Background 

Playa Lake Farm & Ranch is a collection of unique ranch properties with land management practices that support wildlife conservation, habitat restoration, improvement, enhancement, water conservation, sustainable agriculture production, and American energy independence. Playa Lake works with farmers, ranchers, hunters, beekeepers, conservation organizations, and more to achieve their mission and create long-term value and production balanced with wildlife and water conservation.

Project

Playa Lake is in the business of acquiring and managing playa lake farms and ranches and restoring or improving wildlife habitats. Playa Lake offers the use of their land for farming, ranching, recreational, educational, and research opportunities. Their properties are located in the South Plains of Texas around Lubbock and surrounding counties, which is one of the largest migration pathways of waterfowl and other birds in North America. The South Plains, or Llano Estacado, is an intensely farmed region and playa lake habitat makes up approximately two percent of the landscape. Playa lakes are a mission-critical source of life for the flora and fauna that live in and migrate through this region. Wildlife Conservation is one of the core focus areas at Playa Lake Farm & Ranch. One of Playa Lake’s goals is to conserve critical wildlife habitats around playa lakes and to create a habitat-sustainable farm and ranch model for playa lake properties. This model balances agricultural production with wildlife conservation that other landowners in the region can use as an example to follow.

Community Impact 

Long-term preservation of the Playa Lake properties allows the use of the lands for sustainable farming and ranching, recreational, educational, and research opportunities that will impact thousands of people over future generations.

To learn more about the importance of playa lakes, including a video about how playas work, view Texan by Nature’s 2018 Conservation Wrangler, the Playa Lakes Conservation Initiative.