Conservation

 

Entities Conserving and Restoring Native Prairies, Forests, Wetlands, and Ranchlands in Texas

1. NPSOT, Native Plant Society of Texas, Fredericksburg, Texas, npsot.org
2. Texas Master Naturalists, https://txmn.tamu.edu/
3. Save our Monarchs program, https://www.saveourmonarchs.org/
4. Municipal trails and dog parks, https://www.traillink.com/
5. NPAT, Native Prairie Association of Texas, Texasprairie.org
6. Native American Seed Company, https://www.seedsource.com/
7. Nurseries (more focus on natives)
8. Nature Centers in Texas  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nature_centers_in_Texas.
9. Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas, https://www.wildflower.org/
10. Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in Texas, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_botanical_gardens_and_arboretums_in_Texas
11. BRIT, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, https://brit.org/
12. Texas A and M County Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service (water conservation, classes), Master Gardener Program. https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/
13. Council of Goverments, https://www.txregionalcouncil.org/display.php?page=regions_map.php;  Texas Smartscape Searchable database for native plants and invasive,  http://www.txsmartscape.com/plant-search/
14. Texas DOT Department of Transportation, https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/maintenance/wildflower-program.html#:~:text=TxDOT's%20wildflower%20program%20not%20only,need%20less%20mowing%20and%20care.&text=As%20with%20grasses%2C%20Wildflower%20Program,that%20blend%20into%20their%20surroundings.
15. Wetlands:  Army Corp of Engineers (wetlands), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/18/2020-10630/national-wetland-plant-list
16. Wetlands: Bayou Land Conservancy, Houston, TX 
17. Forests: USDA Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Lufkin, TX;  The U.S. Forest Service manages approximately 675,000 acres of public land in Texas. This land is divided into four National Forests (Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, Sam Houston) in east Texas and the Caddo-Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands in northeast Texas.
18. US National Park Service, nps.gov; (16), https://www.nps.gov/state/tx/index.htm
19. The Sierra Club Lonestar Chapter, https://www.sierraclub.org/texas, 6406 Nort Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Austin, TX 
20. TEXAS Pollinator powwow,, https://www.texaspollinatorpowwow.org/
21. Xerces Society, https://www.xerces.org/
22. Texas Grazing Land Coalition, https://texasglc.org/
23. Texas Parks and Wildlife, tpwd.texas.gov
24. Nature Conservancy, nature.org
25. Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, https://www.arborday.org/states/state.cfm?state=tx
26. Earth Day