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Of Land and Culture:

Of Land and Culture:

Environmental Justice and Public Lands Ranching in Northern New Mexico
by Ernest Atencio
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A Report by The Quivira Coalition and the Northern New Mexico Group of the Sierra Club
Second Printing ~ December 2004
  • Maps and Tables
  • Preface by Courtney White
  • Environmental Justice in Northern New Mexico
  • Poverty and Subsistence Ranching
  • Consequences of Ending Public Lands Ranching
  • Culture, Ecology, Belonging
  • Grazing Practice and Policy
  • Toward a Sustainable Future
  • Footnotes
  • Bibliography
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Grassbanks in the West

Grassbanks in the West

Proceedings from a Two-Day Conference of Ideas and Experience, 2001
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  • Prologue
  • Overview
  • What is a Grassbank?
  • Why Are Grassbanks Created?
  • Ranching Perspectives
  • Non-Profit, Philanthropic Perspectives
  • Federal Perspectives
  • Scientific Perspectives
  • Questions About Grassbanks
  • Conclusions
  • Conference Presenters
  • Appendix A: Valle Grande Grass Bank Monitoring Protocol
Collaborative Stewardship at Work: Proceedings of a Conference

Collaborative Stewardship at Work: Proceedings of a Conference

October 2002
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  • Foreword -Courtney White
  • Welcome -Martin Chavez
  • Introduction -Cecilia Seesholtz
  • Opening Comments -Jake Kosek
  • Community Forestry - Trees
    • Community Forestry in New Mexico -Max Cordova
    • Community Forestry - A Regional Perspective -Jan-Willem Jansens
    • The Vallecitos Federal Sustained Yield Unit -Kurt Winchester
    • Small-Scale Logging in Northern New Mexico -Ike DeVargas
    • Managing Forests for Water -Brett Olsen
  • Water, Agriculture and Soils
    • Watershed Management -Julia Geffroy
    • Managing for Water Quality -Abe Franklin
    • Family Farming - Cultivating Community -Lynda Prim
    • Acequias and Water Rights -Paula Garcia
    • Concluding Remarks: Day One -Jake Kosek
  • Grass and Grazing
    • The New Environmentalism -Courtney White
    • The Santa Barbara Watershed Restoration Project -Steve Miranda
    • Grassbanking and the Santa Barbara Project -Estevan Lopez
    • Monitoring -Will Barnes
    • Rotational Grazing and Herding -Joe Torres
    • Organic Ranching -Matt Mitchell
    • Closing Comments -Courtney White
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Community Forestry Discussion
    • Appendix B: Water, Agriculture and Soils Discussion
    • Appendix C: Grass and Grazing Discussion
    • Appendix D: Conference Speakers
The New Ranch at Work: Proceedings of a Conference

The New Ranch at Work: Proceedings of a Conference

January 2003
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  • Foreword -Courtney White
  • Welcome -Ray Powell
  • Grazing As a Natural Process - Just the Facts Please
    • Grazing In Complex Environments - The Details Matter -Kris Havstad, Brandon Bestelmeyer, and Joel Brown
    • Ranching as Sustainable Agriculture -Kirk Gadzia
    • Ranching: Natural Processes in an Economic Setting -Bob Budd
    • Lessons From the Malpai Borderlands - Ecological Science and Sustainable Grazing -James Brown
  • The Principles of the New Ranch - Innovation in Action
    • The CS Ranch - A Work in Progress -Julia Davis-Stafford
    • Profit is Not a Dirty Word -Roger Bowe
    • Dormant Season Grazing at Macho Creek - Is There a Seasonal Benefit for Birds? -Gail Garber
    • Working With the Federal Government -David James
  • Special Presentation
    • Rethinking Protected Areas - The Case of the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge -Nathan Sayre
  • Grazing and Biodiversity - We Can Get Along!
    • Speaking Western - Honest Conversations About Biodiversity On Protected Areas, Ranches, and Subdivisions -Richard Knight
    • Ranching for Biodiversity -Tony Malmberg
    • Prairie Dogs, Cattle and Conventional Wisdom -Ben Brown and Charles Curtin
    • The U Bar Ranch, Conventional Wisdom, and the Southwest Willow Flycatcher -Scott Stoleson
  • Building the Radical Center - Getting Results
    • Why It's Time to Demand Results -Dan Dagget
    • Reconnecting People and Land - How Warriors Become Healers -Tommie Cline Martin
    • The Nevada Governor's Sage Grouse Conservation Team - An Effort in Environmental Democracy -Merle Lefkoff
    • Soil First! - Putting the "Grass" and "Roots" Back Into Grassroots Environmentalism -Courtney White
  • Appendices
    1. Presenters
    2. Endnotes and References