Bayfield Xeriscape Ed Final Report

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'I . . HERALD/CHARLIE LANGDON BERT ROBERTS is in charge ofthe water-efficient landscaping project at Bayfield Elementary School. Water Project Bayfield groundskeeper heads one of first state-funded .water conservation projects .. B Ch I. l d some aspen and blue spruce. y ar Ie ang on .. " . " . H Id SI ff W "( Roberts ",IS descnbmg the be- era a rI er . , . g-inlllllg clements of a Water Elll- cicncy Grant Program awarded to the Ilayfield School District by the Colorado Ollice of Water Conser- "It's not just an empty field to me," Bert Roberts said. Roberls, gnnmdskceper fur Ilay- bu((y(IC\o He(d.\;"~ \{( {('l(e{ 2. WATER Continued from Page 10 and hope to have them all illstalled before the kids arrive to start school." Irrig~tion will be acconll)lisllcd by a dnp-system newly developed by the Toro Company" "We'll be lIsing ditch water," RoberL'5 said. ''That way we WOll't t<lp into the domestic water slIpply. ,. Also, \\-.ith an underground system there is 110 evaporation, hence 110 wasted water. The ditch supplies abont (j7 gal- lons of water a minutc, and Roberts' plans call for using .(iO gal- I Ions or less per minute. '''During the nrst phase, we'll be landscaping a stnp of ground about 30U feel long and 100 lCet wide," Roberts saId. Planting and landscaping by vol- un~eer students will b(~gin next sprIng. Students will also create signs that will identify grasses, shrubs and trees along the nature trail. "Of' . cours,e, what we're really 1I)'- lIlg to do, IS plant a seed in the minds of thc children," Roucrts said :vith ~ smile. ''That's why \"'c're startmg With tllC e1emcntary school students. We hope to cOlll;nuc this project in the middle school and high school. After all," he con- cluded, "We're the guardians of ,his lancl."