Lone Star Land Stewards: Llano Springs, 1
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The Vandivier family, owners of Llano Spring Ranch in Edwards County, is this year’s winner of the Leopold Conservation Award for Texas.
The ranch is over 51-hundred acres, and when they first purchased it, probably 80 or 90 percent of it, was covered with massive stands of re-growth cedar.
That’s wildlife consultant Fielding Harwell. The award, from the Sand County Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife, is part of the department’s Lone Star Land Steward Awards program.
(chainsaw) Tom has spent a horrendous amount of time clearing cedar. His entire family takes part in the ranching operation and just take all of these challenges with great zeal. (hawk call)
Tom Vandivier, an attorney who works near Austin, spends weekends with his family working on the ranch.
My family and I have cleared approximately 27-hundred acres out of the 51-hundred acres we have here in order to provide more food for the wildlife, enhance the water resources, and overall just bring this ranch into good productivity.
The Leopold Conservation Award recognizes extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation by private landowners.
Tomorrow—the impact of the improvements.
That’s our show… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
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