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Texas Conservation Alliance advocates for the protection of wildlife and wild habitat in the state of Texas. The State Affiliate of National Wildlife Federation. Texas Conservation Alliance Protecting Wildlife and Wild Habitat for More Than 55 Years! Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA), founded in 1971, protects Texas rivers, forests, wildlife, and our natural heritage. TCA combines grassroots outreach, policy advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation to safeguard Texas’ future for both people and wildlife. TCA is the State Affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation. Read more about our amazing group, our programs, and our accolades! Advocacy & Policy TCA is involved in crucial issues across the state advocating for wildlife and protection of wild habitat such as National Forest Management, Reservoirs, Wildlife, and more. Go to Page ... TXCAT The Texas Conservation Action Team includes community-driven Conservation Events, the Native Plant Propagation Center and plant sales, and the Lights Out for Wildlife Programs, and more. Go to Page ... Resources See our Resources page for a Conservation Advocacy Guide, Hiking and Paddling trails in East Texas, Pay an Invoice, Contact Us, Subscribe, and links to other resources on our website. Go to Page ... LOCAL CONSERVATION. TEXAS-SIZED IMPACT. Join/Donate Volunteer Fight Against Lake Ringgold Continues Native tallgrass prairie at Lake Ringgold site As reported last summer, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) rubber-stamped a state permit approving the proposed Lake Ringgold, despite a strong recommendation to deny the permit by Judge Christiaan Siano, who had conducted the hearing in the case. Since then, TCA and landowners impacted by the proposed reservoir have filed a petition in District Court to overturn the permit. TCA and other plaintiffs expect a he Marvin Nichols Reservoir Generates Statewide Opposition Sulphur River The proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir captured statewide attention in the Texas legislature this session when State Rep. Gary VanDeaver introduced HB 2109 to require that any reservoir that had been in the State Water Plan for more than 50 years be removed from the Plan. What followed was an exceptional hearing before the Texas House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, resulting in a 12-1 vote in favor of sending the measure to the House floor. After Take Action Your support helps protect wildlife and wild habitat for future generations to enjoy. Give Now

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Careers in Conservation This page was last updated on 11/03/2025. There are no announcements at this time. About Texas Conservation Alliance Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA), founded in 1971, works to protect Texas rivers, forests, wildlife, and our natural heritage. TCA combines grassroots outreach, policy advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation to safeguard Texas’ future for both people and wildlife. TCA is the State Affiliate for the National Wildlife Federation. Website: https://www.tcatexas.org/ ********** Texas Conservation Alliance is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity as core tenets of the organization, where everyone is respected and valued regardless of race, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or national origin.

Lights Out, Texas! DFW Building Challenge Join Reunion Tower and other DFW leaders to dim the lights for migrating birds. We’re calling on public buildings and commercial properties in North Texas to step up and join the Lights Out, Texas! DFW Building Challenge this fall. The Challenge Participants pledge to: Reduce 75% of non-essential lighting during migration periods. Share the Lights Out message with employees, tenants, and networks. Eligible Participants Cities, counties, government offices, schools, public buildings, and commercial properties in the North Texas region. Select Your Level of Participation Migration Guardian – Full 8-week commitment (Sept. 5 – Oct. 29) Protects the full spectrum of migrants, from early species like Hummingbirds, Orioles, and Buntings to later migrants. Wildlife Steward – Minimum 4-week commitment during DFW peak migration (Sept. 24 – Oct. 29) Covers the regional core peak migration, when large numbers of Warblers, Thrushes, and Sparrows are moving through. Keen Observer – Less than 4 weeks during migration. Ideal for buildings eager to stay informed and explore future participation opportunities. Join Reunion Tower in turning off lights to protect migratory birds! Download Flyer Why it Matters Texas sits in the Central Flyway, where billions of birds migrate each spring and fall. Bright city lights disorient them at night, pulling them into cities and could lead to deadly glass strikes. Up to one billion birds die in the U.S. each year from window collisions. By reducing non-essential lighting, we can save birds, cut energy costs, and protect our night skies. Benefits of Participation Wildlife Conservation: Help protect billions of migratory birds that pass through Texas. Sustainability Leadership: Position your city or company as a leader in conservation and environmental stewardship. Energy Cost Savings: Reducing unnecessary lighting lowers energy bills and operational costs. Community Recognition: Participants will be recognized in press releases, communications, and social media spotlights. Support for Participants When you join the challenge, you'll receive: A Pledge Toolkit with building checklists, sample policies, and communications templates. Recognition materials, including a certificate of participation. How to Join Commit your building(s) by signing the Lights Out pledge for fall migration at the Audubon Texas website . Designate a liaison to coordinate building participation and share updates. Take action by reducing lights during migration periods. Led By Reunion Tower, Audubon Texas, Dallas Zoo, and Texas Conservation Alliance Questions Contact: LightsOutDFW@tcatexas.org Register to Join

Apply for a 10-week internship at Texas Conservation Alliance. TCA seeks conservation leaders to engage in real projects to protect Texas wildlife. CAREERS IN CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Work with TCA staff implementing wildlife conservation projects around Texas in our 10-week and 12-week internship programs. Scroll down for the application and descriptions of available positions. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. This page was last updated on 1/29/2026 Thank you for your interest in TCA’s internship program. We will not be offering internships in the Spring or Summer 2026 semesters. The next available internship program is planned for the Fall 2026 semester. Please check back later for more details. *** Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA) is seeking interns who are passionate about protecting Texas wildlife and their habitats. Our Careers in Conservation Internship Program is helping train the future conservation leaders of Texas. Participants work alongside TCA’s seasoned conservation professionals and experience the frontlines of saving wildlife and their habitats in the state. Internship projects vary, but the opportunity to develop technical acumen, exercise transferable skills, and cultivate conservation leadership is integral to every TCA experience. Selected candidates will work with TCA staff to implement wildlife conservation projects. Our 10-week/12-week* internship offers opportunities to make positive impacts for wildlife and provides valuable hands on learning experiences and professional development opportunities applicable to future careers in sustainability and conservation. Potential Projects Organize wildlife habitat restoration events. Restoring degraded wildlife habitat is critical to the conservation of species. Interns will research opportunities, build community partnerships, and coordinate event logistics. Potential projects include litter pollution removal from Texas waterways, planting native plants, and removing invasive species to restore prairie, and reforestation through community tree-planting events. Propagate native prairie plants. Interns based in the Dallas-area can gain experience working with and learning more about Texas native plants and greenhouse propagation methods at the Native Plant Propagation Center, located at and in partnership with the Dallas Zoo. The Center cultivates well over 10,000 seedlings each year across more than 100 species of native grasses, shrubs, and forbs for prairie conservation around the state. Lead bird collision surveys (spring and fall only). Lights Out Texas is a statewide behavior-change campaign aimed at saving migratory birds from building-collisions by encouraging businesses and residents to turn off non-essential lights during spring and fall migration. Bird collision surveys are an important component of the scientific research of this campaign. TCA leads surveys in downtown Dallas and Fort Worth as well as on-campus at Texas A&M University, College Station, during spring (March-May) and fall (September-November) migration seasons. Interns will help lead the survey two days each week in addition to another project. Promote Lights Out for Wildlife. Interns will strengthen the Lights Out for Wildlife brand by promoting the behavior-change campaign through community outreach, social media marketing techniques, and presentations. Interns may also help reach out to municipality officials, business owners, and community members to encourage taking action during bird migrations. Lights Out for Wildlife is a program to certify homes, businesses, and/or buildings by taking Lights Out action to save birds and other wildlife impacted by light pollution. Interns will assist in promoting the certification program and create strategies to encourage participation.

Join the TCA 50 Support Circle to support emerging leaders in conservation with TCA's internship program. TCA50 SUPPORT CIRCLE Join the TCA50, a major giving circle to support TCA's Careers in Conservation Internship Program. Texas Conservation Alliance is seeking 50 conservation heroes to make a special gift of $1,000 or above to help train and equip TCA troops in the trenches protecting Texas rivers, forests, and wildlife. Special thanks to these folks for supporting TCA's internship program! CAREERS IN CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TCA’s Careers in Conservation Internship Program is helping train the future conservation leaders of Texas. Students work alongside TCA’s seasoned conservation professionals and experience the frontlines of saving wildlife and their habitats in the state. Internship projects vary, but the opportunity to develop technical acumen, exercise transferable skills, and cultivate conservation leadership is integral to every TCA experience. SUPPORT EMERGING CONSERVATION LEADERS Visit TCA's donation page then make a special gift of $1,000 or above to become a member of the TCA50. Your gift supports TCA's Careers in Conservation Internship Program, offering emerging conservation leaders work experience protecting and restoring Texas rivers, forests, and endangered prairies. Long-term success requires farsighted planning and provision for the future. Your membership in the TCA50 Support Circle will help ensure conservation victories across the next 50 years. Each member will help strengthen TCA's staffing through paid internships, mentoring, and engagement with a new generation of Texas talent. Along with our thanks, you'll receive a special TCA50 lapel pin, a TCA cap, and TCA program updates.

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Lights Out, DFW! Turn off your ligh ts, protect wildlife . It's fall migration! Keep birds flying high by turning off non-essential lighting from 11pm - 6am. Lights Out DFW Building Challenge! The Challenge. Texas is essential for migratory birds, with millions soaring across our Lone Star skies every spring and fall. Most birds migrate at night, and brightly lit buildings can confuse and disorient them on their journey, resulting in deadly collisions. In the US, as many as 3.5 billion birds die from collisions with buildings every yea r! Because of light pollution, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the 3rd most dangerous area in the United States for migratory birds to travel through. Building Challenge Guidelines Link Lights Out Education Program Link Lights Out Education Link Building Challenge Flyer Link Building Challenge Webpage The Campaign. Lights Out, DFW! is a flagship program of the statewide Lights Out, Texas! campaign, targeting non-essential lighting in the DFW metroplex. Aiming to ensure a darker night sky, all business owners and residents are encouraged to go lights out during bird migration seasons. Throughout fall and spring migrations, collision surveys are conducted daily along set routes in downtown Dallas and Fort Worth to assess lights-out efforts. During these early morning surveys, volunteers document and collect bird-building collision fat alities and 1/12 rescue stunned and injured birds. Collected specimens enter a salvage pipeline to be incorporated into the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (BRTC) at Texas A&M University, where samples are taken to support avian research projects at Texas A&M and beyond. TCA has partnered with other non-profit organizations such as Dallas Zoo, Texas Master Naturalists, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Trinity River Audubon Center, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus, and Fort Worth Audubon Society to con duct these surveys. What You Can Do. By turning off non-essential lighting from 11pm-6am , you can provide migratory birds safer passage across the Texas night sky . Certify your home or business with Lights Out For Wildlife! It's free and easy. Click to learn m ore and make the pledge. Use your voice! Be an advocate for wildlife, spread the Lights Out message, and make your community safer for migrating birds. Encourage your local government, businesses, and neighbors to take Lights Out action and consider bird-friendly building options. Lights Out Flyers Outreach Email Templates Advocacy Toolkit Social Media Toolkit In te rested In Volunteering? Volunteers play a crucial role in supporting our collision monitoring efforts. By volunteering with the Lights Out, DFW! team, you help save stunned or injured birds, gather valuable data for research, and promote a darker night sky in our community. The program has encouraged hundreds of citizens to participate in community science. Both groups and individuals are welcom e to show up for morning surveys. Contact MeiLing@tcatexas.org for time and location. Lights Out, Dallas! Find our previous Survey Highlights and Observations below: LOD Spring 25 LOFW Spring 25 LOD Fall 24 LOFW Fall 24 Lights Out, DFW! Updates Want to get updates throughout the Lights Out season? Sign up here for emails! Please click here for Lights Out, DFW! requests. Inquire Here Are you an educator interested in hosting an event or presentation in the DFW region? Education and Outreach Program Lights Out for Wildlife Certification Every person and every business, school, hotel, home, high rise, restaurant, municipal building, and place of worship can receive a Lights Out for Wildlife certification. Certification comes with a certificate to celebrate your pledge to save wildlife and lets you share your commitment publicly with colleagues, coworkers, customers, family, and friends. It provides a public way to show off your commitment to conservation while inspiring others to take action and join in. Certification is a source of pride for all involved and it's free, so sign up today! Certify Your Home or Building Here How We Started And What We've Found. TCA is an on-the-ground leader in a statewide effort to darken the night sky, Lights Out, Texas! This citizen-science and outreach initiative, led by Audubon Texas , started in 2017 in response to a mass fallout-collision event in Galveston that killed nearly 400 songbirds in one night. Our campaign started in fall of 2020 in response to a publication that found, out of the 125 largest urban areas in the continental US, DFW ranks 3rd highest in exposing migratory birds to light pollution. Though originally just Lights Out, Dallas! our work has since expanded across the DFW metroplex with Lights Out, Fort Worth! in Spring 2023. Over each of the past six migratory seasons, TCA has conducted 57 to 80 consecutive surveys, collecting hundreds of mortalities over 100 species. Tha nks to 7,295 hours of volunteer service , TCA has surveyed 5,643 miles , collecte d 3,098 mortalities , performed 324 rescues , and ensured lights-out action from hundreds of businesses and homes . Watch our Texas Parks and Wildlife Special!