Environmental stewardship will be the focus of the Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Women’s Conference, which targets the growing number of women making the decisions as landowners and operators, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program’s coordinator.

Those with a passion for environmental stewardship and a love for the Texas Hill Country will want to be there, said Larry Redmon, AgriLife Extension program leader and associate head, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.

The award-winning program, now held for the sixth year, aims to provide women the tools they need to manage their piece of Texas, Redmon said. More than 350 women have attended to date.

“More and more women are becoming landowners through inheritance and other means, and we want to help them be a success managing their natural resources,” he said. “By offering a ladies’ conference, we hope women will feel more comfortable with attending and participating. We also want to encourage mothers to bring their daughters — it is a generational thing.”

“Building a Legacy of Environmental Stewardship” is the theme of the conference set for Oct. 10-11 at The Inn on Barons Creek, 308 S. Washington St., Fredericksburg. The cost is $125 and includes meals, break refreshments and tour transportation.

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Registration is now open for participants at https://tx.ag/Bennett22Reg and for sponsors at https://tx.ag/Bennett22Spon.

Topics and speakers

The Oct. 10 program will begin with registration and breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by the program at 8:30 a.m. Topics and speakers will be as follows:

Oct. 11 will begin with breakfast at 6:30 a.m., and then participants will load buses for tours of area ranches, businesses and wineries for extended education on women-led entities.

For more information, go to https://agrilife.org/bennetttrust/, or contact Redmon at [email protected] or Linda Francis, [email protected].

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