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Generations on the Land: Working for Land Stewardship
 Sand County Foundation, in partnership with Texas A&M University’s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, hosted a landowner symposium October 24, 2008 at Texas A&M University. The “Generations on the Land” symposium, which was comprised of over 140 participants, including Sand County Foundation Directors David K. Langford and Ed Warner, brought together 11 of Sand County Foundation’s Leopold Conservation Award winning families, from all over the country, to share their stories and philosophies of land management and conservation with other landowners and students. The event began with a presentation from David Pratt, who teaches holistic ranch management in a seminar he calls Ranching for Profit. To Pratt, sustainability is more than ecological resilience. Sustainability implies that the human activity is sustainable as well. For that to be true, the human enterprise must be economically profitable, culturally supported, socially allowed, and fun. Read more ...
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA (PDF)
Cristi Horton - Cultural Values of Landowners along the Yellowstone River: How Metaphors Articulate Sustainability
Laura Martin - Economic Sustainability of Ranching Operations in Texas
Kevin McNab - Sustainability in a Socially Diverse World
Matthew Okeson - Economic Analysis of Climate Change, Inter-basin Water Transfers, Species Protection and Aquatic Life in Texas
Robert Powell - Harmony between Men and Land: Leopold's Model for Achieving Sustainability
Symposium Sponsors
The Generations on the Land Symposium was made possible through the generous support of:
BRADLEY FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - CAPITAL FARM CREDIT - LEE AND RAMONA BASS FOUNDATION - MR. STEVE LEWIS - MR. SCOTT NOBLE - S.D. BECHTEL, JR. FOUNDATION - TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION - TEXAS WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION
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