On the example of the work of the forestry enterprises of the Kursk region and the city of Pyatigorsk, [Kislovodsk], the work on the protection of slope and waste lands from water erosion using advanced technology is shown. Types of ravines, mountains. Machine equipment for soil preparation before planting tree seedlings. Forest planting machines work, manual planting. Types of forest, narzan gallery in the city of Kislovodsk. Vacationers drink water at the source, take narzan baths.