Editor's Note
"This expanded edition focuses on the problems of development. Many of these articles deal with Arizona, but these issues are the same in New Mexico and the rest of the intermountain West."

Excerpt From The Founders:
"We must be doing something right.

"In October, The Quivira Coalition won three awards: a Piñon Award from the Santa Fe Community Foundation for 'outstanding service to the environment,' a Merit Award from the New Mexico Chapter of the Soil and Water Society, and an Environmental Excellence Award from the EPA for our work with the Rio Puerco Management Committee on Non-Point Source Pollution.

"We consider these diverse awards to be a signal that our work is heading in the right direction. This is important because, for a small organization such as ourselves, getting a pat on the back so early in the game redoubles our commitment to our mission.

"It also boosts our morale. The Quivira Coalition continues to operate with only one part-time paid staff member and a bank account that has rarely exceeded $8,000. Most of the work has been voluntary (thanks, Barbara!). So, awards help."

Contents:

• "The Urbanization of Ranching" -Nathan Sayre
• "Examples of Good Stewardship: Jim and Joy Williams, Quemado, New Mexico"
• "From the Founders" -Jim Winder, Courtney White, Barbara Johnson
• "Ranching on the Edge in Prescott, Arizona" -Dennis Moroney
• "Farming on the Edge: Losing Our Most Important Agricultural Lands" -Jeff Jones
• "Macho Creek Project Update"
• "Birds in Urbanized Environments" -Dr. Mark Hostetler
• "Making Friends in Catron County: The Quemado Project" -Courtney White
• "The Far Horizon" -Courtney White
• "Gray Ranch Classroom" -Mary Burton Riseley
• "Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Revisited"
• "Back to the Land" -Wendell Berry