Hill Country Land for Sale in Burnet County SOLD! Looking to build your dream ranch home in the Blue Bonnet Capital of Texas, Burnet County? Want amazing views, rolling pastures, creek and large oaks? This new 129.43 acre hill country tract in 7 Creeks Ranch could be for you! Located only about seven miles from town in…
Ready to Start a Cow-Calf Operation? A cow-calf operation is an excellent way for a ranch owner to generate income and at the same time maintain their ag exemption. A cow-calf operation is a ranch operation where cows and bulls that are bred to produce calves. Calves are often raised and sold to the beef…
Lake LBJ 2017 Drawdown The Lower Colorado River Authority will lower lakes LBJ and Austin for about six weeks in early 2017 to give lakeside property owners an opportunity to repair and maintain docks, retaining walls and other shoreline property. The drawdown also will aid in curbing the growth of nuisance aquatic vegetation such as…
Who Owns Texas Groundwater? Texas groundwater law is derived from the English common law rule of “absolute ownership.” This law and its interpretation essentially provide that groundwater, once it has been captured by a well and delivered to the surface, belongs to the landowner. As such, Central Texas landowners may use or sell all the…
Pros & Cons About Cedar Trees If you guessed mesquite tree, it’s not the most hated tree, but maybe close second. The Ashe Juniper, aka “cedar tree”, is probably the most hated tree in Central Texas. Anything in Texas that involves fire, water issues and allergies can’t be good, right? From an allergy standpoint most…
Whitetail Deer Population in Central Texas The Texas Hill Country, in Central Texas, has one of the highest whitetail deer populations in the state. With densities reaching between 3 to 15 acres per deer, the Hill Country is estimated to have over 40% of the whitetail deer found in Texas. The whitetail deer overpopulation has…
Texas Landowner’s Mineral Rights Most Central Texas landowners do not know how much of the mineral rights they own on their property. (In South Texas they probably do, haha) When landowners own 100% of the minerals they usually know because someone has done the research or the land has been in the family a long…
Agricultural Development Districts Have you ever wondered why you always check “is not” when asked if a property is in a Texas Agricultural Development District in a Farm and Ranch Contract? That’s easy, currently Texas Agricultural Development Districts do not exist! In 2001 the Texas Legislature enacted the process for creating agricultural development districts. The reason was to…
Balcones Canyonlands in Central Texas Many people don’t realize there’s a difference between the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve and the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. Although their close proximity to each other adds to the confusion, the Preserve is located in western Travis County while the Refuge is located in Central Texas where Travis, Williamson and Burnet Counties…
Texas Wildlife Exemptions This post briefly discusses the basic Texas property tax requirements for the qualification of agricultural land in wildlife management use so property owners can obtain a wildlife management property tax exemption. This is also more commonly referred to as a “wildlife exemption” and it allows a qualifying Texas landowner to have their…
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