Dixon Water Foundation

Promoting healthy watersheds through sustainable land management

Land Stewardship Workshop Oct. 27 at Leo Unit

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The Dixon Water Foundation is hosting with Upper Trinity Conservation Trust, Texas A&M AgriLife, Upper Trinity Regional Water District a workshop about land stewardship practices that benefit landowners and water quality in nearby water sources. The workshop will be held from 8am to 1:30pm on Oct. 27 at Dixon Ranches Leo Unit near Decatur (PDF: directions to Leo Unit and the pavilion). Presentations include: feral hog control, grazing management, NRCS cost-share programs, conservation easements and a tour of a grazing demonstration area. The workshop costs $10 and includes lunch, as well as 1 hour CEUs (Laws and Regs).

For more info, contact Blake Alldredge at balldredge@utrwd.com or RSVP to Marty Morgan, Cooke County AgriLife: 940-668-5412 or Marty.morgan@ag.tamu.edu.

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Kids on the Land returns to Josey Pavilion

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Kids on the Land returned to Dixon Ranches Leo Unit in April. Kids on the Land outdoor environmental programs teach children about the region where they live, connecting them to the land and a more sustainable future. The foundation’s education partners, like Kids on the Land, frequently visit Dixon Ranches for field days to learn about sustainable land management, watershed health, wildlife, native plants, and other subjects. Learn more about school field programs on this page, and check out the gallery below for glimpses into the fun Kids on the Land brought to the Josey Pavilion this spring.

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Texas Wildlife Association programs at Dixon Ranches

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Texas Wildlife Association L.A.N.D.S. recently held outdoor education programs at Dixon Ranches Leo and Bear Creek units. In December, AP Environmental Science students from Fort Worth Country Day School learned about wildlife tracking, watershed health, and other conservation topics at the Josey Pavilion. McLean Middle School students visited Bear Creek for a field day at the end of November. We are grateful to our education partners like TWA  for using our ranches to put young Texans more in touch with their local ecosystem.

TWA LANDS at the Josey Pavilion in December 2016

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National Conference on Grazing Lands on Dec. 13-16

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The sixth National Conference on Grazing Lands, a unique conference for livestock producers by livestock producers, is coming up December 13-16 in Grapevine, Texas. The program lineup includes a tour of Dixon Ranches Leo Unit and soil health presentations by ranch manager Robbie Tuggle and science advisory board members Dr. Lisa Bellows and Dr. Richard Teague.

Learn more about or register for the conference on the National Grazing Lands Coalition website or in this article by Hugh Aljoe, foundation board member and Noble Foundation producer relations manager.

Cross Timbers Landowner Workshop at Leo on Oct. 2

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Landowners in Cooke County are invited to a one-day workshop on October 2 with Texas A&M AgriLife at Dixon Ranches Leo Unit. From 7:30am to 4pm, participants will learn about recognizing the cross timbers, wildlife habitat management & tax appraisals, range management, conservation easements, soils, and invasive plants. Admission is $20. CEUs available. For a complete program, download a PDF of the Cross Timbers Landowner Workshop agenda.

Rendezvous recap

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In early November, more than 200 people celebrated healthy lands and a sustainable future during Rendezvous 2014 at Dixon Ranches Leo Unit. The sold-out weekend included the Josey Pavilion Grand Opening, HMI’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, and two Open Gate Ranch Days at Dixon Ranches Leo Unit and the Running High Ranch in Bowie. Enjoy a recap of the event in the image gallery below:

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Rendezvous and Josey Pavilion in NTFR magazine

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North Texas Farm and Ranch magazine’s November issue spotlights the upcoming Holistic Management Rendezvous 2014 and Josey Pavilion Grand Opening at Dixon Ranches Leo Unit. Check out the article about this sold-out event, or view the full November issue on NTFR’s website. The regional agricultural magazine also features a monthly column by Lisa Bellows, director of the Josey Institute for Agroecology at North Central Texas College.

Certification process begins for Josey Pavilion

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To be certified as a Living Building, the Betty and Clint Josey Pavilion must meet the rigorous standards set by the Living Building Challenge for one year of operation. That evaluation period officially started on October 1, 2014, and if all goes as expected, the pavilion will become the first building of its kind in the state of Texas.

Architects Lake|Flato have published an online brochure describing how the pavilion functions as a Living Building, and you can also learn more about the pavilion on our website.

The grand opening of the Josey Pavilion is coming up on November 7 and will kick off Holistic Management International’s Rendezvous 2014 and 30th Anniversary. Registration is still open for this weekend of celebration and learning for anyone interested in sustainable land management.

The new brochure describing the pavilion is available on Lake|Flato’s website.

Gainesville Daily Register features Josey Pavilion and holistic management

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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

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