The comprehensive control measures implemented in Liuyaotou small watershed suggested a successful way to manage a small watershed in the desert stepperegion. The effective measures adapted to that watershed can be summari zed as: to cont rol the la nd desertification a nd improve the eco-environment;to emphasize on promoting farmer to be rich by developing the shallow underground water; to develop the regional economy and drive the economy towards a sustainability in the watershed for the purpose of raising the land productivity and improving the farmers' living quality by means of combining afforesting and planting grass with confining the mountain.