Meet the Team

Joe is the Head Gofer at Plateau. A former high school football coach, Joe has now been relegated to the beck and call of others - leading the charge on small construction projects, advice on the best fishing spots, and fetching coffee for others when needed. When not being summoned, Joe can be found supervising his grandchildren, often with both eyes resting.</p> <p>[email protected]

I have grown up very attached to the land and the wild, I worked on my grandfather’s ranch as soon as I was able. I also have a deep connection through hunting and fishing, the land feeds my family. It is also a spiritual connection, it feeds my soul.</p> <p>[email protected]

I feel connected to the land because I have always had an interest in learning how the natural world works and enjoy teaching others to have a deeper appreciation for it.</p> <p>[email protected]

My dad took me hunting in south Texas every weekend growing up, which turned into a love and passion for the outdoors and a desire to go into a wildlife management career.</p> <p>[email protected]

Growing up spending time on the farm with my dad provided memories that are cherished and training that stuck. I pray it will do the same for my children. Land, to me, represents family.</p> <p>[email protected]

My connection to the land began growing up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I have so many fond memories of the freedom of exploration and the many adventures with my siblings amongst the trees and wildlife that surrounded our home.</p> <p>[email protected]

After generations of farming and ranching, I truly feel connected to the land and my family ranch. I'm here to help you feel the same connection to your land.</p> <p>[email protected]

Trees embody age and beauty. Life’s greatest lessons come from trees. The strength of trees are roots deep in the earth. The beauty of trees is its canopy and the unique growth of each limb as they bend and curl. They are the lesson of determination to persevere in times of adversity. And no two trees are alike. Incredible.</p> <p>[email protected]

``The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.`` – Theodore Roosevelt</p> <p>[email protected]

I'm connected to the land by my family’s heritage as blackland farmers, my joy in observing and sharing nature’s wonders and diversity, and the understanding that our welfare is dependent on healthy lands and waters.

I am connected to the land through stewardship and an intense desire to provide a myriad of memories for myself and children through nature viewing and wildlife watching.

My ever present need to extend a sense of ethical responsibility keeps me connected to the land.

As a lifelong student of the land, I have an appreciation for all it offers on many different levels. I feel a deep connection and a sense of responsibility toward good stewardship with future generations in mind.

To me, land means abundance, and not in just space, food, and water, but in life, discovery, and quiet.

For myself, land and its wilderness serve as a symbol of quiet renewal and the idea of connecting to something larger; anchoring myself to those things is something I chase after and have woven deeply into my identity.

Ever since receiving my degree in wildlife biology I’ve had an insatiable thirst for knowledge of the natural environment and wildlife around me.

Being exposed to native Texas wildlife and the beautiful scenery of the Hill Country at a young age has always fueled my passion for conserving land and wildlife for the generations to come after me, so they too can get to experience the land as I did.

Aldo Leopold said it best, “there are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”

Ever since I could walk, I have been in the woods discovering all the wildlife I could, and to this day there is nowhere I feel more at peace than out exploring all that the land and nature has to offer.

Owning 10 unrestricted acres in Dripping has given me a spiritual connection with wildlife and flora that I get to see every day. Working at Plateau makes that connection even more meaningful.

Land is sacred and everlasting. I attempt to serve as its steward.

My connection to the land lies in the appreciation of where good land stewardship and the beauty of nature intersect and in trying to get to that end I truly enjoy being literally connected to the land by work boots with chainsaw in hand.

I am connected to the land as a lifelong student of all the information it holds and can teach us.

Growing up in the Texas Hill Country my favorite pastimes have always been hunting and fishing. The time that I’ve spent outdoors has forged my respect for nature and ultimately what led me into Wildlife Management. I couldn’t be happier, working in a field that I am so passionate about.

“A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke (of the axe) he is writing his signature on the face of the land.”<br /> ― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

My connection with the land runs deep in my family history, using hunting and fishing as a way of life and sustainability. I think Aldo Leopold articulated it best, “The privilege of possessing the earth entails the responsibility of passing it on, the better of our use, not only to our posterity, but to the unknown future.”

I have lived in some of the most picturesque places in the United States and have felt a connection to each place through nature. I feel blessed to live in such an extraordinary area and witness the miracle of nature every day.

A favorite from John Muir says it all, “of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”

Connecting to land through gardening brings me closer to God and our beautiful planet helping me to find peace in all things.

While a lot can be expressed for my relationship to nature, I believe Helen Keller said it best: ``To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.``

I feel connected to the land because nature provides me a peaceful safe-haven to disconnect from the bustle of everyday life.

As a landowner, I try to live as lightly on the land as possible; enjoying being an integral part of a functioning ecosystem that is improved by my thoughtful activity.

My first connection to the land was through my grandmother's rice farm. It was the amazing diversity of wildlife using the Texas landscape that inspired me then and still does to this day.