Conservation Meet our summer interns! Our next generation of land stewards. Taylor Massey, a senior pursuing a degree in…Laurie FossJune 18, 2019
Conservation It’s El Ranchito Time! Campers will be returning to Shield Ranch in just a few days and we are…Laurie FossJune 12, 2019
Conservation Shield Ranch celebrates 80 years of stewardship with a reunion and celebration. Pat Shield Ayres On a recent Saturday morning, wildflowers and songbirds welcomed a crowd of…Laurie FossMay 31, 2019
Conservation Join our team of passionate and qualified outdoor leaders! El Ranchito Camp is hiring summer staff to live and work on the beautiful and…Laurie FossJanuary 2, 2019
Conservation Travis County now shielding more than 1500 acres of wild hill country “You can see all the development going on. Land fragmentation is a serious issue for…Laurie FossAugust 6, 2018
Conservation Andropogon wins ASLA award for the Shield Ranch Master Plan The American Society of Landscape Architects presented an Honor Award for Analysis and Planning to…Laurie FossApril 1, 2018
Featured One Family’s Venture in Private Land Conservation: Generation to Generation Bob Ayres, Owner and CEO of Shield Ranch is featured in the Cynthia and George…Laurie FossOctober 1, 2017
Conservation Monarch butterflies get help from Texas ranch “But hearing a golden-cheeked warbler sing while testing the monarch butterfly tool was yet another…Laurie FossJune 1, 2016