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Finding Common Ground

Finding Common Ground

The Quivira Coalition has helped old enemies - environmentalists and ranchers - reap harmony on divisive ecological issues.

The Albuquerque Tribune: Business - January 28, 2002
Written by Sherry Robinson

Excerpt:
"Jan. 18 and 19 will go down in the books as the dates when the environmental movement reached a fork in the road.

"The Quivira Coalition for five years has charted a new path for environmental moderates and anyone else disturbed by the decades-old warfare between environmentalists and ranchers.

"At Quivira's first conference, participants could see before their eyes the group's evolution from a fringe group to a movement. Even after the Santa Fe group began turning people away, more than 300 participants packed a hotel ballroom. Speakers were passionate and, at times, emotional. During breaks, their listeners filled hallways with animated conversation. Nobody, it seemed, was unmoved...."

Albuquerque Tribune Website

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