The University of Arizona Press
When: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Time: 10 a.m., MDT
Where: COAS Books, 317 North Main St., Las Cruces, NM
A. Thomas Cole will read from his book Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch at COAS Books in Las Cruces. The event is free and open to the public. A. Thomas Cole spent thirty-two years as a small-town lawyer in Casa Grande, Arizona. For his so-called “retirement,” Cole and his wife Lucinda have been rehabilitating a ranch in southwestern New Mexico, where they focus on protecting wildlife and wildlife habitats, wetland restoration, and carbon sequestration. Their aim is to draw down their carbon use and to encourage others to do the same.
About the book:
Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch tells the story of a decades-long habitat restoration project in southwestern New Mexico. The book shares the past and present history of a very special ranch south of Silver City, which is home to a rare type of regional wetland, a fragile desert grassland ecosystem, archaeological sites, and a critical wildlife corridor in a drought-stricken landscape.
