A Dixon-funded research project by Sul Ross State University graduate student Bobby Allcorn was featured recently the Big Bend Sentinel and the Aggie News Network from Texas A&M University. Allcorn has been monitoring small rodent populations at Mimms Unit after the Rock House Fire in 2011.
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Dixon-funded research on soil microbes featured in Texas Wildlife magazine and Big Bend Sentinel
How did the Rock House Fire and 2011 drought affect soil microbes at Mimms Unit? That was the subject of a recent research project by Masahiro Ohnishi, a Natural Resource Management graduate student at Sul Ross State University in Alpine. The Dixon Water Foundation funded Ohnishi’s research, which was featured in “The Road to Recovery” in the July 2013 issue of Texas Wildlife, republished here with permission of the Texas Wildlife Association. Ohnishi’s research was featured previously in the May 16, 2013 issue of the Big Bend Sentinel.
Dixon funds Sul Ross researchers developing cattle for desert
This article in the Big Bend Sentinel describes Sul Ross researchers breeding cattle suited for grazing desert grasslands. Their research was funded by a grant from the Dixon Water Foundation.
Weatherford Democrat spotlights holistic management at Bear Creek
In Earth Day news, the Weatherford Democrat reports that our work at Bear Creek Unit “sets the standard” for environmentally sustainable ranching.
In “Managing land to protect water,” our Vice President and Board Chairman Clinton Josey describes holistic management as “treating the soil, the plants on the surface, the animals and the ranchers as a whole.”
“It’s a balance, Josey said, and when ranchers consider all the elements, it results in a healthy watershed — the area that drains to a common waterway — and a healthier life for everyone who lives in it.”
Vice President and Board Chairman Clinton Josey described as “treating the soil, the plants on the surface, the animals and the ranchers as a whole.”
It’s a balance, Josey said, and when ranchers consider all the elements, it results in a healthy watershed — the area that drains to a common waterway — and a healthier life for everyone who lives in it.
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It’s a balance, Josey said, and when ranchers consider all the elements, it results in a healthy watershed — the area that drains to a common waterway — and a healthier life for everyone who lives in it. – See more at: http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/top-news/x296817186/Managing-land-to-protect-water/#sthash.BuYR3UIe.dpuf
Dixon pledge to pronghorn recovery benefit featured in Alpine Avalanche
From the Alpine Avalanche:
The Dixon Water Foundation of Marfa and the Horizon Foundation of Dallas have pledged up to $50,000 for this weekend’s Pronghorn Restoration Benefit Dinner and Dance.
The Pronghorn Restoration Benefit is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Granada Theater in downtown Alpine. Local landowners will serving locally grown ribeye steaks with all the fixings; a cash bar will also be available.
The program also includes a silent auction, a brief presentation on pronghorn in West Texas and an outline of the restoration plan. The evening will culminate with a dance featuring Craig Carter and the Spur of the Moment Band.
The pledge comes in the form of a challenge grant where the foundations have committed a dollar to dollar match for up to $50,000 raised during the benefit.
The benefit is spearheaded by the Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Working Group made up of local ranchers, conservationists and researchers with the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University who are concerned with the recent demise of pronghorn in the region. Figures put the population at an all-time low of 4,800. The Pronghorn Working Group has helped implement a series of investigations into the pronghorn decline.