I have an idea, which may be a terrible idea, but it sounds good to me.
My work is located in a desert, scrub land. I'd like to see more #biodiversity around. #Native plants, but more varieties of them. I see shagbark juniper here and there, but the land is mostly shrubs, scrub, and sunflowers.

Note: this is not wilderness. It's... not sure how to describe it. There are foundations of old structures, random-ish vehicle paths, cement "things" in the ground. Imagine a post-apocalyptic desert where there's an oasis of a couple buildings in the middle of what used to be an industrial site.

With that in mind, I'm considering doing a bit of #ecoengineering Introducing a few more varieties of native juniper, some support species TBD, etc.

My biggest concern is that people that mess with things when they don't know what they are doing can cause lasting harm. I'd like to not be that guy. But, also don't think sowing pockets of juniper seeds would hurt anything.

What does the hive-mind think?

I need to take a plant survey first, of course. Find out what _is_ growing there and catalogue them.
Tumbleweeds, to start with. Ugh*.
But also saltbrush? I took Range Management in high school, but that was... let's just say it was a few years ago. LOL

*Tumblweeds are non-native plant, usually Russian Thistle, which although "iconic" of the southwest, are actually an invasive species introduced in the late 1800s.

@Jirikiha I can’t help, but perhaps someone following #rewilding does.
@Jirikiha Learning what the natural progression of plant species for the climate/soil types is would help. Good place to start - https://nmfwri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Pinon-Juniper-Restoration-Protocols-2024.pdf
@ArrowbearMoore this is great! I'm reading it now. Thanks.