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Slow Soak: Guide to Managing Water on Your Land
"Anything we can do to slow runoff down gives us more of a chance to soak it into the ground," says Kyle Wright, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services water quality specialist for Texas.
"If you can slow it down, you can soak it in," he says, and provides some tips for landowners on how to slow down any runoff on your ranch.
Wright has spent the majority of his career in far West Texas, where annual rainfall averages less than 12 inches. "So if a drop of water falls on one of those farms or ranches, they want to keep it on the place," he says.
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The Texas Hill Country has the highest density of shrub-eating animals in the United States.
Texas is home to about 4 million white-tailed deer, and about half of them live in the Hill Country and Edwards Plateau. In addition, Texas is home to more than 2 million goats, sheep and exotics, and the majority of these live in the Hill Country. These animals depend on browse, the leaves and tender twigs of woody plants, as an important part of their diet.
There are about 200 species of woody plants native to the Hill Country and an average ranch may have 30 - 60 different types. Knowing how to identify, appreciate and manage browse plants is one of the primary jobs of successful ranchers and wildlife managers.
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free and educational webinars throughout the summer focusing on land ownership and wildlife management for anyone who owns or works with those who own rural land in Texas.
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