Adding diversity to the triple bottom line for greater sustainability

Land stewards, farmers, and ranchers interested in turning wildlife into real wealth on their land will not want to miss Holistic Management Texas’ Spring Conference, March 5-6, 2010 at T Bar M Resort in New Braunfels, TX.

On Friday March 5, Gregg Simonds from Utah’s Open Range Consulting, will teach a special afternoon workshop where participants will acquire tools for planning and monitoring to ensure both wildlife and livestock are in the right place at the right time for optimum health of all. He has spent 30 years managing or consulting on ranches whose mission was to make money while improving these ranches’ natural resources. Friday’s evening events include fabulous food, a silent auction full of great items, cowboy stories and rope tricks by Dirk Weisiger, and a fascinating keynote address by Dr. Jerry Cooke over How Landscapes Work.

The Saturday conference will focus on the practical and business aspects of a wildlife enterprise. Wildlife biologist, Greg Simons joins us from San Angelo where he runs a major hunting service called Wildlife Systems, Inc., providing quality outfitted hunting trips and professional wildlife management services to landowners. Greg will speak about “Creating and Marketing a Successful Hunting Enterprise”.  John Martin, founder of Images for Conservation Fund will give an exciting presentation addressing “Ranch Nature Photography For Fun And Profit” will explain how to attract not only the wildlife, but paying photographers eager to shoot – not to kill, but to preserve—wildlife. The afternoon features a varied panel of land managers who operate wildlife enterprises. They will share ideas to inspire and improve. Each panelist will describe their operation and join the other speakers for questions and answers about wildlife enterprise topics such as exotics, liability, pricing structures, and accommodations.

This two-day event will inspire and inform about how to work with wildlife to increase biodiversity and your bottom line simultaneously. For more information and details about pricing, please visit www.hmitexas.org or call HMI Texas at 830-868-2427.