With the transition to spring we can once again look forward to days in the field enjoying the bounty of recreational opportunities found in nature.  Below are a few ways FSC has been working to make these opportunities even more enjoyable.

Colorado Mountain Ranch Stream Restoration

Field Sport Concepts affiliate, Trout Headwaters, Inc. stream and wetland restoration project benefits Colorado mountain ranch property.

Stream and wetland restoration work was completed on the Sleeping Dog Ranch during early spring of 2009.  The project was an acclaimed success and is described in this brief case study by FSC affiliate, Trout Headwaters, Inc. 

Tumbling out of the San Juan Mountains into the Powderhorn Valley, Cebolla Creek gains speed and volume as it collects water from hillside springs and mountain snowmelt. Making its way north to Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County, the Cebolla offers some of the best dry fly fishing in Colorado. Read more…

Beretta Trident Program

The Beretta Trident Program was introduced in the United States at the Safari Club International meeting in Reno, Nevada, January 22, 2010. Initially, this program is designed to provide sportsmen and women an objective assessment of sporting venues offering wing shooting and/or shotgun shooting sports in the United States, and ultimately, of any venue of interest, including sporting clubs, gun clubs, shooting estates, and leisure real estate, world-wide.

Beretta, the noted purveyor of quality firearms for over 500 years, has partnered with Sporting Heritage Group to manage all aspects of the program. Sporting Heritage Group will employ a unique rating system to make its assessments and grant Beretta’s quality endorsement. The program is intended to advocate for the traditional heritage of the sporting life while providing much needed consumer confidence in selecting sporting destinations.  Read more…

Inaugural Symposium

Residential Development and the Working Landscape: Collide, Contain, Coexist or Coalesce

Located at Bundoran Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, The Baldwin Center for Preservation Development is a non-profit foundation that describes its mission as “to showcase innovative practices in agricultural preservation, environmental stewardship and sustainable growth”.

To further its mission, The Baldwin Center sponsored its inaugural symposium, Residential Development and the Working Landscape in October 2009. McKee Carson principal Bob McKee participated in the symposium along with more than 50 others from private, public and non-profit sector interests around the country representing farming and agriculture, forestry, outdoor recreation, land trusts and conservation, development and real estate. They were joined by professors from the Universities of Virginia, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, as well as Ohio State and Harvard. The major non-profit organizations represented were The Nature Conservancy, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the U.S. Green Building Council and the Piedmont Environmental Council.  Read more…

All the best,

Bob McKee