by Nathan F. Sayre; Foreword by Dr. George B. Ruyle, University of Arizona

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Praise for The Quivira Coalition and The New Ranch Handbook:
"The aim of The Quivira Coalition is to put ranching and conservation, economics and ecology into the same thought. All ranchers and conservationists ought to appreciate this effort, and they ought to support it." -Wendell Berry

"The New Ranch Handbook: A Guide to Restoring Western Rangelands promises much in title and delivers more in substance...The book may serve both as a textbook and as a reference manual." -Foreword by George B. Ruyle, Professor and Chair, Rangeland and Forest Resources Program, University of Arizona

"This book should be required reading for everyone who has an interest in natural resource issues in the West, especially those concerned with livestock grazing." - Bill McDonald, fifth generation rancher, Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group, and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Ranching as Sustainable Agriculture
• Grazing as a Natural Process
• The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Water and Nutrients
• Thresholds and Monitoring
• New Ranch Management
• Making the Leap
• Conclusion: Find and Expand the Radical Center
• Bibliography
• About the Author