2023年，百万植树计划宁夏项目继续与灵武市白芨滩防沙林场合作，共得到14家林地赞助商的支持，在白芨滩保护区内总计治沙一千三百亩，栽植各类灌木共二十六万余株。
Supported by 14 forest sponsors, the Million Tree Project continued its desert control efforts to work with Baijitan Tree Farm in 2023. Another 260,000 shrubs have been planted, covering a total area of 86.7 hectares in Baijitan Nature Reserve.
图 1： 百万植树计划宁夏项目2023年林地示意图
Image 1, Map of the Million Tree Project Ningxia Forest of Year 2023
图2：林地纪念碑
Image 2,Forest Plaque
根据当地气候、水文情况。项目将采用灌木种植搭配草方格固沙的模式进行治沙以及生态恢复工作。每块沙地一般会需要4轮种植来确保造林效果，以确保灌木树种的亩栽植量不低于180株/亩。
According to local climate condition and hydrologic regime, we choose to plant a mix of shrubs and grass on the straw girds constructed to control sand movements. In every forest, we need to plant four times to make sure there could be more than 180 shrubs/Mu survived.
第一轮种植已于2023年11月30日前完成，即完成了所有的草方格固沙，并在雨季完成了柠条、花棒的种籽点播。每亩点播在200到300格草方格之间，即每2×1格会播种一次，同时会配合1kg沙蒿的草籽的撒播。据统计当地每名工作人员每日可以完成约300平方米（半亩）沙地的草方格制作和种植工作，所以完成这轮工作需要40名工作人员约50日的工作时间。
By November 30th 2023，we have finished the construction of straw grids and sown seeds of Caragana Korshinskii Kom and Hedysarum scoparium in the straw grids in the raining season. The planting density is two meters by one meter, which means 200 to 300 grids/Mu have been sown seeds in. In addition, 1kg Artemisia ordosica seeds have been broadcasted per Mu. One worker can do about 300 squares per day. It took approximately 40 workers around 50 days to finish the work.
图 3：草方格全景，2023.12.7
Image 3, Straw Grids‘ Overview, Dec. 7, 2023
2023宁夏活动于8月26日开始，到9月7日结束，来自13家企业的111名代表参与了活动，亲身走进白芨滩国家级自然保护区，在沙漠徒步、参观治沙博物馆了解土地荒漠化，学习并实践扎制草方格、点播草籽等。
From August 26 to September 7, 111 volunteers from 13 companies traveled to Lingwu, Ningxia. They visited Baijitan National Nature Reserve, where they visited the Sand Control Museum to learn about desertification and practiced constructing straw grids on the sandy land, sowing seeds in the middle of the grids etc.
图4：志愿者在点播灌木种子
Image 4, Volunteers are Sowing Shrub Seeds
图5：志愿者在扎制草方格
Image 5, Volunteers are Constructing Straw Grids