By managing for what we want, instead of what we do not want, we have been able to naturally control and eradicate the encroachment of woody plants such as the mesquite (prosopis glandulosa) and poisonous plants like the loco weed (astragalus nothoxys) without relying on expensive and short-live methods such as spraying, fire or mechanical applications that are not addressing the root cause of the problem - lack of life in the soil.

As we learn and apply the art and science of regenerative grazing, we are naturally replacing degraded, lifeless desert landscapes with lush native grasslands and trees such as the desert hackberry (celtis palida).

We need to understand that Nature is always trying to cover the soil with a plant to keep life going, so Nature’s response to degraded grasslands is to grow thorny and poisonous plants as her last line of defense.