2006:
Due to the sustained drought that this area has been in, most of the activity planned for this year for pasture restoration has been postponed. With a burn ban in effect, we cannot burn and since we cannot burn we cannot plant.

We have started tree shearing in what is called the 67 acre pasture. This is the pasture that we did a small burn in last year. The purpose of the shearing is to open the area up more for wildlife and plant life and reduce the mesquite for water management.

• Postponed - prescribed burn - very doubtful for this year due to the drought and burn bans. If we cannot do a burn the re-seeding will be postponed for a year.
• plant Deer/Bird mix and Deer only mix
• finish the interior of the cabin
• build duck and bluebird boxes and establish
• hunt and fish
• continue to monitor deer population with cameras and observation
• fish census
• establish photo points
• monitor & reduce feral hog population
• take as many pictures as possible
• brush management (brush shearing)

2005:

• at least one prescribed burn and monitor - partial burn 67 acre pasture
• expand food plots - planted Cemetary food plot, abandoned 1 of Twins
• plant Deer/Bird mix and Deer only mix - Spring - little rain and deer ravaged the peas. For winter, completly re-worked food plots, planted late due to lack of rain and waiting till next visit to see if the freeze killed the sprouts
• work on cabin and outhouse - cooking porch completed and outhouse completed
• doze firebreaks and internal roads, clean up food plots, re-habilitate silted tank - 2 out of 3 isn't bad, water in silted tank
• build dock on lake
• build duck and bluebird boxes and establish
• apply for WHIP and US Fish and Wildlife programs - approved for both programs
• hunt and fish - success at both
• continue to monitor deer population with cameras and observation - added more cameras
• fish census
• establish photo points
• monitor feral hog population - and reducing
• take as many pictures as possible - ongoing
• brush management