Latest News....
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NEW STAFF
Virginie Pointeau
As we graduate our seventh apprentice, the program formerly known as CARLY (Conservation and Ranching Leadership and Youth) will be rebranded as the New Agrarian Program. This change reflects our support for all types of new agrarians. We also welcome Virginie Pointeau as the New Agrarian Program Director.
Mollie Walton
Mollie Walton, Ph.D. has joined the Quivira Staff as the new Land and Water Program Director. Mollie is a Restoration Ecologist with a Texas ranching background. She has worked in Northern New Mexico since 2006 doing riparian restoration, monitoring, consulting and research. She brings many years of experience in hands-on restoration work as well as collaborative land management projects on public and private lands. In addition, Mollie has been involved with the Quivira Coalition as a volunteer for many years, and we are delighted that she is joining the team.
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fostering ecological, economic and social health on western landscapes through education, collaboration,
and progressive public and private land stewardship.
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All power point and MP3 presentations are posted at 2011 Conference Speakers. Scroll to the end of the bio for a particular speaker and click on the option. Look for You Tube videos for Andrews, Cox, Hill, Masumoto, Santistevan and McKibben
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Let the Water Do the Work
In early February we will be reprinting Let the Water Do the Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels by Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier. We are offering pre-print sales at a special rate of $42/book with shipping. This offer is good through Tuesday, January 31. The price increases to $56 with shipping beginning February 1. Order Now
Books will be shipped later in February.
To receive a special rate on orders of 10 or more, call 505-820-2544 ext.0#.
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November 14-16th, Albuquerque, New Mexico
How to Feed Nine Billion People From the Ground Up: Soil, Seeds, Water, Grass, Livestock, Forests, Organics, and People
Global human population is projected to reach nine billion by 2050, which means food production will need to expand by 70% to keep up. Fulfilling this demand will place unprecedented pressure on ecosystems, including the planet's grasslands, especially as competition grows for scarce natural resources. How to meet this daunting challenge while ensuring the health of land, water, wildlife and people will be one of the great tasks of the 21st century. In this conference, we will explore a variety of innovative practices that are already successfully intensifying food production while preserving, maintaining, and restoring the natural world. Speakers will share their hands-on experience and ideas for feeding all life - from the ground up.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COURTNEY WHITE ON SABBATICAL
Beginning February 1, 2012, Courtney will be taking an eight-month sabbatical from his role as Executive Director, principally to research and write a book titled The Carbon Puzzle: Reassembling Land and Livelihoods in the 21st Century. During Courtney's sabbatical, Avery C. Anderson will be Acting Executive Director. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for Avery and we know she'll do a fantastic job!
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Feb. 6-11 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Holistic Management in Practice Training, with Instructor Kirk Gadzia of Resource Management Services. This training will give you specific techniques to help significantly improve your ability to make better decisions on behalf of your financial, land and people resources. Upon completion of the course, you can expect to have a working knowledge of how to put the principles of Holistic Management into practice on your land and in your life. ...more
May 4-6 Socorro County, New Mexico
Red Canyon Reserve Workshop
May 26 & 27 Cerrillos, NM
Ampersand Sustainable Learning Center
This free workshop will provide participants with hands on restoration skills at Ampersand, an off grid demonstration site for sustainable living through permaculture, passive solar design, wise water systems and natural building.
Participants will learn practical skills in the application and techniques of constructing hand built erosion control structures such as One Rock Dams, Zuni Bowls, and Media Lunas. The skills learned at this workshop can be taken home and applied in backyards throughout the Southwest. ...more info and register
August 10-13 tentative Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest, New Mexico
Annual Comanche Creek Workshop
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I want to thank Quivira for having me speak at the conference! I learned so much and met so many fabulous people, I feel totally inspired headed back to the farm and stoked about my larger sense of community. I hope I added the voice you were looking for. It was an honor! Thanks again and all the best. You're doing great, important work! Keep it up. Sarahlee Lawrence - 2011 Conference Speaker
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That was the best conference ever. I learned so much, was so inspired and so glad to be there. I can hardly remember what I was doing before as the conference gave me so many fresh ideas. I was really happy to be there and to be a part of it. Thanks for all the good work you do. Deborah Madison, 2011 Conference Speaker
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I wanted to say thank you to everyone at Quivira - this was a wonderful event. It was an honor to be a part of it!
It was such a great 3 days, I have so many ideas for our farm and building networks and communities back here in California.
Nikiko Masumoto, 2011 Conference Speaker
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