Media Appearances
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
- Regular appearances in San Angelo Standard Times and the Eldorado Success newspapers. 1996-2009
- Texas Monthly, Hey Dude!, 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<br>
- 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, 2003-2010, 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
- Amateur Astronomy, Eldorado Star Party, Fall 2005
- Texas State Travel Guide 2006-2009, 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 Magazine, “Girlfriend Getaways”, June 2007
- Reflector, by the Astronomical League, “Astronomy-friendly accommodations near you”, September 2007
- San Angelo Standard Times, “Nature Retreat Sits on Area Ranch”, Sunday January 6, 2008
- Landscapes- a portrait of living and working in rural America, 10th Anniversary Issue, “At the X Bar Ranch, Nature Pays the Bills”, Summer 2008
- Adventure Cyclist, “Mountain Biking…Texas”, January 2009
- Texas Highways, “Chasing Monarchs, Catching Stars”, October 2010
- Texas Wildlife, X Bar Ranch feature article, May 2010
- The Cattleman, A Ranchland Retreat, March 2011
- Texas Parks & Wildlife, Natural Attraction, April 2011
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, The Fox Report with Shepard Smith, 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 & 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
