It’s a bad deal! I mean I want every one to have there piece of Texas but doing that really destroys and fragments habitat for game and non game species.
Over all the process of people buying large tracts and sub dividing them has done a lot of bad and it’s feared that most of Texas will become small tracts.
No ones sure how to compromise on the situation either.
So should the landholdings of Texas be comprised of relatively few landowners holding large tracts?
There is two sides of this coin, and both have their pluses and minuses. I've seen large ranches held by clannish families who didn't allow outside visitors, sell, and the ranch get broken down into smaller parcels, and the amount of people able to use and enjoy the land increase 10 fold.
Also, many landowners managing for wildlife is going to help the population much more than a large landowner who only cares about livestock and overgrazes his land severely.
I don't want to see Texas get broken down into 20 and 30 acre tracts and I don't like to see outfits ( won't name names but they are very popular in Edwards and Val Verde County ) break large ranches into Giant subdivisons of 20-50 acre tracts, but there is a middle ground.
And, as much as it pains us to see it, myself included, The fact remains is there are significantly more people in the country and def. in Texas than there was 25 years ago and space is at a premium. We are going to see alot more subdivision and Fragmentation in the future.