Books
These are books we recommend for reading. Many of the authors have been speakers and key-note speakers at our past Annual Conferences.
Making a Hand
Growing up Cowboy in New Mexico
Photographs by Gene Peach, Text by Max Evans
"The superb images and the clear concise text of Making a Hand coalesce into an evocation of New Mexico that is irresistible. The cowboy embodies the spirit of the West, and the West is intrinsic in the American imagination. Here is the cowboy in the making. It is a transformation of great beauty, magic, and meaning. Here is a publishing event of singular importance." -N. Scott Momaday
Photographs by Gene Peach, Text by Max Evans
"The superb images and the clear concise text of Making a Hand coalesce into an evocation of New Mexico that is irresistible. The cowboy embodies the spirit of the West, and the West is intrinsic in the American imagination. Here is the cowboy in the making. It is a transformation of great beauty, magic, and meaning. Here is a publishing event of singular importance." -N. Scott Momaday
Pasture Perfect
The Far-Reaching Benefits of Choosing Meat, Eggs, and Dairy Products from Grass-Fed Animals
Jo Robinson
"Jo Robinson is the undisputed maven of fact-based health information about grass-fed meat and dairy products. You can always count on her hard-nosed 'show me the research' skepticism toward any and all health claims. If she writes about it, you know that what she tells you is based on science and not hyperbole." -Allan Nation
Jo Robinson
"Jo Robinson is the undisputed maven of fact-based health information about grass-fed meat and dairy products. You can always count on her hard-nosed 'show me the research' skepticism toward any and all health claims. If she writes about it, you know that what she tells you is based on science and not hyperbole." -Allan Nation
Grass-fed Cattle
How to Produce and Market Natural Beef
Julius Ruechel, Foreword by Allan Nation
"One of the most exciting and hopeful movements in American agriculture today is the return of cattle to grass. Here is just what this movement has been waiting for: an authoritative handbook to help people make the transition." - Michael Pollan, author
Julius Ruechel, Foreword by Allan Nation
"One of the most exciting and hopeful movements in American agriculture today is the return of cattle to grass. Here is just what this movement has been waiting for: an authoritative handbook to help people make the transition." - Michael Pollan, author
Holistic Management
A New Framework for Decision Making
Second Edition
Allan Savory with Jody Butterfield
"Fine-tuned and honed by forty years of real life experience, this book presents Savory's revolutionary ideas on Holistic Management in their clearest, most coherent form ever." -Allan Nation
Second Edition
Allan Savory with Jody Butterfield
"Fine-tuned and honed by forty years of real life experience, this book presents Savory's revolutionary ideas on Holistic Management in their clearest, most coherent form ever." -Allan Nation
Working Wilderness
The Malpai Borderlands Group Story
Nathan Freeman Sayre
"Which is worse, cows or condos? Can the public lands be saved if the private lands are paved? What does the future hold for the West's wanted open lands, its ever more precious water, and its fire-prone forests? Is ranching a doomed myth - as its critics charge - or the key to real conservation?" -Publisher Comments
Nathan Freeman Sayre
"Which is worse, cows or condos? Can the public lands be saved if the private lands are paved? What does the future hold for the West's wanted open lands, its ever more precious water, and its fire-prone forests? Is ranching a doomed myth - as its critics charge - or the key to real conservation?" -Publisher Comments
Moving 'Em
A Guide to Low Stress Animal Handling
Burt Smith
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"Burt Smith's book is the advanced course in cattle handling. You will be rewarded if you take the time to learn the finer points of herding. It will make cattle handling more enjoyable and raising cattle more profitable. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in handling cattle or animal behavior." -Temple Grandin
Burt Smith
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"Burt Smith's book is the advanced course in cattle handling. You will be rewarded if you take the time to learn the finer points of herding. It will make cattle handling more enjoyable and raising cattle more profitable. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in handling cattle or animal behavior." -Temple Grandin
Range Plant Handbook
Prepared by United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
"This exceptionally thorough and complete guide describes over 330 species of plants found on the plains, prairies and mountains of the American West, including grasses, sedges, rushes, weeds, wildflowers, trees and shrubs."
"This exceptionally thorough and complete guide describes over 330 species of plants found on the plains, prairies and mountains of the American West, including grasses, sedges, rushes, weeds, wildflowers, trees and shrubs."
The Story Handbook Conservationists
A Primer on Language and Storytelling for Land Conservationists
Helen Whybrow, with Introduction by Will Rogers
"In The Story Handbook, contributors Tim Ahern, William Cronon, John Elder, Peter Forbes, Barry Lopez, and Scott Russell Sanders present us with the power of stories, narratives of people and places, and how those stories can advance the work of land conservation toward creating meaningful change in our culture."
Helen Whybrow, with Introduction by Will Rogers
"In The Story Handbook, contributors Tim Ahern, William Cronon, John Elder, Peter Forbes, Barry Lopez, and Scott Russell Sanders present us with the power of stories, narratives of people and places, and how those stories can advance the work of land conservation toward creating meaningful change in our culture."