Patent ID: 7407993

Claim:
A method for concomitantly reducing soil erosion from and imparting fire-resistance to an area of land having vegetation growing thereon, the method comprising the steps: a) providing a copolymer of linear polyacrylamide and sodium acrylate; b) providing between 1,000 to 4,000 pounds organic material; c) providing between 3,000 to 7,000 gallons of water; d) mixing said water in step c) with said polymer in step a) to form a first admixture; e) mixing the admixture of step d) with said organic matter in step b) such that the copolymer is present in an amount between 0.25% to 5.00% by weight of the combined weight of said copolymer and said organic material; and f) applying said admixture in step e) to said area of land and said vegetation growing thereon.