The University of Arizona Press
When: Monday, November 4, 2024
Time: 10 a.m., MST
Where: Copper Room, Pima County Historic Courthouse, 115 N. Church Ave, Tucson
Stephen E. Strom will speak about his book, Forging a Sustainable Southwest: The Power of Collaborative Conservation and Pima County’s Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Strom will be joined by Karen Simms, Division Manager with Pima County’s new Conservation Lands and Resources Department, and Julia Fonseca, now retired from the County’s Office of Sustainability and Conservation. The panel will be moderated by Larry Fisher, adjunct professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. This free event is co-hosted by the Cienega Watershed Partnership and Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources. Forging a Sustainable Southwest will be available for purchase, and the author will be signing books.
About the book:
Forging a Sustainable Southwest introduces readers to four conservation efforts that provide insight into how diverse groups of citizens have worked collaboratively to develop visions for land use that harmonized sometimes conflicting ecological, economic, cultural, and community needs. Through the voices of more than seventy individuals involved in these efforts, we learn how they’ve developed plans for protecting, restoring, and stewarding lands sustainably; the management and funding tools they’ve used; and their perceptions of the challenges that remain and how to meet them.
