Cuenca los Ojos: Three Decades of Restoring Water Flows on Private Land in the U.S. and Mexico

Cuenca los Ojos (CLO) is a non-profit that preserves land and restores watersheds in the Sky Island ecoregion of the U.S. and Mexico. Sky Island contains high biodiversity, and CLO’s preserved and restored lands act as wildlife corridors and work to improve watershed health. CLO installs erosion control structures and restores stream beds to reduce loss of vegetation and improve overall ecosystem health and habitat quality. They also share their techniques and successes through public outreach events. They collaborate with many agencies and partners in both the U.S. and Mexico, and take a “top-down” approach to restoration, by starting restoration projects at the top of a watershed.