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Land imprinting, a no-till method for seeding has been under development in Tucson, Arizona since 1976. Land imprinting is an application of the infiltration/erosion control research conducted by the senior author and several coworkers. Ranchers have applied imprinting to restoring perennial grasses on their degraded rangeland for erosion control and forage production. Since 1980 some 20,000 ha have been interseeded with grasses in southern Arizona, Early imprinters were massive machines with large-diameter rollers that were designed to operate on rocky, brushy terrain of the Southwestern Deserts. Modem imprinters are smaller and easier to transport. Based on more than 2 decades of field experience, land imprinting specifications have been developed for erosion control, ecological restoration, and sustainable agriculture.