Texas

Texas Forestland Conservation Initiative

Spearheading the Texas Forestland Conservation Initiative, The Conservation Fund has already preserved more than 75,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest in east Texas in the past three years.  Read more>

Big Thicket National Preserve, TX

Support from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a capstone grant from the Centex Land Legacy Fund enabled The Conservation Fund to acquire more than 4,400 acres of forestland for the Big Thicket National Preserve in 2005.  Read more>

Houston Parks Rapid Assessment, TX

The Conservation Fund worked with the Houston Parks Board to conduct an assessment of new parkland acquisition opportunities and to assist with the implementation of parks master plans.  Read more>

Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge, TX

The Conservation Fund worked with private landowners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect nearly 20,000 acres as an addition to the refuge.  Read more>

Middle Neches Forestlands, TX

In one of the largest, most complex forestland projects in the Texas history, The Conservation Fund and Renewable Resources, LLC, joined forces to acquire and conserve 33,000 acres of working forestland from International Paper.  Read more>

Roma Restoration Project, TX

In 2003, the Fund and its partners completed the preservation and restoration of Roma's historic district and the Los Caminos del Rio, a Sustainable Community Development Initiative, returning vitality to the city and ensuring its future.  Read more>

Texas Pineywoods Experience

The Conservation Fund and Fermata, Inc., are working with the communities of East Texas to revitalize and protect the economy and environment of the Pineywoods region.   Read more>

Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, TX

Nearly 4,000 acres of essential bottomland hardwood forest, bayous, and cypress ponds in eastern Texas are permanently protected thanks to an alliance of the Fund, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Read more>