Permaculture Takes Off at Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, South Dakota
Aid Projects, Community Projects, Education Centres — by Cory Brennan November 24, 2009
People in the Poorest County in the U.S. Take on Permaculture
At Pine Ridge Lakota reservation in South Dakota, Bryan Dean’s cattle ranch embraces thousands of acres of tribal and private lands. One watershed on the range covers 3000 acres of rolling prairie hills and canyons – in heavy rains a wall of water rushes through the eroded beds. The prairie is covered with stunted bufflegrass, a tough pioneer grass that can survive drought, cattle grazing and other abuse, rather than the rich, diverse mixture of tall grasses, wildflowers and other plants that covered the prairie 100 years ago.
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