Taylor Collins, right, owner of Fredericksburg’s ROAM Ranch, and Jared Holmes, conservation biologist and owner of Origin Ranch at Dripping Springs, demonstrate how healthy soil with biodiverse vegetation prevents erosion and recharges aquifers on Saturday during a joint conference of the Texas Bison Association and National Bison Association. More than 140 bison ranchers, marketers, researchers and enthusiasts from around Texas and the nation spent the day at ROAM Ranch. — Photo by Donnis Baggett