Spotlight 11.1 The Madison Valley Ranchlands Group

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Part 1. The Importance of conserving Western Working Landscapes
6. Chapter 1. A Brief History of People and Policy in the West 1
7. Chapter 2. Status and Trends of Western Working Landscapes 13
8. Chapter 3. The Biodiversity That Protected Areas Can’t Capture: How Private Ranch, Forest, and Tribal Lands Sustain Biodiversity 33
9. Part 2. Collaborative Conservation
10. Introduction 49
11. Chapter 4. Beyond “Stakeholders” and the Zero- Sum Game: Toward Community- Based Collaborative Conservation in the American West 53
12. Spotlight 4.1. Historic Precedents to Collaborative Conservation in Working Landscapes: The Coon Valley “Cooperative Conservation” Initiative, 1934 77
13. Chapter 5. The Quivira Experience: Reflections from a “Do” Tank 81
14. Spotlight 5.1. Grass- Fed and Grass- Finished Livestock Production: Helping to Keep Working Landscapes Intact 95
15. Chapter 6. Place- Based Conservation Finds Its Voice: A Case Study of the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 101
16. Part 3. Case Studies of Working Forests
17. Introduction 119
18. Chapter 7. Swan Story 123
19. Spotlight 7.1. Arcata Community Forest 137
20. Chapter 8. Taking a Different Approach: Forestland Management in the Redwood Region 141
21. Spotlight 8.1. The Conservation Fund’s Garcia River Forest, California 155
22. Chapter 9. Stewardship Contracting in the Siuslaw National Forest 159
23. Spotlight 9.1. Stewardship Agreements: The Weaverville Community Forest, California 177
24. Part 4. Case Studies of Working ranches
25. Introduction 181
26. Chapter 10. Lava Lake Land & Livestock: The Role of Private Landowners in Landscape- Scale Conservation 185
27. Spotlight 10.1. Country Natural Beef 203
28. Chapter 11. Conservation and Development at Sun Ranch: The Search for Balance in the U.S. West 209
29. Spotlight 11.1 The Madison Valley Ranchlands Group 223
30. Chapter 12. Integrating Diversified Strategies on a Single Ranch: From Renewable Energy and Multiple Breeds to Conservation Easements 227
31. Spotlight 12.1. Private Land Conservation Trends in the Western United States 241
32. Part 5. Emerging approaches To Conserving Working Landscapes
33. Introduction 247
34. Chapter 13. The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and Ranch Conservation in Pima County, Arizona 251
35. Spotlight 13.1. Ranching and the “Death Tax”: A Matter of Conservation as Well as Equity 267
36. Chapter 14. Payments for Ecosystem Services: Keeping Working Landscapes Productive and Functioning 275
37. Spotlight 14.1. The Conservation Reserve Program 295
38. Conclusions and Policy Implications 301
39. Acknowledgments 311
40. Contributor Biographies 315
41. Summits Board of Advisers 325
42. Index 327