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The Rearview Mirror - FLOW = For Love Of Water

The Rear View Mirror

Past Projects and Activities

Legend: • HMI Texas events, * in partnership with other orgs.
• HMI Texas Field Day
• HMI Texas Class
• HMI Texas Conference
• HMI Texas Special Projects
*HMI Texas collaboration in another group’s project
HMI Texas star and bold items link to additional information about the event.

2009 Events
HMI Texas star FLOW = For the Love Of Water
• HMIT Board Meeting-Johnson City

• HMIT Board Meeting-Johnson City
• Lone Star Management Club (Granger)
   Betsy Ross Farms
• June-Mesquite Grove Deep Eddy (Snyder)
  HMIT Board Meeting-Snyder
  Field Day
  Stock Dog Workshop
  HM Grazing Planning
• HMIT Board Meeting-Johnson City
• April-Giddings Deep Eddy
  HM Biological Monitoring      
  Marek Field Day
  Formation of Lone Star Management Club
• March-Spring Conference (Abilene)
   Principles for Success
   Opening Reception/film
   Walkabout  
   Innovations in Land Management (HM Mainstream, Kids on the Land, Integrating Keyline w/HM Planned Grazing)
   Policy Workshop
   Inheriting the Earth Conference & HMIT Board Meeting
   Generating Wealth w/ HM Financial Planning
• January Board Training






2008 Events
• March 18 - SARE research results Field Day at West Ranch, Ozona
• April 10 – HM Workshops, Elm Mott
• April 11,12 –Annual Meeting –Homestead Heritage, Elm Mott
• May 2-8, 14-15– Kids on the Land – Ozona
• June 21 – Wind Farm FD – Maryneal
• Farm and Food Leadership Policy event – August 18-19 in Austin with FARFA
• September 26-28 Roundup & Green Living Fair- Fredericksburg
• September 27 – A.R.E. Fall Retreat HM class – Hunt
• October 23-24 – HM Grazing Planning with Ian Mitchell-Innes - Bowie
• October 25-26 –HM Biological Monitoring with Ian Mitchell-Innes - Bowie
• October 27-28 - HM Land Planning with Ian Mitchell-Innes - Bowie
• October 29– Mob Grazing with Ian Mitchell-Innes – Decatur
* November 12 – Wind Energy Forum - Austin

2007 Events
• January 5-7 Board retreat and training - Wimberley
* January 24, 25 & 26 – TOFGA conference trade show - Mesquite
• February 9 – Grazing Planning workshop with Terry Gompert, Kerrville
• February 10 – Catching Raindrops - Annual Meeting, Kerrville
* April 25 – Clover Field Day and Trade Show, Iola, TX
* April 27-May 3– Kids on the Land, West Ranch, Ozona
* May 11-17 – Kids on the Land, West Ranch, Ozona
• June 2 – Puzzlewood Farm field day, Elkhart
• June 11-15 – HM Grazing Classes with Terry Gompert in Ozona
                        Grazing planning
                        Biological Planning
                        Land Planning

* September 19-22 - Roads Class in Van Horn
* September 20-21 Farm & Food Leaders Training in Waco
* September 28-30 – Renewable Energy Fair Trade Show, Fredericksburg
• September 29 – Haney Field Day, Whitney
• October 25-27 – PLANting Seeds of Choice event at Bear Creek Ranch, Aledo
* November 1-4 – HMI Gathering + Trade Show in Albuquerque
* November 1-3 American Grassfed Association conference + trade show, Austin
• November 17 – Keilsel Ranch FD & Riparian Workshop, Briggs
* Nov. 27-29 – Changing Roles in Natural Resources, New Braunfels

2006 Events
* January 25-27-  TOFGA’s TCOOPS conference & trade show, Kerrville
• March 23 – West Ranch Field Day, Ozona
• April 21-22 – Putting it all Together, Annual Meeting in Brenham
* May – Kids on the Land, West Ranch, Ozona
HMI Texas star• June 2 – Seco Valley Ranch Field Day – Tarpley/Bandera area
• August 25-26 – Ranching for Success School, Tomball
• August 27 – Low Stress Stockmanship, Tomball
• September 23 – Bear Creek Ranch FD, Aledo
• September 22 – Low Stress Stockmanship, Aledo
• October 21, 2006 – Shadow Mountain Ranch FD, Blooming Grove

2005 Events
* January 26-28 – TCOOPS by Tofga – South Padre Island
• February 11-12 – Ranching for Success – Crockett
• February 25 – Working Toward Sustainability Workshop
• February 26 – HRM Annual Meeting “Texas Water Worries”
• March 30 – Managing Resources, San Pedro Ranch FD, Carrizo Springs
• August 25-26 – Gereald Fry Genetics School, San Saba
* Sept. 23-25 – Renewable Energy Roundup trade show, Fredericksburg
• September 23 – Field Day at Treadwell Brady Ranch, Menard
• November 12 – Preserving Your Paradise FD at Peggy Cole’s, Wimberley

2004 Events
• January 27-29 – Valley conference on Sustainable Agriculture, Weslaco
• May 3-5 – Kids on the Land, West Ranch, Ozona
• May 20 – Range Health Field Day, Richards Ranch, Jacksboro
• May 21 – Workshop – How they did it – Richard Sechrist, Jacksboro
• June 12 – West Ranch Field Day, Ozona
* August 28 –Ranching for Success the talk (Malcolm & Walt) – Crockett
• September 17 – Working Towards Sustainability Workshop (Christina), Austin
• September 18 – Betsy Ross Farm Field Day – Granger
* October 2-3 – TPWD Wildlife Expo (we had a booth) – Austin
* October 2-3 – NPAT Conference & Trade Show (HRM co-sponsors)
• October 29 – Key Insights, Peggy Sechrist workshop in Waco
• October 30 – Prairies field day at Mezynski’s & Reisel Prairies, Waco
• October 30 – World Hunger Relief Field Day, Elm Mott

2003 Events

• January 30-February 1 - Valley Conference
• May 3 Field day at Manahans
• May 21 - Improving Rangeland Economics & Health – Ford Ranch, Brady
• June 14 Field Day - David West Station for Holistic Management
• July 22 - A mourning of Dung Beetles  – Austin
• September 26-28 – Rendezvous International Celebration – LO Ranch, Leo
• December 6 - Civic Environmentalism

2002 Events
• Jan 23-27 - Texans focus on Quail
• Jan 24th-26 - Valley Conference Edinburg
• Feb 28-March 2  - AM Kerrville
• Sept 28 - David West Ranch field day
• October 18-19 - Bud Williams Stockmanship
• NFWF grant is approved to help pay expenses on Reed Ranch improvements, Annual Symposium, Ecosystem Education for urban 6th graders at Hornsby Bend Biosolids facility, the HRM newsletters, website, resource directory and brochure.
• January 24-26, the HRM of TX Valley Conference in Edinburg
• February 28-March 2 annual conference, Managing Texas Ecosystems for the Next Generation held in Kerrville
• March booth at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Convention
• May field day at the Reed Ranch
• Quarterly newsletters
• 1 Board meeting and several committee meetings

2001 Events
• March Annual Conference, Systems in Agriculture and Land Management in Fort Worth
• March booth at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Convention
• October field day with Elaine Ingham on soil biology
• October symposium on what comes after brush control, Reversing Desertification on Rangelands
• November booth at the annual Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching in Austin
• Ongoing projects, La Copita Ranch near Alice and the Mitchell Lake sewage waste wetlands near San Antonio.

Individual members are busy hosting clinics in holistic management, livestock handling and grazing for profit. They are forming grazing clubs and growing clubs to support one another in the practice of holistic management. Jim & Judy Reed were awarded the Lone Star Stewardship Award. Several members are involved in the youth education at Hornsby Bend.

2000 Events
• The March Annual Meeting "Managing for Drier Times" in Waco
• May PlanIt Texas field day at the Red Corral Ranch near Wimberley, produced by the PlanIt Texas coalition, an HRM of TX project
• May ranchers symposium in Midland, hosted by the HRM of TX Advisory Board specifically for managers of large tracts
• An extensive membership survey of evaluation and desired direction and services
• June workshop in Fredericksburg on the principles of Holistic Management
• June field day at Clymer Meadows
• June field day at the Gifford Ranch
• July Prairies & Savannas Conference HRM as co-sponsor, several members speaking
• September animal handling seminar at the Maddox Ranch near Colorado City
• September workshop on "The Basics of Holistic Management" in San Angelo
• October seminar on sheep and goat research at the Sonora Agricultural Research Station, co-sponsored by TAES
• Quarterly Newsletters and board meetings

In addition, members stepped out on their own to form management clubs by phone (Guy Glosson), Malcolm Beck continued to keep his speaking calendar full, Peggy and Richard Sechrist were invited to speak in many venues, Dr. Wayne Hanselka was extremely active with the Society for Range Management, Clint Josey takes an active role in Native Prairies Association, John & Linda Heaton are active in Native Plant Society. The Sechrists are active in Texas Organic Growers Assn., Drs. Dick and Pat Richardson teach children Ecosystem appreciation and research methods at Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Facility.


1999 Events
• March, the HRM of TX Annual Meeting in San Marcos with focus on the management tools.
• April tour of the Rosewood Ranch in Ennis, TX
• May tour to a hunting ranch in Mexico that manages for wildlife using grazing as a tool.
• May field day at the Bamberger Ranch in Johnson City produced by the PlanIt Texas coalition
• May "How To" course in Holistic Resource Management in Brady at the Ford Ranch.
• September seminar on grading and processing beef, co-sponsored by Tarleton State University
• Quarterly issues of the Newsletter
• Quarterly board meetings and additional committee meetings. In addition, HRM leaders traveled far and wide to carry our message to others:
• In July, Drs. Dick & Pat Richardson traveled to New Mexico to teach a 5 day course " Holistic Management in the Classroom" for educators, sponsored by the Savory Center for Holistic Management.
 • Peggy and Richard Sechrist traveled to Southern SAWG, SARE and TOGA conferences
 • Panhandle members put on Promised Land Network symposiums every year

 

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