The importance of conserving Western working landscapes
A brief history of people and policy in the West / Thomas E. Sheridan and Nathan F. Sayre
Status and trends of Western working landscapes / Susan Charnley, Thomas E. Sheridan, and Nathan F. Sayre
The biodiversity that protected areas can't capture: how private ranch, forest and tribal lands sustain biodiversity / Gary P. Nabhan, Richard L. Knight, and Susan Charnley
Collaborative conservation
Beyond "stakeholders" and the zero-sum game: toward community-based collaborative conservation in the American West / Thomas E. Sheridan, Nathan F. Sayre, and David Seibert
Spotlight 4.1. Historic precedents to collaborative conservation in working landscapes: the Coon Valley "cooperative conservation" initiative, 1934 / Curt Meine and Gary P. Nabhan
The Quivira experience: reflections from a "do" tank / Courtney White
Spotlight 5.1. Grass-fed and grass-finished livestock production: helping to keep working landscapes intact / Gary P. Nabhan, Carrie Balkcom, and Amanda D. Webb
Place-based conservation finds its voice: a case study of the rural voices for conservation coalition / Maia Enzer and Martin Goebel
Case studies of working forests
Swan story / Melanie Parker
Spotlight 7.1. Arcata community forest / Mark Andre
Taking a different approach: forestland management in the redwood region / Mike Jani
Spotlight 8.1. The conservation fund's Garcia River Forest, California / Chris Kelly
Stewardship contracting in the Siuslaw National Forest / Shiloh Sundstrom and Johnny Sundstrom
Spotlight 9.1. Stewardship agreements: the Weaverville Community forest, California / Pat Frost
Case studies of working ranches
Lava lake land & livestock: the role of private landowners in landscape-scale conservation / Michael S. Stevens
Spotlight 10.1. Country natural beef / Susan Charnley and Sophia Polasky
Conservation and development at Sun Ranch: the search for balance in the U.S West / Roger Lang, William H. Durham, and Josh Spitzer
Spotlight 11.1. The Madison Valley ranchlands group / Thomas E. Sheridan
Integrating diversified strategies on a single ranch: from renewable energy and multiple breeds to conservation easements / Dennis Moroney
Spotlight 12.1. Private land conservation trends in the western United States / Jon Christensen, Jenny Rempel, and Judee Burr
Emerging approaches to conserving working landscapes
The Sonoran Desert conservation plan and ranch conservation in Pima County, Arizona / Thomas E. Sheridan
Spotlight 13.1. Ranching and the "death tax": a matter of conservation as well as equity / Thomas E. Sheridan, Andrew Reeves, and Susan Charnley
Payments for ecosystem services: keeping working landscapes productive and functioning / Gary P. Nabhan, Laura López-Hoffman, Hannah Gosnell, Josh Goldstein, Richard Knight, Carrie Presnall, Lauren Gwin, Dawn Thilmany and Susan Charnley
Spotlight 14.1. The conservation reserve program / Steven E. Kraft
Conclusions and policy implications / Thomas E. Sheridan, Gary P. Nabhan, and Susan Charnley.
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Stitching the West back together : conservation of working landscapes. ISBN 9780226165714. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
