EFC Land Owner Information Form

Elm Fork Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist – Serving Denton, Cooke and Wise Counties

WHO WE ARE
Certified Texas Master Naturalists who volunteer their time and experience to educate landowners on ways to create or improve wildlife habitat. There is no charge for this service.

Helping small acreage landowners, with one to twenty acres, assess their property’s current wildlife habitat and make recommendations on how to improve the current quality of the habitat using sound ecologically based practices.

Types of Guidance Offered:
Water conservation, identifying non-native and exotic vegetation, how to conduct wildlife/plant census counts, riparian area improvement, erosion control, soil improvement, providing ecoregion plant and tree lists, how to convert turf to native habitat, how to create a prairie or pocket prairie, how to create a wildlife shelter.

OUR PROCESS
Landowners, if you are interested in our service, please complete the form below and SUBMIT the form at the bottom of this page. If you enter an email address, you will receive an email copy of the form.

This will help our team understand what your individual goals are for the property. Members of the team will meet at the property and review with you goals for the project and tour the property. The team will provide a written report (verbal report for smaller properties), recommending ways to improve habitat. They will also provide a list of helpful resources for you to learn more if you choose.

Once we receive your form, we will begin the review process and may need to contact you with additional questions. The review process takes approximately 2 weeks, and we will contact you via email.

For further questions, please email: landmgmt@efctmn.org

"*" indicates required fields

1. Name*

First Last

2. Email

3. Phone*

4. Address (physical address, no PO boxes)*

Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

5. Size of the property in acres:*

6. Current land use:*

Residential

Commercial

Ranching

Farming

Hunting

Other

If Other, please specify:

7. Historical/Past usages (if known)

8. Do you have an HOA or other guidelines to abide by?*

9. How did you hear about the Land Management Awareness Project of the Texas Master Naturalist Elm Fork Chapter?*

10. Are you the owner of the property?*

11. How much of the property is under easement?*

12. Do you have a current Agricultural Valuation?*

13. How much of the property is being set aside for wildlife habitat? For example, if you own six acres of land, but have a residence on the property, only five of the acres would be set aside for wildlife habitat.*

14. What are your goals for the property? For example, what do you want it to look like or what do you want to do with your land?*

15. Do you have ideas on how you want to achieve the goals?*

16. If known, list your goals for 6 months, 1 year, 5 year and 10+ years.

Describe the current state of the property

17. Land characteristics (flat, sloped, hills, dry, wet, exposed soil, etc.)*

18. Irrigation (well or other water sources)*

19. Vegetation (heavily treed, no trees, pasture, mostly KR bluestem, etc)*

20. Water features (creek, ravine, pond, tank, etc.)*

21. Wildlife (what you have seen, birds, turtles, deer, etc.)*

22. Other current property characteristics

23. Do you have any documents or pictures available that may help us i.e., topo survey, maps, aerial shots, inspection reports, recent pictures of the areas(s) you are prioritizing? If yes, please upload the files. We accept the following file formats: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .jpeg and .png.

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 12 MB.

24. Are there any other items you would like us to know to get a better idea about the property?

Areas of Interest. Please select at least one area of interest.

25. First Area of Interest*

26. Second Area of Interest

27. Third Area of Interest

28. Other area of interest (not listed above):

That’s all, you’re done!
Please enter your name, today’s date and click SUBMIT.

Your Name (electronic signature):*

Date*

Comments

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Describe the current state of the property

Areas of Interest. Please select at least one area of interest.

Elm Fork Chapter Texas Master Naturalist