Short’s Resort
Field Station
Est. 2026 · No. 01
Section 01 · J-002Field Journal
Field Entry J-002

Two Grants, and What They Buy

The StationOffice of the Steward

Cost-share through NRCS EQIP, and a Texas Parks & Wildlife Pastures for Upland Birds (PUB) grant.

Diagram — two funding agreements, federal and state, pooled and branched into the work they supportFig · What the two agreements underwrite, by category of work

We get help paying for this, and we want to be straight about how. Two agreements cover a good chunk of the work right now. The first is cost-share through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program — NRCS EQIP — run through the Lampasas County field office. The second is a Texas Parks & Wildlife grant under Pastures for Upland Birds (PUB), which helps landowners turn exotic-grass pasture back into native prairie for grassland birds.

What the support covers

The NRCS EQIP cost-share is tied to specific, named conservation practices — riparian buffer establishment, brush management, native seeding, and a windbreak along the eastern boundary. Under PUB, Texas Parks & Wildlife supplies the herbicide for the knockdown, the native grass-and-forb seed mix, and technical guidance for converting our Tifton 85 hayfield to native prairie. Neither one covers the cabin, and neither goes to anyone as a salary.

Why say soPublic money should leave a public trail. Practices, acreages and outcomes get reported here as they're finished, in the same plain format as everything else on this station.

If you're thinking about similar work on your own ground, both programs are worth a conversation with your local NRCS office and your TPWD biologist. The paperwork is real, but the cost-share is what makes a project this size possible for a family holding.

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