How to Stuff a Gully: Turn Slash into Beneficial Biomass

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This how-to video breaks down the ecological restoration practice of “gully stuffing.” Particularly applicable in the arid western US where there is a lot of effort being put towards wildfire fuel load reduction and defensible space work, gully stuffing offers a low-tech answer to the question “What should I do with all of the slash?” Gully stuffing is one tool in the toolbox of process-based restoration methods that keep this beneficial biomass in place (rather than burning it, hauling it away, etc.) to build soil, heal erosion, capture carbon, reduce emissions, and promote rehydration in upland landscapes.

Watch our short animation Introduction to Gully Stuffing next:    • Introduction to Gully Stuffing: A Nature-b…   Learn more about this technique at: oaec.org/our-work/wildlands/gully-stuffing-technique/ Check out OAEC’s Fuels to Flows Campaign at: oaec.org/fuels-to-flows

NOTE: THIS WORK MAY REQUIRE PERMITTING. The practices described in this video is only appropriate for seasonal drainages (gullies that only flow with water when it rains and do not support fish habitat – aka first order or Class III streams). Work in other stream orders require different regulatory and design requirements. Vegetation management techniques that correspond with this work, such as limbing and thinning, are NOT covered in this video and have their own set of best practices, timing considerations, and regulatory requirements. Check with local ecologists and water resource agencies to determine if gully stuffing is right for your situation.