Going, Going, Gone:
Impacts of loss of rural land on Water, Wildlife & Agriculture
Friday, November 13 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Uvalde, Texas Uvalde County Fairplex 215 Veterans Lane Frio Room
PROGRAM
9:00 – 9:20 am Welcome Blair Fitzsimons, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Agricultural Land Trust
9:20 – 9:50 am Keynote Address: The Changing South Texas Landscape
Steve Nelle, Wildlife Biologist, NRCS (retired)
9:50 – 10:20 am The Impact of Land Fragmentation in South Texas: New Data from the Texas Land Trends Study Brian Hays, Associate Director, Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources
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10:30 – 11:00 am The Impact of Fragmentation on Water Quality in the Nueces River TBC- Sky Lewey, Nueces River Authority
11:00– 11:30 am Minimizing the Impact of Oil and Gas Development Forrest Smith, Dan L Duncan Endowed Director of South Texas Natives and Texas Native Seeds, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
11:30 – 12:00 pm Q&A/Discussion with all presenters
12:00 – 12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 pm The Conservation Easement: A Tool to Help Save Family Lands Ken Cearley, Stewardship Director, Texas Agricultural Land Trust
1:30 – 2:00 pm Panel Discussion with Landowners Moderator: Blair Fitzsimons, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Agricultural Land Trust
3.5 CLE will be offered from the State Bar of Texas.
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