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Friday & Saturday, September 18–19, you’ll spend a day and a half on the land: classroom time with DWF’s grazing consultants, a ranch tour to see adaptive grazing in action, and a Texas BBQ lunch trading ideas with your neighbors.

This is a hands-on workshop for ranchers and land managers. We encourage participants to bring a printed map of their ranch to work alongside our hosts as we navigate and discuss the six soil health principles and how they can be applied to your grazing operation.

Seats are limited to 40. Register via the link above & we’ll follow up to confirm your seat and share the full details!

Location:
The Mimms Ranch, Marfa, TX
September 18–19, 2026
Seats limited to 40

https://grassrootscarbon.com/events/join-us-for-graze-the-desert-in-marfa-tx

Wednesday, 08/05/2026 – Friday, 08/07/2026

The Borderlands Research Institute, Texas Wildlife Association, and Texas Parks and Wildlife welcome you to the biannual Trans Pecos Wildlife Conference. Join fellow landowners, industry experts, and like-minded conservationists as we navigate topics such as emerging issues in the Trans-Pecos, big game and non-game research and management, applied management, and land stewardship. 

The event will kick off Wednesday evening with the Texas Big Game Awards Banquet, open to all conference attendees and held at the Museum of the Big Bend. Thursday morning we will convene at the Espino Center on the Sul Ross campus for a series of educational sessions led by numerous industry professionals. The day wraps up with a dinner and social. Friday morning will be field-based, with field trip options that include a comparative necropsy and tour of local hydraulic structures such as media lunas at the Dixon Water Foundation’s Mimms Unit.

Register here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/landownerworkshops/event/transpecoswildlifeconference/

Holistic Management International Workshop at the Leo Unit, May 19, 2026.

Rancher Discovery: Find Your Model. Know Your Numbers. Profit on Purpose.

Dates: May 19, 2026

Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM CT

Location: Leo Ranch, Dixon Water Foundation

5190 Co Rd 398, Decatur, TX 76234, USA

Overview

Are you ranching the way you do because it works — or because it’s how it’s always been done? This isn’t a seminar. It’s a conversation among ranchers who asked hard questions, rebuilt their business models around what they’re actually good at, and made their land pay.

Registration and More info here:

https://www.holisticmanagement.org/programs/rancher-discovery%3A-profit-on-purpose

Practical tools to make confident decisions, work cattle effectively, and steward your land through dry conditions.

Dates: April 30 – May 2, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT, ends at noon on May 2.

Location: Mimms Ranch

1001 N Austin St, Marfa, TX 79843, USA

For more information and to register, please visit this link:

https://www.holisticmanagement.org/programs/success-through-drought

Small Producers Initiative Workshop

At Dixon Water Foundation’s Leo Ranch, Decatur, TX

4/30/26-5/1/26

Join us for this 2-day workshop led by Holistic Management International (HMI) at the Dixon Water Foundation’s beautiful Leo Ranch in Decatur, TX.

This hands-on field event will help land stewards achieve better results through observation and interpretation. We will spend time on the land at Dixon Water Foundation, learning what to look for in your pastures so you can better understand what has happened in the past, and what would be best to do in the future.

Practical demonstrations and real-world examples will improve your skills in making grazing decisions that align with your soil, rainfall, livestock, finances, and goals. Dixon’s ranch manager Jake McNamara will showcase their virtual fencing project and give you the opportunity to observe and discuss their livestock. We’ll see a demonstration of how they do their biological monitoring and use this data to achieve their ecological goals.

REGISTER HERE

Working with Bale Grazing to Recover Soil Health

Dixon Water Foundation will be participating in a webinar to discuss how bale grazing has been used on Foundation ranches to help recover soil health on abandoned oil and gas pads and in areas impacted by drought.

Please follow the link above for more information .

“Water in the Desert returns to Alpine, February 11-13, 2026! Join the ongoing conversation with landowners, scientists, policy makers and community members as we dive deep into the complex and pressing water issues of our desert region.

As a direct result of the inaugural Water in the Desert conference held in early 2024, a new water research center is being launched at Sul Ross State University. At the February 2026 conference, strategic priorities for science and research will be presented. The center is being established to support local groundwater districts, landowners, counties, cities and communities as we seek science-based solutions for sustainable water together.”

Register here or visit link below

WATER IN THE DESERT 2026

🦉 Calling all wildlife enthusiasts and conservationists!

Join us for Alpine Wildlife Weekend, January 30-February 1, 2026 in Alpine, Texas—a weekend dedicated to Texas wildlife research, education, and conservation.

Featured Programming:

Keynote presentations and panel discussions
Research presentations from Borderlands Research Institute graduate students
Owl walks and guided habitat hikes led by wildlife biologists
BONUS: Enter to win 3 nights at the Holland Hotel by signing up for the Visit Alpine newsletter. Winner announced January 9, 2026.

This year’s spotlight: OWLS in the Davis Mountains

Perfect for researchers, educators, birders, and anyone passionate about Texas wildlife conservation.

Details: visitalpinetx.com/wildlife

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