Excerpt:
"In November of 2007, the Board of Directors of The Quivira Coalition added two words to the mission statement of the organization, reflecting a new emphasis on meeting the expanding challenges of the 21st century. The words are "build resilience" and the mission statement now reads:

"The mission of The Quivira Coalition is to build resilience by fostering ecological, economic and social health on western landscapes through education, innovation, collaboration, and progressive public and private land stewardship."

"When The Quivira Coalition was founded in 1997, its principle aim was to explore a `radical center' among ranchers, conservationists, scientists and public land managers by focusing on the concepts of progressive cattle management, collaboration and improved land health. Our original mission was: "to demonstrate that ecologically sensitive ranch management and economically robust ranches can be compatible."

Contents:

• Building Resilience...Once Acre at a Time
• New Plan
• Reversing Ecosystem Service Decline
• Relocalizing Food
• Education and Outreach
• Land and Water
• Conservation and Ranch Leadership & Youth (CARLY)
• 7th Annual Conference
• Valle Grande Ranch/Rowe Mesa Grassbank
• Rowe Mesa 2008 CFRP Community Outreach
• New Ranch Network
• Ojo Encino
• Riparian Restoration Projects
• Contributors
• 2008 Financial Report
• Acknowledgments
• Staff & Board