Promoting healthy watersheds through sustainable land management
Working with the Quivira Coalition’s New Agrarian Apprenticeship Program to host an apprentice in 2027.
“The New Agrarian Program’s flagship offering provides an opportunity for beginning agrarians to gain hands-on skills and build their professional network through eight-month, full immersion apprenticeships on working ranches across the west.”
See the link for more information. https://quiviracoalition.org/dixon-water-foundation/
This day is about that question: what kind of animal fits the management you’re trying to run?
📆 10/09/26
🕘 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Registration: 8:30 a.m.)
📍 5190 County Rd. 398, Josey Pavilion, Decatur, TX
For more information, see the link below
https://www.holisticmanagement.org/programs/discovery-series-livestock-selection
Ready to take your land stewardship to the next level? Whether you’re a seasoned grazier or just stepping into regenerative agriculture, this workshop is your gateway to smarter grazing and resilient ecosystems.
September 30 – October 4, 2025
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM each day, ends at noon on October 4th
Leo Ranch, Dixon Water Foundation
5190 Co Rd 398, Decatur, TX 76234, USA
Bring your boots, your questions, and your passion for the land. Let’s rethink grazing from the ground up
The University of North Texas recently hosted a sustainability conference with student presenters and panelists from various industry sectors, including Dixon Water Foundation. Follow this link for a recap of the event:
In the spring and summer of 2022, Dixon Water Foundation helped sponsor and host a project that utilized novel imaging technology to track prairie plant phenology. Phenology is the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate, plant and animal life. As phenology relates to plants, it refers to flowering and seeding.
This project, conducted by the Bontanical Research Institute of Texas, explored the use of time-lapse cameras and community science protocols to observe and analyze pollinator abundance and plant phenology within various pastures of Dixon’s Leo Unit in North Texas. By understanding when and where pollinators and resources important to pollinators were on the landscape throughout the year and considering this information when making a grazing plan, ranchers may be able to promote conservation of essential species and native prairie functionality.
See the results of the pilot study in the report linked here.
Check out this recent article from the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies about their work in West Texas at our Marfa ranch.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity at the award-winning Dixon Water Foundation Leo Ranch to gain comprehensive knowledge in Holistic Management® and create a livestock grazing plan that will help create more land health and financial success on your ranch or farm.
This school is for you if you’re interested in farming, ranching, land conservation, or urban agriculture and want to improve your decision-making, profitability, water use, and soil health. Large- and small-scale producers are all invited! Visit the link below for more information.
September 20-21, 2022 | 8:30AM – 5:00PM CST
Marfa Visitor Center USO Hall, 302 S. Highland Ave., Marfa, TX 79843
and Mimms Ranch of Marfa, TX
This two-day Advanced Grazing Workshop is for ranchers and those who want to learn how livestock grazing management strategies benefit rangeland and businesses with a focus on land literacy. Land and livestock managers who practice Holistic Planned Grazing monitor for results and rely heavily on their observations to effectively manage and adapt when conditions require. In doing so, they’re able to mitigate risk and loss.
Click here to read more and register
The central grasslands stretch from Canada to West Texas, and extend into the desert highlands, from Arizona to the Marfa Plateau and Chihuahua. For many Americans, they remain as foreign as they were for Cather’s 19th-century narrator. Grasslands are thought to lack the “charisma” of mountains and forests – to some, they epitomize “fly-over country.”
But the grasslands in fact contain an immense natural and cultural richness. And they’re deeply imperiled. Of the 600 million acres of historic grasslands, two-thirds have been lost or degraded. There’s a growing effort to preserve and restore them. And in Trans-Pecos Texas, the Dixon Water Foundation is committed to that effort…
Read More Here
We are saddened to announce the loss of our friend, mentor, and Dixon Water Foundation Board Member, Walt Davis.
As we process our thoughts on Walt, please see this recent tribute from the Holistic Management International newsletter.
