REGENERATIVE WINDBREAKS
The Regenerative Windbreak Project supports Rebel West’s mission to empower community members to promote coexistence between people, animals, and the land. In addition to functioning as a weather barrier, each windbreak will be designed with special focus on habitat creation, food production, beautification, and small-scale rewilding. Specific emphasis is placed on threatened and endangered prairie species, in particular wildlife and/or native plants of cultural importance to local Indigenous peoples.
The Regenerative Windbreak Guide was created in 2022 in partnership with Čáŋ Wígmuŋke, a Tribal non-profit based in Martin, SD, and the SDSU Extension Tribal Local Foods and AgrAbility Program. The information provided was intended specifically for members of the Oglala Lakota Nation who would be taking part in the initial program.
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REFERENCES:
1. Black Elk, Linda S., and Wilbur D. Flying By. Culturally Important Plants of the Lakota. Sitting Bull College, 1998.
2. Burrows, Rhoda, and Anne Fennel. Fruit Variety 2019 Recommendations for South Dakota, SDSU Extension, 2019.
3. Johnson, James, and Gary E. Larons. Grassland Plants of South Dakota and the Northern Great Plains. South Dakota State University Extensions, 2016.
4. Larson, Gary, and James R. Johnson. Plants of the Black Hills and Bear Lodge Mountains. South Dakota State University, College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 2007.
5. Parsons, Tim. “Butternut Seed Orchard.” The Middlebury Landscape, The Middlebury Site Network, 20 Sept. 2013, sites.middlebury.edu/middland/butternut-seed-orchard/.
6. Perry, Leonard. “Nasturtium: A Favorite Old-Fashioned Flower.” The Green Mountain Gardener, University of Vermont, Department of Plant and Soil Science, pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/nasturtium.html.
7. Plants for a Future. “Database.” PFAF- Earth, Plants, People, 2020, pfaf.org/user/default.aspx.
8. “Prunus Persica 'Reliance' (Peach).” Gardenia.net, https://www.gardenia.net/plant/prunus-persica-reliance#:~:text=Noted%20for%20its%20cold-hardiness,flesh%20has%20a%20good%.
9. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT. “Species Review.” Fire Effects Information System (FEIS), US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 2013, www.feis-crs.org/feis/.
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