IMAGES FOR CONSERVATION - BOOK ONE - TEXAS HILL COUNTRY EDITION

Edinburg, Tx: Images for Conservation Fund, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE IN FINE DJ./fine. 168pp., full page color plates representing the work of 17 of the world's finest nature photographers on 17 landowners hill country property to compete in the world's riches photographic tournament $160,000.00 shared by the photographer and landowner with the first grand prize of $64,000.00 being unprecedented. Gilt-embossed 4to forest green cloth, green endsheets, glossy full color DJ in archival mylar cover.

Elevating land stewardship to paramount importance the ICF's purpose is to educte landowners and phtographers about the value of private lands photography, to stimulate the demand for private lands as a destination for nature photographers and to encourage the preservation natural habitat, creating income from nature's diversity. The Texas Hill Country was selected because of its natural beauty and biodiversity. The region is susceptible to drought, fires, and floods, making ranching income unreliable. the ever-increasing pressure to subdivide and develop is disrupting and in some cases destroys the complex ecosystems and places ranchers in a postition of fighting nature rather than fully utilizing nature as a source of income.