Call for Nominations
The Quivira Coalition Calls for nominations for the 8th Annual Burch Award. $20,000 AwardThe Clarence Burch Award is given by The Quivira Coalition and the Dunigan Family to honor Clarence Burch, an innovative and enterprising rancher who courageously embraced new ideas and methods of "doing business." The award recognizes individuals, organizations and others who have led by example in promoting and accomplishing outstanding stewardship of private and/or public lands.
The goals of the Burch Award are consistent with the mission of The Quivira Coalition and its New Ranch paradigm, i.e., to explore innovative ideas in ranch management and build bridges between ranchers, environmentalists, public land managers, scientists and others with the goal of restoring western rangelands collaboratively.
The Quivira Coalition seeks nominations for its 8th Annual Burch Award, which will be presented at a ceremony Friday evening, November 6, 2009, at the conclusion of the 8th Annual Conference at the Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, NM. Multiple recipients can share the $20,000 award.
Criteria include:
Individuals or organizations who:
- demonstrate innovative and sustainable methods of land stewardship,
- contribute significantly to education about sustainable use of natural resources, and
- promote and implement the collaborative process, sometimes called The Radical Center, in resolving land stewardship conflicts.
- our public lands agencies who take the lead in implementing new ideas in resource management,
- the research community who have made a significant contribution to a wider understanding of the ecological and social factors at work on the land, or
- the conservation and ranching community who have demonstrated pro-active leadership in promoting and achieving ecological and economic health.
√ the name of the person or organizations,
√ contact information for the nominee,
√ current and past accomplishments, and
√ why this person or organization should receive this award.