The Quivira Coalition's 7th Annual Conference - Building Resilience: Creating Hope in an Age of Consequences, January 17-19, 2008, Marriott Pyramid, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Speakers include: David (Jonah) Western, Lance Gunderson, Wes Jackson, Michel Meuret (from France), Maasai tribal herdsmen (from Kenya), and Navajo sheepherders. Topics include: Water harvesting (Brad Lancaster), fixing rural roads (Bill Zeedyk), Ranching For Profit (Dave Pratt), managing for drought (Kirk Gadzia), carbon sequestration (Todd Graham), tax credits (Lynn Sherrod), climate change (Eric Blinman), local energy (Mark Sardella and David Bacon), biodiesel (Logan Fisher), commonwealths (Darryl Birkenfeld) and much more!

The mission of The Quivira Coalition is to foster ecological, economic and social health on western landscapes through education, innovation, collaboration, and progressive public and private land stewardship.

We call our approach The New Ranch. Elements include progressive ranch management, scientifically-guided riparian and upland restoration, land health assessment and monitoring, and bridge-building among ranchers, environmentalists, federal and state agency personnel, academics, and members of the public. Principles are promoted through Workshops, Lectures, Publications, Tours, Collaborative Demonstration Projects, Awards, an Annual Conference and The New Ranch Network. http://quiviracoalition.org/