| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Ranch manager & rangeland consultant |
| Location | San Luis, Colorado, United States |
| Introduction | Matt Barnes provides ranch and rangeland stewardship for whole-systems resilience through his company, Shining Horizons Land Management, LLC. He manages the Howell Ranch near Cimarron, Colorado, from May-October. He is a Certified Professional in Rangeland Management, President-Elect of the Colorado Section of the Society for Range Management, and serves on the editorial board of Rangelands. He is a writer, photographer, and artist, exploring the American West and rangelands of the world by foot, horse, boat, and pickup truck. |
| Interests | Exploring, reading, writing, photography, art, living on the land, travel, kayaking, home brewing |
| Favorite Movies | Into the Wild, Legends of the Fall, Lonesome Dove, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Greenhorns, The New Frontier |
| Favorite Music | Americana music, flamenco, folk music, Mongolian long-tone singing, western music, world music |
| Favorite Books | A Sand County Almanac, Beyond the Rangeland Conflict, Desert Solitaire, For the Love of Land, Home Land, Masked Gods, Revolution on the Range, The Border Trilogy, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, The Power of Now, Where the Bluebird Sings the the Lemonade Springs, Wolf Totem |
