As Texas’s water supplies become increasingly scarce, good land management can play a critical role in protecting watersheds. This was the message of a recent Dallas Morning News opinion piece, “Holistic ranching essential as demand for water grows.” It was also the subject of a recent article in Lands of Texas magazine, which highlights how Dixon Ranches use holistic management to conserve water.
Bear Creek wins Lone Star Land Steward Award
The Dixon Water Foundation’s Bear Creek Unit in Parker County has been recognized with a Lone Star Land Steward Award from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. This honor was covered by The Weatherford Democrat and the Gainesville Daily Register.
TPWD also produced this feature about our work at Bear Creek:
Gainesville Daily Register features Josey Pavilion and holistic management
Gainesville reporter Kit Chase has two articles in this week’s Daily Register about the Dixon Water Foundation.
“We’re grass farmers basically as well as raising cattle and sheep. We’re (also) raising our native grasses. We like to create an environment where there’s enough diversity for all of our animals. We take very good care of our land,” Dixon Water Foundation treasurer Melissa Bookhout says in the article, “Cooke County ranchers practice holistic land management.” The article focuses on the foundation’s Lone Star Land Steward Award, in addition to giving an overview of our grazing methods at Leo and Pittman Units
The second article, “Living Building’ soon to be complete,” features the new Josey Pavilion.
Cooke County ranchers practice holistic land management – See more at: http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/local/x360418990/Cooke-County-ranchers-practice-holistic-land-management#sthash.542yZz7S.dpuf
Dixon sponsors Playa Country radio series on grazing management
The Dixon Water Foundation is sponsoring an upcoming series of Playa Country radio programs on sustainable grazing management. Playa Country is produced by the Playa Lakes Joint Venture.
- Grazing Management Benefits Livestock & Wildlife (Week of Feb. 2)
- Landowner Story: Deferred Grazing on Grissom Ranch (Week of Feb. 9)
- Landowner Story: Managed Intensive Grazing on Birdwell and Clark Ranch (Week of Feb. 16)
RFD TV’s Out on the Land features Mimms Unit
The Dixon Water Foundation’s Mimms Unit in Marfa will be profiled on RFD TV’s Out on the Land on February 4 and 5, 2014. For showtimes and channel information please visit Out on the Land‘s schedule. [The complete episode is now available online.]
Dixon’s land management practices featured in Texas Wildlife magazine
“Manage the land properly and the wildlife will come,” says Dixon’s Vice President Clinton Josey in this article from the Texas Wildlife Association’s magazine. Writers Robert and Janelle Fears describe how wildlife benefits from holistic land management on Dixon’s four ranches. The article from the December 2013 issue of Texas Wildlife is republished here with permission of the Texas Wildlife Association.
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.
– See more at: http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/top-news/x296817186/Managing-land-to-protect-water/#sthash.BuYR3UIe.dpuf
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