X Bar Ranch
In The News

A Partial List of Media Appearances

Print Media
    Ranch and Rural Living magazine- cover photo and story, November 1997
    Various German publications related to travel and tourism 1998-99
    Magazine, a weekly Spanish Sunday newspaper insert, 1997
    Various appearances in San Angelo Standard Times and the Eldorado Success newspapers. 1996-2001
    Texas Monthly, October, 1999
    Texas Travel Industry Association Newsletter, January 2000
    Ranch and Rural Living, February 2000
    Dallas Morning News, Business Section, February 20, 2000
    Southern Living Magazine, Texas Vacations, March 2000
    Texas Wildlife, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept., Ecotourism article, March 2000
    Texas Monthly, stand alone travel insert in Chicago Magazine, April 2000
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 2, 2000
    Texas A&M Univ., Dept. of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Sciences, Case study, published 2000
    Landscapes, Texas Federal Land Bank Assoc. magazine lead story, July 2000
    Regular appearances in Texas Conservation Passport, Texas Parks and Wildlife, 1998-2001
    Texas Highways, Texas Dept. of Transportation's Official Travel Magazine of Texas, November 2000
    Lampasas Dispatch Record, February 6, 2001
    San Angelo Standard Times, February 23 and March 25, 2001
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 6, 2001
    Texas Travel Log, Newsletter for the TX Travel Industry, TxDot, June 2001
    Fiscal Notes, Newsletter from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Conservation Vacation" June, 2001
    Mountain Bike (Magazine) "A Lifetime of Journeys" / "Trippin' in Texas", July, 2001
    Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, July, 2001, Field Notes
    Texas Department of Agriculture Newsletter, "Nature Tourism is Everybody's Business", July, 2001
    The Weekly Livestock Reporter, Southwest Reference 2001, "Birds, Bugs, Bicyclers", August 2001
    Lifescapes, Texas A&M University System, "Profits the Natural Way" September, 2001
    Ranch and Rural Living magazine, cover photo and story, September, 2001
    Group Tour Magazine, "Fifth-Generation Family Ranch Welcomes Groups", Fall 2001
    San Antonio Express News, "Ranching Nature", lead story Sunday Travel Section, October 21, 2001
    Torrance (CA) Daily Breeze "Ranching Nature" October 28, 2001
    Texas Travel Industry Association Newsletter "What Is Nature Tourism?", December 2001
    Texas Farmer-Stockman "Visitors Welcome!", cover photo and story, February 2002
    Waco Tribune-Herald, "State pushes wildlife…", February 15, 2002
    Abilene Reporter-News, "Nature Watch - Ecotourism becomes big business in Texas" Sunday lead story, June 16, 2002
    Texas Monthly, "Eldorado", July 2002
    The Texas Racing Post, "The Fall Has It All", August 2002
    Austin Fitness Magazine, Summer 2002
    Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, "Recreation on Private Lands", October 2002
    The San Angelo Standard Times, "'Texas Way of Life' Economically Impacts Tourism in South West", October 17, 2002
    The San Angelo Standard Times, Profiles of Small Town Texas, 2003, March 16, 2003, Sunday edition insert.
    The San Angelo Standard Times, "A Wine Time", May 28, 2003
    UPI Newswire, "Ranchers Embrace Nature Tourism", July 14, 2003
    National Geographic Adventure, Next Weekend, "Bike Down at the Ranch", February 2004
    Texas Parks and Wildlife, February 2004, "Three Days In the Field"
    Texas Bound Outdoor Adventure and Golf, published by Texas Monthly, March 2004
    The San Angelo Standard Times, "Extreme Ranching", Sunday, June 6, 2004
    Texas Highways, four-page feature article "Simply Extraordinary- X Bar Ranch", February 2005
    Texas State Travel Guide 2006, editorial and photo
    Texas Parks & Wildlife - The Outdoor Magazine of Texas, 3 Days in the Field- Old West Reborn, August 2006
    American Way (American Airlines In-flight magazine) "Don't Fence Me In", October 1, 2006
    Texas Co-op Power, "Hit the Road", November 2006
    Chicago Daily Herald, "Mosey down to Texas, cowpoke, for an Adventure on a Ranch", Sunday February 18, 2007
    Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, "Girlfriend Getaways", June 2007
    San Angelo Standard Times, "Nature Retreat Sits on Area Ranch", Sunday January 6, 2008
Television
    Regular appearances (2 per year) on KLST-TV Channel 8 News, San Angelo, Texas, 1997 through 2004; Special Features- August 1997 and April 1999
    News of Texas- syndicated television news program, San Antonio, Texas, March 2000
    CBS News, June 2000
    The Fox News Channel, April 20-21, 2001
    KTBC Fox News Austin, April 2001
    Fox News Channel 4, Dallas/Ft. Worth, July 2001
    CBS News Midland/Odessa, June 2002
    Midland/Odessa, October 2003
Radio
    National Public Radio, All Things Considered, daily in-depth radio news program, September 2000
    Passport to Texas, produced by Texas Parks and Wildlife, run state-wide
    Live interview on KCRS-AM, Talk Radio in Midland, June 20, 2002
    Sounds of Texas" with Tumbleweed Smith, February, 2003
    Texas Farm Bureau Network, June 2004

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