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Mark your calendars for the 8th Annual Conference November 4, 5, 6, 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Embassy Suites Click Here to Register On-line or Click Here to download the mail-in registration
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Living Leopold: the land ethic and a new agrarianism
"The only progress that counts is on actual landscape of the back forty." - Aldo Leopold
Wednesday, November 4 - Each Seminar All Day
Two Concurrent Pre-Conference Seminars
As in previous years, we will offer two pre-conference seminars related to Water and Ranching. Each seminar is a full day.
1) Water Symposium - Let the Water do the Work: Healing Incised Channels with Induced Meandering
Induced Meandering is a proven and effective method for restoring health to degraded and incised stream channels in a variety of landforms. This seminar honors the accomplishments of of Aldo Leopold's son, Luna Leopold. Invited speakers will explore watershed conditions, drainage patterns and riparian restoration throughout the Southwest.
•Peter Warshall, Conservationist and former student of Luna Leopold, Tucson, AZ
•Larry Schmidt, Consultant, former Program Manager of the National stream Systems Technology Center, USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Ft Collins, CO), Minden, NV
•Stephen Monroe, Hydrologist, National Park Service, Flagstaff, AZ
•Joan Bybee, Mesteno Draw Ranch, Mountainair, NM
•Steve Reichert, Tierra y Montes SWCD, Las Vegas, NM and Nina Wells, NMED~SWQB, Santa Fe, NM
A new book, Let the Water Do the Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels by Bill Zeedyk, Zeedyk Ecological Consulting, Sandia Park, N.M. and Van Clothier, Stream Dynamics, Silver City, N.M. published by The Quivira Coalition will be introduced. The authors will present an overview of the book followed by presentations on treatment methods, design, construction, and monitoring by:
•Steve Vrooman, Steve Vrooman Restoration Ecology, Santa Fe, N.M.
•Gene Tatum and Glenda Muirhead, Albuquerque Wildlife Federation, Albuquerque, N.M.
•Steve Carson, Rangeland Hands, Inc., Santa Fe, N.M., and
•Craig Sponholtz, Dryland Solutions, Inc., Santa Fe, N.M.
Selected projects from around New Mexico will be highlighted during a poster session and the day will end with a celebratory reception and book signing.
"Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our childrens' lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land." - Luna Leopold
2) Range School - Dung Beetles, Bats, Beaver, Wolves and Elk - Oh My! Creating Harmony Between Livestock and Wildlife
The range school will explore practical strategies that promote co-existence between wildlife and livestock, including profitable economic approaches that promote conservation. Speakers include:
•Dr. Pat Richardson, University of Texas, Austin
•Dan Taylor, Bat Conservation International, Calf.
•Rick Danvir, Deseret Ranch, Woodview, Utah
•Timm Kaminsky, Mountain Livestock Cooperative, Alberta, Canada
"It is clear by now that there is no short cut to wildlife conservation. Neither laws, nor appropriations, nor bureaus, nor the training of technical men, nor the popular agitation of the subject is going to accomplish much until there exists
a) A critical judgment in the average citizen as to what wildlife conservation is, what methods are sound or unsound, what worthwhile or trivial.
b) A personal enthusiasm for and enjoyment of wildlife in a high proportion of citizens, especially landowners.
c) A much deeper knowledge of natural mechanisms, and a correspondingly sounder technique."
- Aldo Leopold, in a report to the University of Wisconsin, 1939
Wednesday Evening Event: 7:00-9:00 pm
Reading Aldo Leopold: This evening will feature ranchers, conservationists, scientists, land managers and others reading their favorite passages from the writings of Aldo Leopold. Invited participants include: Linda Hasselstrom and Gary Nabhan
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
This year's conference talks will be presented at all day plenary session on Thursday and Friday as follows:
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - All Day
Land Health: "The land consists of soil, water, plants and animals, but health is more than a sufficiency of these components. It is a state of vigorous self-renewal in each of them, and in all collectively."[Conservation: In Whole or Part, 1944]
•Dr Pat Richardson, soil scientist from the University of Texas, Austin, TX
•Dr Jerry Glover, plant expert at The Land Institute, Salina, KS
•Dr Dick Cates, grassfed beef rancher and dairy professor, southern WI
Conservation: "Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. By land is meant all of the things on, over, or in the earth. Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left,. That is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism. Its parts, like our own parts, compete with each other and co-operate with each other. The competitions are as much a part of the inner workings as the co-operations. You can regulate them - cautiously - but not abolish them." [Conservation, 1938]
•Julie Sullivan, environmentalist and rancher, San Juan Ranch, Saguache, CO
•Clare Kazanski, great granddaughter of Aldo Leopold, Environmental Defense, Washington, D.C.
•Dr Sally Collins, head of the USDA's new office of Ecosystem Services, Washington, D.C.
Sustainable Agriculture: "The true problem of agriculture, and all other land-use, is to achieve both utility and beauty, and thus permanence. A farmer has the same obligation to help, within reason, to preserve the biotic integrity of his community as he has, within reason, to preserve the culture which rests on it. As a member of the community, he is the ultimate beneficiary of both." [The Land Health Concept and Conservation, 1946]
•Tim and Katie Kline, Amish farmers, Mt. Hope, OH
•Tammy Herrera, Ojo Encino Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Cuba, NM
•Jen Johnson, 5th generation rancher and director of the Nature Conservancy's Young Rancher program, Colorado Springs, CO; and Amber Reed, CARLY apprentice at the San Juan Ranch, Saguache, CO
3:30-5:00 pm - Questions and Testimonials from the Audience
Friday, November 6, 2009 - All Day
Restoration: "Game can be restored by the creative use of the same tools which have heretofore destroyed it - axe, plow, cow, fire and gun." [Game Management, 1933]
•Jed Meunier, great grandson of Leopold and graduate student at CSU, Fort Collins, CO
•Chet Vogt, rancher and winner of the 2008 Leopold Conservation Award, Elk Creek, northern CA
•Dr. Craig Allen, USGS, and director of a restoration project in the wilderness of Bandelier National Monument, NM
Beauty: Bread and beauty grow best together. Their harmonious integration can make farming no only a business but an art; the land not only a food-factory but an instrument for self-expression, on which each can play music of his own choosing." [The Conservation Ethic, 1933]
•Dr Rick Knight, professor of Biology, Ft. Collins, CO and Matilda Essig, artist, Elgin, AZ
•Craig Sponholtz, riparian restoration specialist, Dryland Solutions, Inc., Santa Fe, NM
•Linda Hasselstrom, author and rancher, Hermosa, SD
The Land Ethic: "The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and esthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community, and the community includes the soil, waters, fauna, and flora, as well as people." [The Ecological Conscience, 1947]
•Sid Goodloe, rancher, Capitan, NM
•Randy Udall, energy expert, Basalt,CO
•Gary Nabhan, author and research social scientist, University of Arizona, Tucson
3:30-5:00pm - Comments and Questions from the Audience
6:30pm - Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Accommodations: This year our Annual Conference is being held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, just southwest of the "Big I" and five minutes from the airport. This is a beautiful new hotel with large open meeting spaces. The two room suites will have you wanting to stay all week! The rate of $125/night for double occupancy includes a fully cooked-to-order breakfast buffet, an evening manager's reception featuring cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks, as well as complimentary parking. A block of rooms has been reserved for November 3-7, 2009. The special room rate will be available until October 21st or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. Click Here to make hotel reservations.It's Easy Being GREEN!: This year Quivira will be working even harder to provide an environmentally conscious conference that will save energy and money!
- To lessen our paper use, this year we will not be mailing out paper registration materials. All conference information and registration materials will be on our website beginning April 1st. If you don't have access to a computer and would like the paper version, just call the office at 505-820-2544 and will be happy to mail you a copy!
- You can help by bringing your own coffee mug, water bottle and bag. We will have eco-friendly bags and previous conference bags available for those who need them.
- Please feel free to share your ideas on how we can make this conference green!
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