Early voting is October 23 - November 3 With your vote on the November 7 ballot, you can help secure new parks for future generations of Texans - without new taxes! One of Texas’ biggest conservation opportunities of the decade is coming up fast – Proposition 14 on the November 7 ballot to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund. Prop 14 will provide a billion dollars to be spent on new state park land when unique properties become available from willing sellers. This

By Camilla Price TCA's annual meeting on September 29-30, 2023, reflected on the past year and looked ahead to 2024 and beyond. Thank you to River Legacy Living Science Center in Arlington for hosting us and to everyone who attended! TCA guests, staff, and board members at the annual meeting Board chair, Justin Lannen, kicked off the meeting with a look at TCA’s mission to preserve Texas landscapes for future generations. “It’s a noble passion, and I’m so glad to share it wit

With your vote on November 7, 2023, you can help secure new parks for future generations of Texans - without new taxes! Vote YES on Prop 14 on November 7th to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund. What Is It? This $1 billion Fund will help secure new parks for future generations of Texans to explore and enjoy without increasing taxes. The Fund will allow the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department to buy land from willing sellers when unique properties that would make for

If Ringgold is built, the people of Wichita Falls and its customer cities will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to build something they s

Local folks are taking action in opposition to the proposed 66,000-acre lake, known as Marvin Nichols reservoir, in northeast Texas. Click here to read This is the Texas Rainforest published on the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on February 12, 2023. The Dallas Morning News also published an article about the proposed reservoir on its front page in October 2022. Click here to read Reservoir Fight Resurfaces and Campaign Against Reservoir Plan Ramps Up .

Save the date for the Texas Conservation Alliance Annual Meeting September 29 & 30, 2023, at the River Legacy Living Science Center in Arlington, TX! Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Swift foxes are the smallest fox in Texas, averaging 4-5 pounds in weight. Common identifiers include orange fur, Iarge ears, and black-tipped tails. Texas Conservation Action Team (TXCAT) (Photo) Volunteers planting native prairie grass at a TCA community event. 2,500 native plants planted so far in 20

This blog article was written by Skyler N, TCA’s College Station-based Spring 2023 intern, in reflection of his experience spearheading his internship project: Lights Out, College Station! Photo: Lights Out College Station volunteer, Mallory U (left, Ecology & Conservation Biology, ECCB), Mac M (right, Texas A&M Forest Service), and TCA intern, Skyler N (center, ECCB) As I reach the end of my freshman year at Texas A&M University, I can't help but reflect on the incredible in

For 50 years, Texas Conservation Alliance has been a force for conservation in Texas and beyond. Today, we celebrate TCA’s amazing work to protect our national forests. Longleaf pine forest by Ronald Billings It began with Ned Fritz , whose landmark lawsuit to protect endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers ended clearcutting in national forests in Texas. Ned drafted legislation that created five wilderness areas in Texas, garnered protection for the beautiful Longleaf Ridge area

Wetlands, underground storage and filtration can address North Texas water needs. Picture of the Sulphur River in northeast Texas, by Kirian Brown Solutions to major challenges are rarely simple, especially in a world rife with the difficult issues that we face today. The solution to the long-term water supply needs of North Texas might seem to be a choice of either conservation or building reservoirs, such as the which would dam the Sulphur River in the northern reaches of E

One-third of all fish & wildlife species in the U.S. are at risk of becoming Endangered. Of the country's 12,000 Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Texas is home to more than 1,300. Please contact your U.S. Senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and ask them to vote YES for S. 2372 , the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. To the great excitement of conservationists around the country, the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act passed in the U.S. House of Representative

Texas Conservation Alliance is excited to announce the first downtown surveys in Fort Worth looking for migratory birds that have collided with windows. TCA Volunteers at Lights Out Dallas These surveys are an extension of our work in downtown Dallas, where TCA has conducted Lights Out surveys since 2020. We look for birds that have collided with windows to learn more about how light pollution can attract and disorient birds from their migratory routes, causing them to collid

Check out TCA's Winter/Spring newsletter with updates from TCA leaders, honoring and remembering Mack Turner, information on State Parks, and a list of upcoming events! Volunteers at a TCA Event

With sadness and deep appreciation, TCA says goodbye to our long-time chairman, Mack Turner, who passed away December 11. Mack’s leadership has been invaluable in growing TCA, raising its level of influence, and putting it on sound footing as we reached the 50-year mark and began our second fifty years. Members of the TCA family have often referred to his “big heart” and to his remarkable dedication. Mack Turner, 1942 - 2022 When Mack took over the chair position in 2007,

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Nearly six feet tall with wavy red hair and green eyes, Ned Fritz was a striking figure in the courtroom. His eyes twinkled on the trails of the East Texas forests he so passionately defended. More than being Texas’ greatest environmentalist, Ned was a wonderful person. David Gray, TCA board member, says of the group’s founder: “Ned had the courage to speak truth to power and to speak out against abusive policies and proposals. Yet he was always respectful, polite, and unders

Endangered whooping cranes are among the many species threatened by crude oil loading facility and desal plant.

At Baytown and Buffalo Bayou, Bachman and White Rock Lakes, and Ray Roberts Lake State Park, TCA’s summer interns organized their communities to restore wildlife habitat. These emerging conservation leaders removed over 1000 pounds of litter pollution from Texas waterways, planted thousands of native prairie plants, and advocated for migratory bird protections with city councils and county commissioners. Habitat restoration is essential. The United Nations ranks habitat loss

Long-time TCA board member Richard Donovan started out as mad as fire at TCA. He attended a meeting to protest a statement Ned Fritz had made about allowing fires in the national forest to keep burning, to allow natural processes to unfold. By the time the meeting was over, Richard had joined our organization, eventually becoming a leading supporter and vice chair of the board of directors. Richard’s name is synonymous with the Neches River in East Texas. Building on his popu

Become a TCA 50 founding member and help build a pipeline of emerging conservation leaders for our next 50 years! TCA is seeking 50 conservation champions to join the TCA 50 Support Circle. A special gift of $1,000 or above helps train and equip TCA troops in the trenches protecting Texas rivers, forests, and wildlife. Join the TCA 50 as a founding member today by donating at tcatexas.org/support-us . About TCA's internship program: TCA internships offer emerging conservation

By Ben Jones, Executive Director Summer swept in with a bang, but the resilience of wildlife never ceases to amaze. Don't you wonder, "how do they survive out there?" Saw a big flock of northbound wood storks soaring over I-45. They wander from the coast this time of year knowing the ponds are shallow and the fishing is easy pickins. I'm hearing purple martins warbling in the air; they could be on their third brood by now. Green treefrogs chirp and coyotes chorus-yip at night

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, long supported by TCA, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives June 14! If it also passes in the U.S. Senate, the measure will provide $1.3 billion annually to states for wildlife projects that will prevent extinctions and change the future of our nation’s wildlife for generations to come. Kemp Ridley's Sea Turtle Texas’ share of the revenues would be approximately $50 million per year. The funds would be distributed to Texas Parks a