RANCHING Business
it’s important to accomplish the things that create the legacy you want to leave behind.” This area of Brazoria County
offers signifi cant historical, agri- cultural and ecological resources. Once the seasonal home of the
nomadic Kawakawa Indians, Bra- zoria County was later colonized by Stephen F. Austin in 1824. In 1908, Rhodenbaugh’s great grand- father William Brigance, a promi- nent local farmer and politician, acquired Holly Farms. The Brig- ance family briefl y operated it as a dairy, but quickly moved to row- crop production and cattle. It is now a cow-calf and hay operation. TALT’s Chief Executive Offi cer
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Blair Fitzsimons says, “Without a conservation easement, this prop- erty would likely eventually be developed.” According to the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natu- ral Resources Land Trends data (
texaslandtrends.org), the Greater Houston/Coastal Bend area has seen some of the state’s highest rates of fragmentation over the past 10 to 20 years. Of that region, Bra- zoria County, with its fl at, open farmland and proximity to Hous- ton, has experienced signifi cant development. The placement of a conservation
easement on Holly Farms ensures that this property will remain in- tact and in agricultural use forever. For Rhodenbaugh, it comforts her to know her grandchildren will have the chance to farm and ranch, and to enjoy the property as she and her children have. Rhoden- baugh is also proud of the fact that the conservation of this property will help protect the local ground water and wildlife habitat, while providing scenic enjoyment for an area that is being increasingly de- veloped.
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