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writing:rough_mounding [2026/02/18 14:30] – [Thematic overlap with other restoration practices] JacobCoffinWriteswriting:rough_mounding [2026/04/08 20:40] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 And this one from 2012: https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/59367/items/1.0042634 And this one from 2012: https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/59367/items/1.0042634
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 +An example from right here on slrpnk.net - which is how I first learned about the practice: https://slrpnk.net/post/2293073/2628544
  
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 To some extent, rough mounding is part of a wider rejection of modern human landscapes. Practices like beaver dam analogs, sponge cities, and rough mounding all focus on restoring preexisting conditions and slowing the movement of water and catching it in place, allowing it to permeate the ground again. This seems to represent an acknowledgement that the continent was teeming with life balanced in complex ecologies before several hundred years of colonization tried to 'civilize' it. An attempt to restore, or at least more closely mimic, the way this land and its habitats were shaped and saturated for millennia. And because these are the habitats most native species evolved to find their niche in, it's no surprise that they often start to recover almost as soon as we nudge things back in this direction.  To some extent, rough mounding is part of a wider rejection of modern human landscapes. Practices like beaver dam analogs, sponge cities, and rough mounding all focus on restoring preexisting conditions and slowing the movement of water and catching it in place, allowing it to permeate the ground again. This seems to represent an acknowledgement that the continent was teeming with life balanced in complex ecologies before several hundred years of colonization tried to 'civilize' it. An attempt to restore, or at least more closely mimic, the way this land and its habitats were shaped and saturated for millennia. And because these are the habitats most native species evolved to find their niche in, it's no surprise that they often start to recover almost as soon as we nudge things back in this direction. 
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 +====Similarities in Agriculture====
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 +For a similar practice applied to agriculture, and restoring degraded soil in drylands, take a look at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za%C3%AF|Zaï (aka tassa) from the Sahel region in Africa]]. This is a traditional farming practice which was reintroduced in the 1980s where people dig pits in less permeable soil to catch water and concentrate compost/manure. In examples which include the excavated soil being used to form small dykes on the downhill side of the hole, the similarities are striking. 
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