TerraSystems Southwest had a leading role in the assessment of the economic, environmental, and water resource benefits at a property near La Paz, BCS, focused on producing baseline data layers and quantifying environmental change over the last 10 years. Effective restoration monitoring and evaluation will be based on insights gained through the results achieved by this project.

TSSW analyzed remote sensed imagery both from satellite and UAV sources and completed a soil carbon analysis of the site. The goal was to quantify vegetation cover and soil carbon levels, estimate erosion risk and identify potential areas where restoration efforts could be focused in the future.

Overall, the restoration efforts at the property have been successful in several categories. This project was able to show:

1. Higher vegetation cover percentage at the property compared to surrounding area.
2. Higher level of more desirable land cover types at the property compared to surrounding area.
3. Increased levels of soil organic carbon at the property compared to surrounding area.
4. Lowered level of erosion risk at the property.
5. Increased levels of each of these regardless of the larger region in general getting drier and losing vegetation over the past decade.