaimed/seeded as of May 2008
Brush Control – Healthy Lands Initiative,
Federal EQIP, CSWCD –
Mesquite Creosote Juniper Total
2005 40,000 40,000
2006 122,803 16,197 139,000
2007 73,797 41,203 115,000
2008 114,687 109,201 223,888
2009 22,257 1,081 3012 46,350
Total 373,544 187,682 3012 564,238
Carlsbad SWCD Brush Control
7 projects of brush control/vegetation management have been approved between FY 2008-09.
