PDF Print 2026 Summer Newsletter Texas Conservation Alliance Expands Leadership Team From Grahame Jones, Executive Director As Texas continues to face growing challenges related to water, wildlife habitat, working lands, and rapid population growth, Texas Conservation Alliance is investing in the people needed to meet those challenges. We are excited to welcome two outstanding conservation professionals to our leadership team: Katy Gilray as Statewide Director of Conservation

TCA is excited to share an exceptional new film, The Neches River: Wild Heart of East Texas. Produced by Ellen Temple, with direction and cinematography by Curtis Craven, the 57-minute film captures the magic of the beautiful Neches River. “For more than 30 years, TCA has focused on protecting the Neches River, its lovely bottomlands, and its wildlife,” says Janice Bezanson, TCA’s Senior Policy Director. “This film made me fall in love with the Neches all over again.” Watch i

View PDF Newsletter Remembering Richard Donovan By: Justin Lannen, Chairman of the Board Pictured Left and Below: Richard Donovan canoeing the Neches River, taken by Robert Sloan On February 19, the Texas conservation community lost one of its greatest advocates. Richard Donovan’s contributions to TCA and to environmental conservation were deep and lasting. I first met Richard not long after I was hired as TCA’s office manager in 1999, which was not long before Richard launch

On February 19, the Texas conservation community lost one of its greatest advocates. Richard Donovan’s contributions to TCA and to environme

Huge progress has been made in making the 7,000-acre Neches Neches River National Wildlife Refuge accessible to the public – and more activi