Cows and Critters Field Day
8:30a to 2:00p
Fri, October 31, 2025
Fri, October 31, 2025
Join us at the Matador Wildlife Management Area for a workshop on habitat practices and grazing enclosures and a guided tour of the Matador WMA.
The "Cows and Critters" field day is a hands-on workshop focused on grazing management and habitat improvement for both livestock and wildlife. This event is ideal for landowners, ranchers and conservationists looking to enhance their land stewardship practices. Registration is $15 per person, and lunch is included; registration deadline is October 24. To register and for more information, please contact Hailey, Hawkins Hailey.Hawkins@tpwd.texas.gov (806) 452-9828; or register at //secure.qgiv.com/for/rpqrf/event/cowscrittersgrazingmanagementfieldday/.
Agenda
- 8:30 AM - Registration and Welcome
- 9:00 AM - What's Possible with Brush Management - Examples from Matador WMA (Chip Ruthven, TPWD Panhandle WMA Project Leader)
- 9:20 AM - Livestock Grazing (Shiner Webb, Texas Grazing Lands Coalition Technical Assistance Specialist)
- 9:40 AM - Grazing and Wildlife (Hunter Hopkins, Matador WMA Biologist)
- 10:00 AM - Break
- 10:15 AM - Corteva LandVisor Program (Jodie Stockett, Corteva Range & Pasture Specialist)
- 11:00 AM - Rangeland Analysis Platform (Hailey Hawkins, TPWD District Biologist)
- 11:15 AM - TPWD Programs for Landowners (Barrett Koennecke, TPWD Senior Biologist)
- 11:35 AM - New World Screwworm Updates (TAHC)
- 12:00 PM - Lunch
- 1:00 PM - Gateway Water Conservation District (Carrie Dodson & Chase Reed)
- 1:30 PM - NRCS and Quail Forever (Ashley Hutchinson & Jordan Davis)
- 2:00 PM - Tour of Matador WMA (examples of grazing enclosures
