The remote nature of many ranches and farms and the rudimentary knowledge landowners and land managers have about the internet and the world wide web has precluded them from participating in this rapid explosion of businesses on the web. Therefore, we developed a model world wide web site for marketing hunting, fishing, birdwatching, and wildlife watching opportunities in Texas. A request for project participants, in the form of a demonstration proposal, was sent to all county Extension agents with agricultural and natural resource responsibility. Cooperators maintain their sites by accessing the internet through their own internet service provider. We also track the number of requests customers make for additional information from the individual enterprise owner.
Cooperators keep records on how many Internet inquiries result in actual sales of their products.
In the future, we plan to add more users to the site by soliciting sponsorship from interested organizations.