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Film: Visionary Transformed 5,500 Barren Acres With Grass

By Neenah Payne The film SELAH: Water From Stone, shows how J. David Bamberger restored 5,500 barren acres in Texas starting in the 1960s by planting native grass. Soon abundant water returned to the area along with fish, birds, deer, and other animals. In fact, his land produces enough water to channel some to the city of Austin via a tributary of the Pedernales River. Bamberger says “You need a chainsaw, wheelbarrow, axes, hand tools,…

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