YMCA ROBERTS RANCH
Kerr County, Texas
San Antonio & Hill Country YMCA, 2002

1110-acre property for outdoor education and recreation for older youth groups

• Owing to both the richness of its biodiversity and its ranching heritage, the plan focused first on comprehensive environmental analysis, and second on preservation.
• Numerous partnerships were established to facilitate both the planning as well as the ongoing development and interpretive components.
• Viewsheds, buffers, joint-management strategies with adjacent properties, landscape restoration, historic preservation, backcountry camping, cultural resource interpretation, and tenets of sustainable planning and design were all part of the master plan.
• Specific areas of limited and moderate degrees of development were identified.
• A site-wide trail network, with interpretive components provides for a variety of user experiences within several unique environmental niches.
• Restricted use zones were included based on their overall sensitivity.

This multi-phase master plan includes a detailed development and conservation program of specific site improvements, infrastructure costs, architectural elements, interpretive components, landscape restoration and recreational facilities.

The habitat of unique and endemic species has been permanently preserved by protection of entire subwatersheds within the project.