Our organization will soon have a model wildlife plan available for any interested. We will also soon publish a guide to sustainable land uses for the Greater Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Hill Country Wild encourages the use of land conservation easements in order to preserve the rural and wild landscape. Land conservation easements are contracts made with a land trust or government agency that basically freeze the property taxes on a given parcel of land for the specified use, i.e. wildlife or ranching. In this way, taxes will not go up if that land suddenly becomes the target of urban sprawl.
Conservation easements are also tax deductible and therefore offer further incentive.
Another option for landowners seeking to use their land for wildlife is the Landowner Incentive Program conducted by Texas Parks and Wildlife. Landowners may receive funding for managing their land for rare and endangered species. Texas Parks and Wildlife also conducts a number of other programs that help and encourage landowners to manage for wildlife and wildlands.