Books
These are books we recommend for reading. Many of the authors have been speakers and key-note speakers at our past Annual Conferences.
A Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico
Third Edition
Kelly W. Allred
Agricultural Experiment Station - New Mexico State University
"A Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico will be useful to wild-flower and nature enthusiasts, students, ecologists, range managers, ranchers and farmers, and environmental scientists."
Kelly W. Allred
Agricultural Experiment Station - New Mexico State University
"A Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico will be useful to wild-flower and nature enthusiasts, students, ecologists, range managers, ranchers and farmers, and environmental scientists."
Saving The Ranch
Conservation Easement Design in the American West
Anthony Anella and John B. Wright, Photographs by Edward Ranney
"The American West epitomizes an ideal American landscape, characterized by vast expanses of open vistas. This picture is changing rapidly. Increasingly ranches that have been in families for generations are at risk of development. Ranch Lands also comprise some of the most important wildlife habitat and ecological resources in the West. This book provides real options for private landowners that both maintain the viability of their operations and protect open space and wildlife habitat. Every rancher, and everyone concerned with open spaces and the wildlife habitat they contain, should read this book." -Luther Propst, Executive Director, Sonoran Institute
Anthony Anella and John B. Wright, Photographs by Edward Ranney
"The American West epitomizes an ideal American landscape, characterized by vast expanses of open vistas. This picture is changing rapidly. Increasingly ranches that have been in families for generations are at risk of development. Ranch Lands also comprise some of the most important wildlife habitat and ecological resources in the West. This book provides real options for private landowners that both maintain the viability of their operations and protect open space and wildlife habitat. Every rancher, and everyone concerned with open spaces and the wildlife habitat they contain, should read this book." -Luther Propst, Executive Director, Sonoran Institute
The Way of Ignorance
and Other Essays
Wendell Berry
Purchase
Includes Courtney White's Essay - "The Working Wilderness: A Call for a Land Health Movement"
"Wherever we live, however we do so, we desperately need a prophet of responsibility and...Berry may be the closest to one we have." -New York Review of Books
Wendell Berry
Purchase
Includes Courtney White's Essay - "The Working Wilderness: A Call for a Land Health Movement"
"Wherever we live, however we do so, we desperately need a prophet of responsibility and...Berry may be the closest to one we have." -New York Review of Books
Beyond the Rangeland Conflict: Toward a West That Works
The Book That's Changing The West
by Dan Dagget with Portraits by Jay Dusard
Purchase
"One of the most wasteful tragedies of the West has been the conflict between ranchers and conservationists. Dan Dagget's book Beyond the Rangeland Conflict, states the terms of an authentic reconciliation: renew the sense of community, of common good and common ground; work together to define common goals and to achieve them. The ranchers and conservationists who populate these pages have quit fighting over the contested landscapes and have begun restoring them. It would be hard to overestimate the importance of their stories. I read this book eagerly, recognizing it as something I have been waiting for, and it gave me hope. Several friends of mine need to read it. I'll take a dozen copies." - Wendell Berry, Author
by Dan Dagget with Portraits by Jay Dusard
Purchase
"One of the most wasteful tragedies of the West has been the conflict between ranchers and conservationists. Dan Dagget's book Beyond the Rangeland Conflict, states the terms of an authentic reconciliation: renew the sense of community, of common good and common ground; work together to define common goals and to achieve them. The ranchers and conservationists who populate these pages have quit fighting over the contested landscapes and have begun restoring them. It would be hard to overestimate the importance of their stories. I read this book eagerly, recognizing it as something I have been waiting for, and it gave me hope. Several friends of mine need to read it. I'll take a dozen copies." - Wendell Berry, Author
Gardeners of Eden - Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature
Dan Dagget, with Photography by Tom Ben
Purchase
"Aldo Leopold once wrote, 'The only progress that counts is on the back forty.' In his new book, Dan Dagget gives us an energizing look at where real progress is being made, and where hope can be found. It's fun, it's provocative, and I guarantee that when you finish this book, you won't look at the West, or the conservation movement, the same way again." -Courtney White
Purchase
"Aldo Leopold once wrote, 'The only progress that counts is on the back forty.' In his new book, Dan Dagget gives us an energizing look at where real progress is being made, and where hope can be found. It's fun, it's provocative, and I guarantee that when you finish this book, you won't look at the West, or the conservation movement, the same way again." -Courtney White
New Mexico Vegetation
past, present, and future
William A. Dick-Peddie, with contributions by W.H. Moir and Richard Spellenberg
"This book is the first comprehensive study of the biological history and evolution of New Mexico's vegetation and includes a detailed account of the distribution of plant communities in the state today."
William A. Dick-Peddie, with contributions by W.H. Moir and Richard Spellenberg
"This book is the first comprehensive study of the biological history and evolution of New Mexico's vegetation and includes a detailed account of the distribution of plant communities in the state today."
The Land We Share
Private Property and the Common Good
Eric T. Freyfogle
"Freyfogle's argument that private property is an organic, natural entity that has evolved from age to age - not a static concept bound by immutable laws - comes just in time for a renewed debate on the subject. Goodness knows we need some fresh thinking on the matter, and Freyfogle has supplied it." -John Hanson Mitchell, Author
Eric T. Freyfogle
"Freyfogle's argument that private property is an organic, natural entity that has evolved from age to age - not a static concept bound by immutable laws - comes just in time for a renewed debate on the subject. Goodness knows we need some fresh thinking on the matter, and Freyfogle has supplied it." -John Hanson Mitchell, Author
Panarchy
Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems
Exploitation, Conservation, Release, Re-organization
Edited by Lance H. Gunderson & C.S. Holling
Exploitation, Conservation, Release, Re-organization
Edited by Lance H. Gunderson & C.S. Holling
How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants
H.D. Harrington
"Based on Harrington's many years as a professor of botany, this book is clear, concise, and well-organized. It is a practical tool by which the student can learn the often difficult procedures of identifying grasses. Includes more than 500 drawings and illustrated glossary made especially for this book."
"Based on Harrington's many years as a professor of botany, this book is clear, concise, and well-organized. It is a practical tool by which the student can learn the often difficult procedures of identifying grasses. Includes more than 500 drawings and illustrated glossary made especially for this book."
The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook
Healthy Cooking and Good Living with Pasture-Raised Foods
Shannon Hayes, Foreword by Bruce Aidells
"Finally. A cookbook that does justice to the superb quality of the meat, eggs, and dairy products from grass-fed animals. Shannon Hayes takes the mystery out of cooking products from pastured animals. Once you've read her book, you, too, will be a 'grass-fed gourmet'." - Jo Robinson, author
Shannon Hayes, Foreword by Bruce Aidells
"Finally. A cookbook that does justice to the superb quality of the meat, eggs, and dairy products from grass-fed animals. Shannon Hayes takes the mystery out of cooking products from pastured animals. Once you've read her book, you, too, will be a 'grass-fed gourmet'." - Jo Robinson, author
Barnyard Games & Puzzles
Helene Hovanec & Patrick Merrell
"100 Mazes, Word Games, Picture Puzzles, Jokes & Riddles, Brainteasers, and Fun Activities for Kids"
"100 Mazes, Word Games, Picture Puzzles, Jokes & Riddles, Brainteasers, and Fun Activities for Kids"
Farming with the Wild
Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches
Dan Imhoff and Roberto Carra
"Daniel Imhoff describes a future in which farmers and ranchers work with nature, not against it. What makes his vision so compelling is that he roots it in dozens of case studies from across the United States...To anyone concerned about both the future of American agriculture and the preservation of wildlife, this book shows how nature and farming can peaceably and productively coexist." -Jerry Goodbody, Audubon Magazine
Dan Imhoff and Roberto Carra
"Daniel Imhoff describes a future in which farmers and ranchers work with nature, not against it. What makes his vision so compelling is that he roots it in dozens of case studies from across the United States...To anyone concerned about both the future of American agriculture and the preservation of wildlife, this book shows how nature and farming can peaceably and productively coexist." -Jerry Goodbody, Audubon Magazine
Community and the Politics of Place
Daniel Kemmis
"Kemmis's book is eloquently written and wonderfully readable. Its descriptions of what communities might be and how they might work together are enormously attractive. And it makes a point that is relatively new even in the very ancient field of political theory: that location is crucial to our very concept of community."
-Utah Humanities Council
"Kemmis's book is eloquently written and wonderfully readable. Its descriptions of what communities might be and how they might work together are enormously attractive. And it makes a point that is relatively new even in the very ancient field of political theory: that location is crucial to our very concept of community."
-Utah Humanities Council
This Sovereign Land:
A New Vision for Governing the West
Daniel Kemmis
"Kemmis is an exceptional and challenging writer. He marshals his staggering knowledge of the history and politics of the American West in such a compelling way that readers must confromt the limitations of their own views on the subject. This [book] is required reading for anyone concerned about the future of the magnificent public lands of the American West." -Theodore Roosevelt IV
Daniel Kemmis
"Kemmis is an exceptional and challenging writer. He marshals his staggering knowledge of the history and politics of the American West in such a compelling way that readers must confromt the limitations of their own views on the subject. This [book] is required reading for anyone concerned about the future of the magnificent public lands of the American West." -Theodore Roosevelt IV
Ranching West of the 100th Meridian
Culture, Ecology, and Economics
Edited by Richard L. Knight, Wendell C. Gilgert, Ed Marston
"My grandest environmental experiences have been on ranches - sometimes photographing, but more often being on horseback with the cowboy crew. It has been in cowboy country -working wilderness- that I have had my finest sightings of deer, elk, moose, pronghorn, bighorn, bear, cougar, coatimundi, eagle, turkey. And the cow country sunrises haven't been half bad either." -Jay Dusard
Edited by Richard L. Knight, Wendell C. Gilgert, Ed Marston
"My grandest environmental experiences have been on ranches - sometimes photographing, but more often being on horseback with the cowboy crew. It has been in cowboy country -working wilderness- that I have had my finest sightings of deer, elk, moose, pronghorn, bighorn, bear, cougar, coatimundi, eagle, turkey. And the cow country sunrises haven't been half bad either." -Jay Dusard
Stewardship Across Boundaries
Edited by Richard L. Knight & Peter B. Landres
"The song 'Don't Fence Me In' is almost our national anthem. Yet even in the field of natural resource management, we spend so much time and energy constructing and maintaining walls around our disciplines, our agencies, and our lands. Stewardship Across Boundaries shines a bright spotlight on this American paradox. If I were still chief of the NRCS, I'd make it recommended reading for our 12,000 employees."
-Paul W. Johnson
"The song 'Don't Fence Me In' is almost our national anthem. Yet even in the field of natural resource management, we spend so much time and energy constructing and maintaining walls around our disciplines, our agencies, and our lands. Stewardship Across Boundaries shines a bright spotlight on this American paradox. If I were still chief of the NRCS, I'd make it recommended reading for our 12,000 employees."
-Paul W. Johnson
Last Child in the Woods
Saving Our Chilren from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Richard Louv
"Writing to the heart and intellect with telling anecdotes and pertinent research, Louv gives the reader-parent, educator, scientist - an assessment of the social and ecological consequences of America's divorce from nature and prescribes new paths for reconnecting children with nature, resulting in healthier, better-adjusted kids who will care for our planet." -Craig Tufts
Richard Louv
"Writing to the heart and intellect with telling anecdotes and pertinent research, Louv gives the reader-parent, educator, scientist - an assessment of the social and ecological consequences of America's divorce from nature and prescribes new paths for reconnecting children with nature, resulting in healthier, better-adjusted kids who will care for our planet." -Craig Tufts
Landscape Ecology: Function and Management
Principles from Australia's Rangelands
Edited by J. Ludwig, D. Tongway, D. Freudenberger, J. Noble, K. Hodgkinson
"This book will be essential reading for Aboriginal land holders, public land administrators and policy makers, pastoralists and their Landcare groups, the military, and the mining and tourist industries."
Edited by J. Ludwig, D. Tongway, D. Freudenberger, J. Noble, K. Hodgkinson
"This book will be essential reading for Aboriginal land holders, public land administrators and policy makers, pastoralists and their Landcare groups, the military, and the mining and tourist industries."
Local Flavors
Cooking and Eating From America's Farmers' Markets
Deborah Madison
"Deborah Madison is a Wonder. Just when you imagine that you have more than enough cookbooks, she comes along with another you can't do without. If you've thought about eating seasonally but don't know how, run out and get this book. You need it." -Joan Dye Gussow
Deborah Madison
"Deborah Madison is a Wonder. Just when you imagine that you have more than enough cookbooks, she comes along with another you can't do without. If you've thought about eating seasonally but don't know how, run out and get this book. You need it." -Joan Dye Gussow
Vegetable Soups
From Deborah Madison's Kitchen
Deborah Madison
"America's favorite vegetarian cookbook author presents more than 100 inventive and straightforward soup recipes guaranteed to satisfy appetites all year long. Includes 50 stunning full-color photographs, serving suggestions, wine notes, and a host of ideas for creative finishing touches."
Deborah Madison
"America's favorite vegetarian cookbook author presents more than 100 inventive and straightforward soup recipes guaranteed to satisfy appetites all year long. Includes 50 stunning full-color photographs, serving suggestions, wine notes, and a host of ideas for creative finishing touches."
Correction Lines
Essays on Land, Leopold, and Conservation
Curt Meine
"Curt Meine is one of the most thoughtful nature conservationists active in the United States today. In these essays he takes us from the days of Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold to the era of international terrorism, skillfully interpreting the past to help us define a conservation ethic for today. A very useful, wise, and necessary book." -Donald Worster
Curt Meine
"Curt Meine is one of the most thoughtful nature conservationists active in the United States today. In these essays he takes us from the days of Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold to the era of international terrorism, skillfully interpreting the past to help us define a conservation ethic for today. A very useful, wise, and necessary book." -Donald Worster
Coming Home to Eat
The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods
Gary Paul Nabhan
"A perspective that is at once ecological, economic, humanistic and spiritual. In his eloquent, richly evocative book, [Nabhan] offers a fascinating, enlightening and moving account of his own experiences...prompting us to think twice about everthing from the value of so-called 'health foods' to the decline in the percentage of American families who have dinner together at home." -Los Angelos Times
Gary Paul Nabhan
"A perspective that is at once ecological, economic, humanistic and spiritual. In his eloquent, richly evocative book, [Nabhan] offers a fascinating, enlightening and moving account of his own experiences...prompting us to think twice about everthing from the value of so-called 'health foods' to the decline in the percentage of American families who have dinner together at home." -Los Angelos Times
Farm Fresh
Direct Marketing Meats and Milk
Allan Nation
Do you know how, how much, when, and where to sell your grass-fed meats or milk for the highest profits? Allan Nation supplies the answers to these questions and many more.
Allan Nation
Do you know how, how much, when, and where to sell your grass-fed meats or milk for the highest profits? Allan Nation supplies the answers to these questions and many more.
Knowledge Rich Ranching
Allan Nation
"This in not a how-to book on how to raise cattle, instead it's a book on how the cattle business works." -Allan Nation
"This book tells ranchers how to profit from the inevitable swings in the cattle market. Although the focus is on cattle ranching, the principles apply to anyone wanting to succeed in the ranching business today."
"This in not a how-to book on how to raise cattle, instead it's a book on how the cattle business works." -Allan Nation
"This book tells ranchers how to profit from the inevitable swings in the cattle market. Although the focus is on cattle ranching, the principles apply to anyone wanting to succeed in the ranching business today."
Guide to Grasses
Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc.
P.O. Box 100, 605 25th Street, Greeley, CO 80632
1-800-782-5947 Ph: 970-356-7002 Fax: 970-356-7263
Pawnee Buttes Seed Website
email: pawneeseed@ctos.com
"Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with a selection of quality seed at a competitive price....This 'Guide to Grasses' was assembled to give you an appreciation of some of the most valuable plants for the central Great Plains and Rocky Mountain region. The focus is on successful grasses for seeding in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas and is applicable to other states outside the region."
P.O. Box 100, 605 25th Street, Greeley, CO 80632
1-800-782-5947 Ph: 970-356-7002 Fax: 970-356-7263
Pawnee Buttes Seed Website
email: pawneeseed@ctos.com
"Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with a selection of quality seed at a competitive price....This 'Guide to Grasses' was assembled to give you an appreciation of some of the most valuable plants for the central Great Plains and Rocky Mountain region. The focus is on successful grasses for seeding in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas and is applicable to other states outside the region."