keep Earth beautiful.org protect Earth - our soil is endangered by pollution, the air is polluted, the water is polluted, the soil is polluted and contaminated, humans get sick because of pollution, plants die of polluted air + soil, animals cannot reproduce because of polluted soil washed into our water Keep Earth Beautiful
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Soil Conservation

How long will we have healthy food?
Contaminated grass to feed our cows?
Contaminated soil to grow our vegetables?
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soil conservation is strongly needed and part of our international nature education program. Humans need to conserve soil to get food, plants need good soil to grow, our food supply depends on enough soil, water - soil conservation is important to nature conservation
Soil comes in various forms

Soil conservation is the best way to make sure that we have the land we need to live on. Erosion is the biggest enemy of soil and land conservation. Protecting / conserving soil with grass, plants or mulch is needed. Always make sure that the soil on your property stays right where it should be!
Soil pH levels change to crop growth
Soil pH levels determine what plant will grow
Soil pH levels can be changed by acid rain or soil contamination from acids or bases. Soil pH levels can be changed by mulch.
The role of soil pH is to control nutrient availability to vegetation.
There are six different macro-nutrients:
Calcium
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Potassium
Magnesium
Sulfur
A pH level of 7 is neutral - for most plant is pH neutral soil is perfect. When you hear about alkaline soils, the pH level is 7.7 up to 9.
Soil below a pH level of 6.5 is called acid or sour. Calcium, magnesium and potassium are usually made available to plants via cation exchange surfaces of organic material and clay soil surface particles - it is necessary for the estimation of soils to consider the dependencies between soil structure, hydraulic properties and the cation exchange as well as transport processes. Acidification increases the initial availability of these cations. Residual soil moisture concentrations of nutrient cations can fall to low levels after initial nutrient uptake.
Soil pH levels don't directly show if nutrient are available - complex combination of soil types, soil moisture regimes and meteorological factors play a significant role. The important observation is that pH is the regulatory mechanism to plant nutrient uptake, and that the theoretical concentration of soil nutrients is meaningless until pH levels are in the optimum range for uptake.
We can raise soil pH with lime and liming soil. To lower the pH of an alkaline soil we can add sulfur, iron sulfate or aluminium sulfate. Another way is to apply urea, urea phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphates, ammonium sulfate and monopotassium phosphate to reduce soil pH.

Soil is made up of something called parent material - the basic stuff needed to make soil. Changes in temperature help to make soil. When it is hot, rocks can get bigger, they expand in size. When it turns cold, rocks shrink. Often rocks cannot handle this shrinking and expanding, they crack and break up into small pieces that break into even smaller pieces. together with other particles they turn into soil.
Rain and ice can also get into rocks and break them apart. Ice in a rock crack is very powerful - it can break a rock easily.
In Nature, water seeps gently into the ground as vegetation breaks the fall. Soil acts like a sponge and feeds wells, feeds small creeks, building rivers.
Bear Springs Nature preserve has very different soil structure, soil conservation is done by mulching and the regrowth of grasses and native plants, overgrazing had destroyed the soil sponge - that was able to hold the rainwater and slowly release it into our spring, now caliche soil is seen and needs soil conservation to level the pH
But scraping off the natural protection of our earth, changed water seepage very much. Faster water runoff, more erosion, and more floods are the answer to men's destructive behavior.

"Responsibility is born
when the love for others
grows stronger
than the love for yourself."
Peter Bonenberger

A good soil has different levels. They're named O, A, B, and C.
O is the top level. It's about an inch thick made up of dead stuff that breaks down and keeps the soil "O"-so healthy.
The A horizon is topsoil that's alive with roots, tiny microstuff like bacteria and fungi, and all kinds of critters.
Number three is horizon B. Plants and animals have a tough time getting through B, because usually it's very hard.
Level C has less living stuff in it than O, A, and B. C is parent material that's made up of the rock and soil that formed the three layers above it.
Soils comes in many colors: black, red, yellow, white, brown, and gray.
When water gets into the soil, it pours into pores.
Pores are spaces in the soil that come in different sizes. The bigger the pore, the more water it holds. Air gets down into the soil through the same pores that let in and hold water.
Most of all plants need soil, soil is for them the way to eat and drink. Soil has a lot of the things that plants need to satisfy their appetites. Plants need nutrients - many different ones.
Roots drain water from the soil. That keeps the soil from staying too wet. Root stabilize the soil, can hold it together. Roots help make soil splitting rocks into pieces that later become soil.
When it comes to making more soil - a lot of time is needed. It can take 100 years to form one-inch of soil.
We need to protect our soil cover, we need to protect our forests, our grass covered prairies when we want to protecting our food supplies.
Conservation of soil in the agricultural sector is essential since soil is necessary for the growth of plants and crops. Loss of top soil through erosion and a rise in salinity due to overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has made matters serious.
Shelter belts of trees and bushes along the edge of agricultural fields slow down the wind speed = wind erosion and reduce evaporation.
Planting of trees, grass, and bushes breaks the force of rain and helps to keep soil in place.
Contour farming can be use in hilly areas and in lowland areas for paddy fields. Farmers recognize the efficiency of contour-based systems for conserving soil and water for many centuries.

protecting soil is protecting our food supply, conserving life on earth, soil conservation is very important If you are a responsible human,
soil conservation is one of your tasks.
Simple things contribute to soil conservation:
We all can make a difference!
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Butterfly - butterflies are a good indicator for environmental dangers, showing pollution and the over usage of chemicals, often seen on wet soil to feed on nutritions - soil conservation is important for healthy butterflies


What do we do?
We inform people
how to live in Harmony with Nature
We explain what we can do
to reduce pollution
We explain what we can do
to reduce global warming.
We explain how to use a
Rainwater harvesting system.
We take action on water conservation.
Together we can build a better future
for the next generation
with healthy water and air, healthy food,
and responsible use of natural resources!
Nature Conservation is essential
to secure a safe future!

We have only this one little planet
EARTH to live on!
Let's take care of it,
save it for the next generation.

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When we protect Nature, we protect Humans.
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Renewable energy help us
with soil conservation
to produce less soil pollution
and less water contamination!
Humans and animals need
soil, because soil is the food for
our plants, our vegetables, our trees


 HELPFUL Information WEB Links

Virtual
Nature Center
Bexar Audubon
San Antonio

Wildflowers in Bandera County / TX Hill Country

Texas Parks and Wildlife Audio Library


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International charitable non profit organization Bear Springs Blossom nature conservation keeps our Earth beautiful, protects nature, takes action on air pollution, water contamination, erosion control, solves other international environmental problems, provides nature education, solutions to climate change, global warming. Get your nature education online - main office Texas Hill Country, close to San Antonio, TX

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Send an email to Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation main office in Pipe Creek, Bandera county, Texas Hill Country about: international charitable non profit organization 501(c)(3) Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation, main office, Nature preserve, Pipe Creek, Bandera county, Texas Hill Country. Ruled by president Peter Bonenberger, Vice president Bob Taylor, local vice president Rob Platt, secretary Diane Platt, international treasurer Erhard Gold, US-treasurer Marianne Bonenberger, public agent Marky Mander, protects international nature, promotes international nature education, nature conservation about us: international charitable non profit organization 501(c)(3) Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation. Main office + Nature preserve Pipe Creek, Texas Hill Country. Board members president + educator Peter Bonenberger, Vice president Bob Taylor, Rob Platt, secretary Diane Platt, international treasurer Erhard Gold, teacher + US treasurer Marianne Bonenberger
keep Winnipeg beautiful is our expression to save Earth, to lower the amount of plastic bags, plastic trash, to keep biodiversity, to give the next generation a healthy life on earth. To reduce the impact of global warming, to keep Winnipeg beautiful, - Nature conservation is an affordable solution
members of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation help us to keep Buenos Aires beautiful. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina in South America. Trash, airpollution, water contamination, and a loss of biodiversity are environmental problems in Argentina - Nature conservation is the only affordable solution
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keep Hunt Texas Hill Country beautiful is all about land restoration, erosion control, beautiful nature trails in Hunt Texas. Newcomers work hard to keep biodiversity, to give the next generation a healthy life. Nature conservation is the only affordable solution to the global issue climate change

Bandera Texas
 keep Bandera beautiful = slogan to protect Nature. Nature education online, distant learning at BSB nature preserve - Texas Hill Country. Understand climate change, air pollution, water pollution, nature conservation, recycling. Nature education explains visitors native plants, birds, trees, erosion control, walking on guided tours to see environmental trails, Texas Hill Country birds, Texas Hill Country native tree Madrone - arbutus. Uncontrolled development endangers nature on earth, endangered the balance of fragile Texas Hill Country lime stone habitats
Keep Bandera clean, recycle, don't burn trash, don't bury trash, do not mess with Texas. Recycling lowers air pollution, water pollution, lower use of natural resources. Recycling station at Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve in Bandera County Texas bring recyclables to BSBNCG drop off station
Bandera Texas history founded 1854 - Texas Hill Country, Bandera county - beautiful native plants, madrones, oaks. Bandera cowboy capital of the world. Homes endanger the beautiful landscape of Bandera County, endangering the balance of fragile southern Texas Hill Country lime stone habitats
Cowboys and western values are part of Bandera Texas history. The Texas Hill Country saw many cattle trails. The western tradition is shown in many houses in Bandera county, in cowboy or western country music, jam sessions with fiddle and guitar. New home styles endanger the beautiful landscape of Bandera County, endangering the balance of fragile southern Texas Hill Country lime stone habitats
state Parks, natural areas, nature preserve in Bandera County Texas, Texas Hill Country guided tours, Bandera recreational areas, picnic places, where to grill, outdoor fun
Medina River flows through Bandera County, southern Texas Hill Country - water conservation, water flow control, water contamination, water pollution are big environmental problems

Nature Trails
TX Hill Country
Guided tours on 125 acre Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve, park, recreational area provides nature education. Bear Springs blossom nature trails, birding trails, educational trails in Texas Hills. Walking in Pipe Creek, Bandera County Texas on guided tours on 12 nature trails + 4 birding trails updates your nature education. On BSBNCG guided tours you see endangered species, the endangered bird Golden Cheeked Warbler. Hike on hiking trails in the TX hills, stroll on nature trails to see Texas Hill Country native plants, trees, wildlife. Learn, see pristine nature on guided tours, grab binoculars, get knowledge about native plants, watch native birds, the endangered golden cheeked warbler on our educational birding trails
Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve has twelve nature trails, four birding trails - published in Texas Parks and Wildlife Heart of Texas Nature Birding trail map - our Nature Center lecture room offers knowledge about nature preserves, about wilderness, education trails - informs what to expect on guided tours - enjoy Texas outdoors, see endangered bird Golden cheeked Warbler. Have fun hiking, birding, walking on nature trails in the Texas Hill Country, gaining knowledge in our Nature Center or walking wilderness trails, birding trails
Photos of Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve in the southern Texas Hill Country offers many views, photo opportunities. Take photos of native plants, native grasses, blossoms pictures, wildflowers photos. Get first glimpse with photo slide show, many photos, impressions of native plants, common wildflowers, wild flowers in all colors, learn about nature, get a solid nature education
Texas wildflowers, native plants along our nature trails, birding trails, wilderness trails at the Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve in Bandera County, Hill Country Texas. BSBNCG non profit provides environmental knowledge. See wild flowers, see wildflowers with blue blossoms, yellow, white blossoms, native grass with seeds, native plants, tree flowers + Madrone blossoms
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation preserve, Pipe Creek Texas, Bandera County has different wildflowers along its nature trails, birding trails - see list of plants - of wild flowers, native shrubs flowering, white flowers, pink flowers, yellow flower, many different wild flowers at our nature preserve in the Texas Hill Country. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Heart of Texas Nature Birding trail map - send email for guided tour, visit to update nature education
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation preserve, Pipe Creek Texas, Bandera County has different grasses along its nature trails, mostly bunch grass, the Texas state grass sideoats grama, visit to get your nature education updated
Photos San Antonio TX, southern Texas Hill Country balcones fault zone. San Antonio Texas with the famous river walk, Alamo, missions, San Antonio Texas 30 miles south east of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve
Overgrazing destroys land, endangers our children's future causing climate change. Overgrazing is related to human health problems, overgrazed meadows reduce drinking water supply, multiply water contamination. Overgrazing causes erosion, destroys the native plants that feed wildlife


Nature Conservation

Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation international non profit organization. Nature Preserve located in Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country. See photos, get information how to recognize native plants, native trees as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, texas persimmons, mountain laurel, different native grasses, as little bluestem, bushy bluestem, indian grass, lindheimers muhly. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation shows how to use erosion control, BSBNCG gives courses how to get a beautiful landscape where flora, fauna will flourish and all can live in harmony with nature
Naturschutz ist international - Beschützt die Natur unserer Erde - Information des gemeinnützigen Bear Springs Blossom Naturschutz Vereins, online Bildung, Naturkunde, Naturwissenschaft - Naturschutz, Umweltschutz, Luftverschmutzung, Gewässerschutz, Regenwaldschutz, Klimaveränderung
nature conservation: the only way to give children, grandchildren a safe future, with enough breathable air, enough healthy drinking water, with good climate, without violent weather, storms, floods. Nature conservation is not very costly but very efficient if all of us do just a little bit to reduce air + water pollution, to reduce co2 levels, to lower the impact of global warming + climate change
International Water conservation provides a safer future to children, grandchildren. Water conservation provides enough drinking water, a better climate, without food shortages. Polluted water causes higher food prices. Water conservation is cheap but very efficient if all of us a little bit to reduce water waste, water pollution. Humans need to drink water - drinking water has many health benefits - earth has an permanent water cycle, but polluted drinking water cannot be used - take action today, reduce water consumption - conserve water
soil conservation is the only way to secure our food supply, our drinking water supply, a stable climate - soil conservation is not costly but efficient. Reduce erosion and chemical soil contamination = soil conservation. Reduce co2 levels to lower the impact of global warming, climate change
Nature Center of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation is located at our Nature Preserve in Pipe Creek, Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country. BSB Nature Center gives information how to recognize native plants, native trees as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, texas persimmons, mountain laurel and many different native grasses, as little bluestem, bushy bluestem, indian grass, lindheimers muhly. BSB Nature Center main task is nature education so you can learn how to use erosion control to get a beautiful landscape where flora and fauna will flourish
Mission of non profit organization Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation, located in Bandera County in the Texas hill Country. BSBNCG fights for Earth protection, why does Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation take action for water conservation. Our mission shows you how to get a beautiful landscape where flora and fauna can flourish, our mission is to provide a better education of the environment and a safer future for the next generation
Madrone or Madrona are rare trees in the Texas Hill Country. Some call it Indians leg, others the peeling tree because the Madrone cannot grow bigger without growing a new bark every year. Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve has over 300 madrone showing how nature conservation works and how important it is to live in harmony with nature so Madrone trees stay alive, provide food for birds, joy to humans
Junipers juniper ashei are trees or shrubs found all over Earth - preferring limestone. we need junipers, why does the Texas Hill Country, Pipe Creek, Bandera County, have so many junipers or Texas cedars? Texas Junipers are native trees growing up to 80 ft for 200 years. Texas Cedar juniper makes good mulch, help other native plants to grow. Juniper is a nursery plant - very important for nature and humans
earth star, astraeus hygrometricus - a native fungus found at Nature Preserve of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation in Pipe Creek, TX, Bandera County
The Golden cheeked Warbler is an endangered bird breeding only in the Texas Hill Country - no other place on earth. Golden cheeked Warblers need Texas Hill Country trees and plants and mature junipers to build a nest. Our nature preserve provides habitat for 6 pairs of the Golden cheeked Warbler or in short GCW who peels little stripes from the bark of the mature Texas Hill Country juniperus ashei to built its nest, showing how important nature conservation and education is to live in harmony with nature to protect globally endangered species through international nature education
Birders like Birding on our birding trails during Texas Hill Country guided tours. Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird breeding only in the Texas Hill Country, see tanager, wren, mocking bird, tit mouse and native and migrating birds at our nature preserve
birdlist of native birds seen while birding, walking our birding trails on guided tours in the Texas Hill Country. See the Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird breeding only in the Texas Hill Country
vacation in Texas are very special - the Texas Hill Country - San Antonio - many parks and nature preservers, birding, river walks, hiking, biking are only a few favorites for visitors. guided tours in the Texas Hill Country - see Bandera the cowboy capital of the world
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