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Our projects include: an Annual Conference; a ranch apprenticeship program; riparian restoration projects, including a long running effort in northern New Mexico on behalf of the Rio Grande Cutthroat trout; a capacity-building collaboration with the Ojo Encino Chapter of the Navajo Nation; publications and various outreach activities.
Quivira also directs the Carbon Ranch Project, whose mission is to share the many ways by which food and stewardship can be used to build soil, store carbon and fight climate change.
Strategies include: improving land health, planned grazing, organic no-till farming, restoring riparian areas, building topsoil, increasing biodiversity, reducing carbon footprints, producing local renewable energy, protecting open space, contributing to a local economy, operating a photosynthesis-based business, maintaining cultural diversity, decreasing food insecurity, providing educational opportunities, creating a sense of place, and mentoring the next generation.
From 1997 to the present, at least 1 million acres of rangeland, 30 linear miles of riparian drainages and 15,000 people have directly benefited from the Quivira’s collaborative efforts. We have also organized over 100 educational events on topics as diverse as drought management, riparian restoration, fixing ranch roads, conservation easements, reading the landscape, monitoring, water harvesting, low-stress livestock handling, grassbanks, and grassfed beef; published numerous newsletters, Journals, bulletins, field guides, and books, including a rangeland health monitoring protocol. Our most recent publication is a 258-page manual on riparian restoration titled Let the Water Do the Work published in October, 2009. |
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Our 1000 members include ranchers, conservationists, scientists, public agency personnel, tribal memebers, and members of the publiic. |
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