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The Quivira Coalition
Inviting reasonable people to listen to new ideas about ranching and ecology.
Range Magazine - Winter 1999
Written by Courtney White
Excerpt:
"'Courtney, the Berlin Wall fell down up here.' These are the words Forest Service District Ranger Crockett Dumas used to describe the results of a workshop co-hosted by The Quivira Coalition in Penasco, N.M., last June. He was referring to the wall between ranchers and environmentalists in the region.
"What did The Quivira Coalition do to bring down this 'Berlin Wall'? Nothing more than invite reasonable people to a meeting, encourage them to listen to some new ideas about ranching and ecology, and give them a chance to respond. We also took a walk through the woods, literally, to see what land looks like in real life.
"During the workshop, a scientist told the audience what the ranchers already knew, that 50 percent of forest grasslands have disappeared over the last 50 years in northern New Mexico, mostly due to the proliferation of piņon pines and junipers. Fire, he said, was the key to restoring grass. His research detailed how low-intensity fires burned the forest every seven to 15 years historically. The future of ranching, he concluded, is tied to returning forests to ecological health...."
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Range Magazine - Winter 1999
Written by Courtney White
Excerpt:
"'Courtney, the Berlin Wall fell down up here.' These are the words Forest Service District Ranger Crockett Dumas used to describe the results of a workshop co-hosted by The Quivira Coalition in Penasco, N.M., last June. He was referring to the wall between ranchers and environmentalists in the region.
"What did The Quivira Coalition do to bring down this 'Berlin Wall'? Nothing more than invite reasonable people to a meeting, encourage them to listen to some new ideas about ranching and ecology, and give them a chance to respond. We also took a walk through the woods, literally, to see what land looks like in real life.
"During the workshop, a scientist told the audience what the ranchers already knew, that 50 percent of forest grasslands have disappeared over the last 50 years in northern New Mexico, mostly due to the proliferation of piņon pines and junipers. Fire, he said, was the key to restoring grass. His research detailed how low-intensity fires burned the forest every seven to 15 years historically. The future of ranching, he concluded, is tied to returning forests to ecological health...."
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