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From 1997 to present, over 1 million acres, at least 20 linear miles of riparian drainages and 10,000 people have benefited from The Quivira Coalition's collaborative efforts through:

9 Land Health and Riparian Restoration Demonstration Projects:
  • Macho Creek (near Deming, NM)
  • Nacimiento Copper Mine (near Cuba, NM)
  • Largo and Loco Creeks (near Quemado, NM)
  • Dry Cimarron River (near Folsom, NM)
  • Comanche Creek (Carson N.F., NM)
  • Cedro Creek (near Albuquerque, NM)
  • Mesteņo Draw (near Mountainair, NM)
  • Valle Grande Ranch (near Pecos, NM)
  • Red Canyon Reserve (near Magdelena, NM)

~Over 100 Educational Events Around the Region:
  • 7 Annual Conferences
  • 5 other Conferences (in NM, AZ, UT) - on Grassbanks, Collaborative Stewardship, the New Ranch and the Radical Center.
  • 86 Riparian & Rangeland Health Workshops throughout New Mexico and Arizona
  • Capacity-Building Trainings - 1) Water Harvesting for NM Dept. of Transportation Roads & 2) Riparian Restoration for Practitioners.

~Numerous Publications and Outreach Articles:

~Speaking Engagements:
The Executive Director and other staff members have delivered over 100 lectures at Conferences, Retreats, and Workshops around the region.

~Collaborations with over 40 other organizations
BLM - The Canelo Hills Coalition - Cimarron Watershed Alliance - Ciudad SWCD - Coalition for the Valle Vidal - The Conservation Fund - The Diablo Trust - Earth Works Institute - Environmental Defense - The Farm Connection - Farm to Table - Four Corners Institute - Hawks Aloft - Malpai Borderlands Group - National Riparian Team - NRCS - Navajo Nation - NM Environment Department~Surface Water Quality Bureau - NM Riparian Council - NM State Land Office - NM Trout - NM Museum of Natural History and Science - Rio Puerco Management Committee - Sandia, Santa Ana and Santa Clara Pueblos - The Sonoran Institute/RCC - Taos SWCD - Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance - Trout Unlimited~Truchas Chapter - Upper Eagle Creek Watershed Association - USDA Forest Service - USDA EPA - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Valles Caldera Coalition - and numerous private landowners and consultants.

~Websites

~The New Ranch Network, where 17 Grants/Projects have been given or implemented throughout New Mexico and Arizona and in 2007, Texas.

~Land Health Services that have included 3 Rangeland Health Assessments and 8 mapping projects on ranches in NM, AZ, CO and UT.

~7 Clarence Burch Awards Given For:
  • Progressive Ranch Management
  • Collaborative work on populations of the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
  • Leadership, inspiration, and innovation, for riparian restoration projects across the region.
  • Leadership in a successful, collaborative partnership among ranchers, federal land managers, and conservationists focused on the diverse biological resources of the Empire Ranch.
  • Successful collaborative effort to mend fences and relationships in a corner of volatile Catron County.
  • Leadership in bridging the urban-rural divide in the region through education, innovation, and good humor.
  • Setting an example of collaborative, innovative and progressive land stewardship on the Navajo Nation.

~Quivira Coalition Recognition Awards. To mark our 10th anniversary, we implemented a new annual award dedicated to the "four legs" of The Quivira Coalition's original "chair" - ranchers, conservationists, civil servants, and researchers. We recognize those individuals in each category who have shown remarkable and enduring leadership in the difficult job of working in the radical center.

~Recognition Awards Received:
  • Soil and Water Conservation Society New Mexico Chapter Merit Award (1998)
  • The Santa Fe Community Foundation 1998 Piņon Award
  • New Mexico Community Foundation: An Outstanding 1999-2000 Grantee Organization
  • New Mexico Riparian Council: 2005 Public Awareness/Education Award
  • New Mexico Riparian Council: 2005 Partnership Award

~Various Project Funding Sources:
  • 5 EPA-319 (h) Water Quality multi-year Grants
    • Valle Grande Grassbank
    • Nacimiento Mine
    • Comanche Creek (I & II)
    • Dry Cimarron River
  • 2 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants
    • New Ranch Handbook
    • Largo Creek Restoration Project
  • 1 EPA multi-year Wetland Restoration Grant
    • Cedro Creek
  • 5 Collaborative Contractual Grants (public and federal funds)
    • Earth Works Institute EPA 319 (h) Water Quality Grant
    • Rio Puerco Management Committee
    • Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects
    • Rio Puerco Management Committee
      • Watershed Initiative
  • New Ranch Network supported by the USDA Forest Service, PNM, Environmental Defense, Thaw Charitable Foundation and The Dixon Water Fund.

~Operational Support received from numerous private foundations, Annual Memberships, an Annual 'Investor' Campaign, and various fund raising events.

~The support and participation of over 1,000 diversified members that include ranchers, land managers/owners, federal/state employees, tribal entities, the general public, and conservationists.

~In 2006, we became members of the NM Cattlegrowers' Association and we produced and sold beef from our own cattle herd on the Valle Grande Ranch.

~Through the hard work and dedication to the mission of 7 very busy Staff and 12 Board Members.

(To learn more about The Quivira Coalition visit the About Us page.)