COURTNEY WHITE

A former archaeologist and Sierra Club activist, Courtney White voluntarily dropped out of the “conflict industry” in 1997 to co-found and direct The Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building bridges between ranchers, conservationists, public land managers, scientists, and others.

His work with Quivira includes progressive ranch management, scientifically guided riparian and upland restoration, land health assessment and monitoring, workshops, outdoor classrooms, lectures, publications, site tours, capacity building, collaborative demonstration projects, a journal, and an annual conference. See www.quiviracoalition.org.

His writing has been published in various books and magazines, including Headwaters News, New Farm, Rangelands, and Farming. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his family and a backyard full of chickens.