RANCH MANAGEMENT SEMINAR: A ranch management 
seminar to help ranchers negotiate changing needs 
 ... we'll explain on Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas' ranching heritage evolved over time to integrate 
wildlife into management plans.

"Certainly, wildlife is an integral part of all ranching, especially in 
Texas. But needs to be all over the United States and all over 
the world."

Dr. Barry Dunn is Executive Director of the King Ranch 
Institute for Ranch Management -- at Texas A&M 
University in Kingsville. 

"The emphasis has been -- the big buck is what everybody's 
after. And so, should you develop a harvest strategy and a 
nutritional strategy to promote a few very high scoring bucks, 
or should a person adopt a strategy for a general population, 
and have a few trophy bucks but also have more normal sized 
animals."

The Institute located next to the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife 
Research Center puts it in a unique position to help 
ranchers with wildlife questions. And on October 21st and 
22nd, the Institute will present a Symposium ... the theme of 
which is Tools for Ranch Management. 

"It's a great chance to not only learn from some super people in 
the industry, but also to get to know other ranchers and share 
experiences and problems and solutions. And, also tour King 
Ranch, and see how they're using fire management, what their 
approach is to quality versus trophy deer management. So it's a 
real hands on experience, too."

Find out how to register http://krirm.tamuk.edu

That's our show. ... for Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti.