by admin | Apr 25, 2018 | Conservation Easements, News
Missed in the coverage of the recent release of the 2018 farm bill is an obscure program that will significantly impact the future of Texas. It is not a commodity program, nor does it deal with nutrition assistance. It is smaller in scope and cost than those programs,...
by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Stewardship, News
When it rains in Texas, it falls predominantly on a privately-owned farm, ranch or timberland. How that land is managed will have consequences for the future of Texas water. That’s a cornerstone message of “No Land No Water,” a new public awareness campaign of the...
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Conservation Easements, Land Stewardship, News
Colleen Schreiber | Livestock Weekly | Those attending the recent annual meeting of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society heard from a diverse group of speakers about the value of conservation, the need to manage natural resources from an economic perspective,...
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Conservation Easements, Land Stewardship, News
The Hill Country Alliance (HCA) is hosting a landowner workshop from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2017, at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Bass Conference Facility, 138 Kerr WMA Rd W, Hunt, TX 78024. This workshop will focus on conservation easements—a...
by admin | Apr 1, 2016 | Conservation Easements, News
The Hill Country Alliance (HCA) and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust (GBRT) are hosting a landowner workshop on Friday, May 13. This workshop will focus on conservation easements—a tool available to help landowners steward and protect their land investment in the long... by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News
As development in Texas increases, lands that have been in families for generations are at a greater risk of fragmentation and development than ever before. Many are beginning to look to conservation easements to protect family lands for future generations. But what...