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We explore tools, ancient to cutting edge, and demonstrate their application to empower communities that rely upon the High Plains Aquifer system to rehydrate landscapes, for resilience, health, biodiversity, climate, improved equity & justice. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Project Summary (1-3 sentences for social media)", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "March 2022", "hidden": false, "question": "Project Inception Date", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Will Masters, https://twitter.com/wmflies\nScott Kilgore, https://twitter.com/ScottTpirate\nDonavan Johnson, https://twitter.com/D2Mohawk\nKirk Blood", "hidden": false, "question": "Project Team Members (plus social links)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Will Masters", "hidden": true, "question": "Which project steward is a member of OpenCivics?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Yes, prior (genesis) round", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you received a grant from OpenCivics previously?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "270,000", "hidden": false, "question": "What is the total amount of funding your project has received to date?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "15,000", "hidden": false, "question": "What is the total amount of funding your project received in 2023?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IRD0KB4V6V-iS2VCfhTgT678n98bgVXx?usp=sharing", "hidden": false, "question": "If your project has any public reports or documentation on its budgeting and finances, please share links here:", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our water problems are fundamentally rooted in governance. The degradation is a result of the law's characterization of the land & water as real property. \n\nWeb3 offers novel tools. We envision effective ecological contracting that is relevant to the land, needs & culture of our bio-region, to cultivate networks of nature-based infrastructure to enhance the health, resiliency & self-determination of living communities. ", "hidden": false, "question": "What is your project\u2019s long term vision for civic impact?", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Collaborative strategy and modeling", "hidden": false, "question": "Which areas of collaborative infrastructure does your project address, if any? ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This round is important in continuing our efforts in the \u201cweb3\u201d space. Our vision & aspirations to develop & deploy novel rule of code based tools is hard to demonstrate. The best demonstration in the short term, is that it pays for itself. That our efforts to mature ReFi, to better suit the demands of our landscape, agroeconomy & culture, are real (as real as money gets). A great deal of work is needed and we can't do it without public good funding just like this. \n\nWe explore, learn, teach & develop novel tools of coordination, encoding value, dMRV & governance that enable radical innovation in civic fundamentals, ie an ability for that community to exercise its' interest in perpetuating ecological function across the landscape which surrounds & sustains it. ", "hidden": false, "question": "How would you classify the types of activities this grant will fund?", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "1. Document & Adapt. We've grown our projects portfolio, have built over 200 leaky weir type structures in over a half dozen watersheds in the Texas Panhandle. Our latest project at Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center is highly visible with significant public interests, we've had tremendous engagement from locals, been on the news & in the paper.\n\n\tIt's hard work to collect, compile, organize & present datasets showing the landscape rehydration works, our efforts and feedbacks as the rainy season begins and changes occur. The first milestone is, to present a cleaned up geospatial visualization of our works. Drafts may be found at https://ogallala-life.github.io/Wildcat_map/ or on our website, projects page. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe the first milestone within your project which you hope to achieve with the funding from this grant round?", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This milestone can be verified by referring to our projects web page in a few months, when the mapping & visualizations are presented comprehensively & in an organized fashion. Moreover, assuming it rains, we'll have updated data entries showing the feedbacks we've observed. ", "hidden": false, "question": "How can this first milestone be verified?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "2. Education. Our efforts matter if other people see our work and emulate it within their own environments. Its' about empowering & educating others, to accomplish a large scale land use transition, and \u201csucceed\u201d in rehydrating our landscapes. \nThe 2nd milestone will be for us to formalize our vision with necessary partner, to begin the process of cultivating a bioregional learning center around Wildcat Bluff. ", "hidden": false, "question": "(Optional) Please describe the second milestone within your project which you hope to achieve with the funding from this grant round?", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The milestone may be verified by determining if the formalized process has started. We hope to make an announcement within the next few months about forming a body & initial funds to \u201cspin off\u201d this effort at establishing bioregional learning in the applied natural sciences without the biases inherent in our legacy institutions. ", "hidden": false, "question": "(Optional) How can this second milestone be verified?", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Grow capacity. We've made an impact, have a sizable footprint and attracted attention. We need to grow in terms of our human capacity, and lack resources to retain experts and do this the traditional way. A highly successful gitcoin round lends us resources and time, attention to devote to network building, to enable others to join our efforts and help us. \n\nWe need people to monitor projects, to visit sites after precipitation events and document changes & feedbacks. We need people to go to water-centered events in the bioregion, to speak and network, cultivate partnerships with activists, organizers and, most importantly, land users. We need time and resources to devote to developing ecocredits which are essential to ReFi's timely success. ", "hidden": false, "question": "(Optional) Please describe the third milestone within your project which you hope to achieve with the funding from this grant round?", "questionId": 17}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "(Optional) How can this third milestone be verified?", "questionId": 18}], "project": {"id": "0xfe410698ddf0d40dd03a3c739ba17017f7da0ed5aeeb2a600456fd8bb1b504aa", "title": "Ogallala Life", "logoImg": "bafkreicjzh5o6kdmgx424ckx6wjh4ib5j465s6dbmpwj5oyhkb7wgrumqy", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreidiyqhcszlhy2swcyuyfzsojxdfnfbrmou5hxub4vjnva75abkk7i", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://www.Ogallala.Life", "bannerImg": "bafybeia52mniqequi7prgixulnrlo3fvfze2biez5bim7fnol7i6uruwxe", "createdAt": 1692019443187, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..OHnlfua2ywFg4GH8ctCKyIenMXUBNGo_rUvh_0pEq_CyYYoAAu36o8bomzwakHMIR1lG5PM86yWuIZlyLIr0Bg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-08-14T13:23:39.012Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-08-14T13:23:39.012Z", "expirationDate": "2023-11-12T13:23:39.012Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x0390BC30fbaC7De732bf68C9E4cb145101DCfaBF", "hash": "v0.0.0:NLF3zwHP5XdFIFf+UWitekTOsp/X1aTHqdo26yOJ5qU=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#OgallalaLife"}}}, "description": "Our mission is to empower communities sustained by the high plains aquifer system (major aquifer, the Ogallala) to rehydrate their landscapes, for resiliency, water security, biodiversity & climate. \n\nWe launched a limited pilot last year, thanks in part to gitcoin, and installed over 110 instances of natural infrastructure in dryland streams, on 6 different watersheds with differing geological features. Then it dumped rain - a few washed out, we've learned lessons but generally very pleased. \n\nWe completed the heavy work for this years' project, which is highly visible with significant public interest. Our crew built over 80 leaky weirs along West Amarillo Creek at Wildcat Bluff, using 330 Christmas trees, rope, cedar stays & lots of local deadwood. We expect significant impact and await seasonal flooding :)\n\nWe planted over 100 bare-root seedlings, and a few hundred cuttings. Installed some bunds along a degraded slope, and seeded pollinator patches. Its' going to look great and we hope that Wildcat ends up being at the core of a transformative bioregional learning center. \n\nOur objectives are to grow this bioregional pilots portfolio, help cultivate a bioregional learning center and crowdfund and curate foundational funding support. Our leadership is a student of the Design School to Regenerate Earth, and we're using the Bloom Network (see https://bloomnetwork.earth/texaspanhandle). \n\nWe have sufficient funding for the landscape rehydration work next winter, on these and different watersheds - some publicly accessible (a huge value add). But we lack funding for the technological work that is needed, that we're uniquely qualified to help build. \n\nWe have an ecocredit concept and intentions to build the same using Regen's permissionless ecocredit module. We have an active collaboration with dMeter (4dMRV) and a FOAM pilot IOT mesh which \"proves\" location. The tech is critically important to scale regen efforts and we humbly request your support, and thanks!", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "ogallalalife"}, "recipient": "0x8dE13373365160680c706ba0da5Cd9Cac229c307"}}