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Registration is open for Land Conservation Conference

  • January 23, 2015
  • Land Stewardship

On March 4th, hundreds of conservation professionals, land trust volunteers, landowners and agency folks working on land and water conservation issues in Texas will travel to Austin to gather for…

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Texas Land Conservancy takes us to the Pedernales

  • January 5, 2015
  • Land Stewardship

Carolyn and Roy Horton are passionate stewards of Sandylands Ranch, a sweeping property that backs up to the Pedernales River in the Hill Country. Texas Land Conservancy (TLC) sat down…

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Three Part Workshop on Wildlife Tax Valuation Scheduled in Boerne

  • January 4, 2015
  • Land Stewardship

The Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne plans on starting the new year with a 3-part workshop on Texas’s wildlife tax valuation. If you are a landowner with 20 acres or…

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Conserving private lands conserves water

Conserving private lands conserves water

  • December 17, 2014
  • Land Stewardship

Former President and Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson once said: “Saving the water and the soil must start where the first raindrop falls.” In Texas, where about 95 percent of…

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Genuine Land Stewardship

Genuine Land Stewardship

  • December 16, 2014
  • Land Stewardship

by Steve Nelle The topic of land stewardship has gained a great deal of public attention during recent years. This is a good trend since it helps focus greater awareness…

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Bennett Trust Land Stewardship educational program set April 23-25 in Kerrville

  • February 21, 2014
  • Land Stewardship

  By: Kay Ledbetter AgriLife Today State photographer Wyman Meinzer has been selected as the keynote speaker for the Bennett Trust Land Stewardship educational program, “Protecting the Legacy of the…

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2013 Land Stewardship News

  • December 31, 2013
  • Land Stewardship

February 18, 2013 Farm Bill Update: The Agriculture Act of 2014 and Conservation With the enactment of the Agriculture Act of 2014, known to most of us as the Farm…

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2012 Land Stewardship News

  • December 31, 2012
  • Land Stewardship

December 9, 2012 Historic Maverick Ranch threatened again The Maverick Ranch-Fromme Farm (MkR-FF), is national landmark and endangered species wildlife refuge located in Northwest Bexar County. Landowners working with their…

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2011 Land Stewardship News

  • December 31, 2011
  • Land Stewardship

November 17, 2011 Texas Land Conservation on the rise! A new report by the Land Trust Alliance shows that land conservation by nonprofit land trusts across the United States is…

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2010 Land Stewardship News

  • December 31, 2010
  • Land Stewardship

December 28, 2010 Texas Land Conservancy announces Llano County easement Joyce Lucas, owner of the Birk-Sommerfeld Heritage Ranch (Llano County), donated a conservation easement on the 444-acre working ranch in…

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