Sentences with phrase «protect fertile soils»

In an effort to protect fertile soils, prevent permanent structures and maintain scenic vistas, Suffolk voters in 2007 approved a referendum authorizing county officials to pay farmers not to develop their property.

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This 15 year fabric prevents weed growth while keeping the soil protected and fertile.

In this sense, rewilding holds the potential to stabilize far more than natural areas in peril: it can enhance and protect national security by sequestering carbon and safeguarding fresh water, fertile soils, cleaner air.

Using everything from chicken tractors to recycled gray water, and from worm composting to foraging ducks, the central effort seems to be around conserving scarce water and nutrients, building up fertile soil, and creating cooling micro-climates to protect tender crops from the desert heat.