The University of Arizona Press
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Time: 7 -9 p.m., MST
Where: The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT
Join Stephen Strom in an engaging discussion of his book, Forging a Sustainable Southwest: The Power of Collaborative Conservation, at The King’s English Bookshop. This book details efforts to craft the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, establish Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, protect Cienega Ranch, and create the Malpai Borderlands Group. It will appeal to anyone interested in grassroots efforts to protect the vital ecosystems of the western United States. Copies the book will be available to purchase.
This event is open to the public. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased here.
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.
