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The Imprinting Foundation
1616 E. Lind Road
Tucson, Arizona 85719
The research of the Imprinting Foundation is based upon Whitman's words. Facts are provided to
validate rainwater infiltration theory, and the theory unifies many assorted infiltration facts.
Imprinting is based upon this infiltration theory that is well supported by infiltration data collected in
four states: Wisconsin, Montana, Nevada & Arizona, during the period 1960 to 1975, primarily by Dr.
Robert Dixon, shown right (we know, the resemblance to Sam Elliot is uncanny!)
You can use the menu to the left or the links below to go to the indexes of Conservation Essays and
Scientific Publications. Although far from Danielle Steel or Tom Clancy stories, the articles are of
major importance to those of us who are trying to turn the tide of the disastrous route this planet is
taking. Each contribution from educators, scientists, agricultural experts, etc., builds on the next.
The answers to today's serious problems are to be found amidst the various theories and scientific
data. The imprinting machine is just one example of what can be done through technology and
literally putting the nuts and bolts together (you were wondering where that was going to tie in, now
weren't you?) The Dixon Land Imprinter (one shown at right) is a very simple machine consisting of
only two moving parts--the imprinting roller and the seed-box agitator. Imprinters have been
designed for ecological restoration and the establishment of cover crops. They have smaller
diameter rollers and are easier to transport. Some can work on 2:1 slopes and even steeper. Click
on left menu or on picture for imprinter specifications.
Tombstone Prototype
Imprinter
Roller Blades
Imprints Hold Rainwater
in Place
V-shaped imprints funnel resources downward where they can work in concert to germinate seeds and establish seedlings. See the
photograph on the right (now that is a framable work of art!) The vegetative response to imprinting is rapid because the v-shaped
imprints or indentations hold rainwater in place and captures seed, water and windblown plant litter. So it is a unique combination of
factors that make this V-shaped imprint very successful: It concentrates water and seed, funneling it to the bottom of the imprint;
captures and concentrates windblown litter, that works as mulch to suppress evaporation; and gathers other windblown seeds for a
cover crop and biodiversity. Advantages of imprinting over other methods include better soil and water conservation, better stands of
vegetation, faster growing seedlings, and greater production of forage/plant material.
For you "Technophiles"
Conservation Essays Scientific Publications
Simple seeders, are directly driven from the imprinting roller, such as the roller shown on the right,
and can deliver complex mixes of native seeds to the roller top where they are carried forward,
dropped on the soil surface and then embedded in the imprint surfaces. Click on left menu or on
picture for roller specifications.
AIR EARTH INTERFACE (AEI)
IMPRINTING: How Does It Work?
"Theory without Fact is Fantasy,
and Fact without Theory is Chaos"
Walt Whitman
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