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Family-Owned Forests: How To Unlock The Carbon Potential In America's Backyard
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The Family Forest Carbon Program is a new program, created by the American Forest Foundation and The Nature Conservancy, to open carbon markets to small forest landowners, empowering them to be able to help address our climate challenges.

 

Conservation Almanac

The Trust for Public Land has created the Conservation Almanac, which is a great resource for understanding the context of the conservation and conservation finance movements. Here you can see how much land has been protected in your state, which state and federal agencies have protected the land, the ratio of money spent to land conserved, and policies and programs that could help your state reach its conservation objectives.

 

Conservation Corridor Toolkit

Landscape corridors are among the most important conservation strategies in the face of global changes such as habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction, and climate change. We aim to bridge the science and practice of conservation corridors.  Conservation Corridor will provide up-to-date findings from science that will inform applied conservation.  And, we will highlight new innovations in applied conservation, with the goal of guiding the direction of applied science toward management needs. Click Here. 

 

COMET-FARM™

COMET-FARM™ is a  whole farm and ranch carbon and greenhouse gas accounting system.  The tool guides you through describing your farm and ranch management practices including alternative future management scenarios. Once complete, a report is generated comparing the carbon changes and greenhouse gas emissions between your current management practices and future scenarios.

 

Where Is the Carbon? Carbon Sequestration Potential from Private Forestland in the Southern United States
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Uncertainty surrounding the future supply of timber in the southern United States prompted the question, “Where is all the wood?” (Cubbage et al.

 

Meeting Regulatory Needs with Voluntary Conservation
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Take a look at a PowerPoint presentation on market-based approaches as a voluntary means to reduce the cost of compliance with environmental regulations.& ...

 

A Landowner’s Guide to Carbon Sequestration Credits

This guide offers a path for local landowners to earn additional income while helping diminish adverse effects of global climate change through implementation of carbon sequestration and other stackable incentives.

 

 Conservation Easements

   
Show Articles on Conservation Easements (57)
Private lands are the next battleground in state conservation policy
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Interest from owners wanting to set aside their property for conservation has increased in the past few years. Many conservation land trusts that have seen a spike in interest over the past few years.

 

Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

Cattlemen’s Land Trust at the Forefront of Conservation
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Watch and listen to an on-the-ground panel of experts talk about the relationship of how ranchers and conservationists work together provides successful conservation outcomes while keeping working lands working.

 

Meet Chad Ellis CEO of the Texas Agricultural Land Trust
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Chad introduces us to the conservation ethic and DNA of Texas ranchers and reviews the past and future TALT conservation easements.

 

Beyond Easements: Broader Approaches for Greater Conservation Outcomes
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CONSERVATION EASEMENTS CAN PROTECT thousands of acres of valuable and vulnerable lands from development. However, why stop there?  ...

 

Donate a conservation easement: How federal benefits put money in your pocket!
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In addition to the Colorado credit, landowners can receive an extra reward for conserving their land with a conservation easement. The current rules are not yet permanent, so please keep that in mind as you and your advisors make plans for your taxes.

 

A step-by-step guide to donating a conservation easement
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This guide is meant to help you understand the steps that must be completed to conserve your property and the typical costs that are involved.

 

A fierce, expensive fight erupts over conservation easements
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An ongoing fight over tax breaks for conserving privately owned land — and accusations that some people are using them as a tax shelter — is spurring an expensive lobbying battle involving landowners and conservationists.

 

Final Rule on SALT and State Tax Credit Programs
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The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pre-released the final rule on how the federal government will treat charitable donations that individual taxpayers make to nonprofits via giving programs incentivized by state and local tax (SALT) credits.

 

Enforcing Perpetual Conservation Easements Against Third-Party Violators
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Among the most daunting challenges the holder of a perpetual conservation easement faces is the enforcement of the easements it holds, for all time, and against all violators.& ...

 

Amending or Terminating Conservation Easements: The New Hampshire Experience
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Since their release in 2010, the Guidelines have been useful to the land trust community and to the New Hampshire Attorney General in facilitating a thorough and efficient review of proposed amendments to, as well as partial extinguishments of, conservation easements.

 

Understanding When Perpetual Is Not Forever: An Update To The Challenge Of Changing Conditions, Amendment, And Termination Of Perpetual Conservation Easements, And Response To Ann Taylor Schwing
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Rarely in the legal discourse is an author afforded the opportunity to revisit and update a recently published law review article and to correct misunderstandings of a response thereto.

 

Perpetuity is Forever, Almost Always: Why It Is Wrong To Promote Amendment and Termination of Perpetual Conservation Easements
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When a landowner makes a charitable gift of a conservation easement to a nonprofit organization or government entity and elects to seek a federal tax deduction, both landowner and easement holder are subject to federal tax laws and regulations governing the creation, monitoring, amendment, and extinguishment of the easement.

 

Conservation Easement Reform: As Maine Goes Should the Nation Follow
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This article explores how the Reform Law has worked and whether it makes sense as a model for other states in response to weaknesses in their enabling laws.

 

Use of Conservation Easements in Estate and Conservation Planning
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Under many circumstances, the donation of a conservation easement or sale of such easement for less than fair market value may give income tax, estate tax, and real property tax benefits to the donor or seller.

 

Leaving a Legacy of Land
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Protecting private lands that provide significant natural resource or cultural values is often a capstone objective for landowners, managers, and conservationists.

 

Conservation Almanac

The Trust for Public Land has created the Conservation Almanac, which is a great resource for understanding the context of the conservation and conservation finance movements. Here you can see how much land has been protected in your state, which state and federal agencies have protected the land, the ratio of money spent to land conserved, and policies and programs that could help your state reach its conservation objectives.

 

How a Conservation Easement Works - Sample example of conservation easement

A simple example illustrates how a conservation easement works in practice. Let’s assume pressure from buyers building vacation homes has pushed the value of land up in recent years to the point where the family is concerned about how the next generation will pay the estate tax bill without selling the land.

 

Land Preservation - An Essential Ingredient in Smart Growth
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The preservation of land for working rural landscapes, wildlife habitat, urban parks, recreational trails, and protecting water supplies and floodplains is emerging as an integral component of smart growth programs.

 

6 Basic Steps to Conveying a Conservation Easement
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How does one go about donating or selling a conservation easement.? There is no one right way to go about it. However, the following outline shows the most common steps to the process.

 

The Law of Agricultural Land Preservation in the United States
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Thomas Daniels and John Keene's new book breaks down the legal principles, federal and state requirements, and the legal issues that affect agricultural land preservation efforts.

 

Find a Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCCs)

Find an LCC here. The 22 LCCs collectively form a network of resource managers and scientists who share a common need for scientific information and interest in conservation. Each LCC brings together federal, state, and local governments along with Tribes and First Nations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and interested public and private organizations. Our partners work collaboratively to identify best practices, connect efforts, identify science gaps, and avoid duplication through conservation planning and design. 

Managing the landscapes that provide our natural and cultural resources has become increasingly challenging. With the signing of Secretarial Order No. 3289, the Department of the Interior launched the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) to better integrate science and management to address climate change and other landscape scale issues. By building a network that is holistic, collaborative, adaptive, and grounded in science, LCCs are working to ensure the sustainability of our economy, land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources. 

 

Using the Conservation Tax Incentive
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This short brochure summarizes the conservation easement tax incentive and provides answers to some frequently asked questions. For the late ...

 

Conservation Easements
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One tool for estate planners is the conservation easement, by which a landowner voluntarily restricts his or her land from being developed, restricts the amount of development or protects existing features, like a building facade with historic value.

 

Conservation Easements - How Flexible Is Too Flexible?

To ensure the continued conservation of natural resources and habitats, it is important to ensure that easements are not simply undone by successors to the original parties after the tax benefits have been realized.& ...

 

Mitigation and Conservation Banking
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To many landowners a threatened or endangered (T&E) species on their property is anathema because it can herald all kinds of state and federal limitations on use of their property.& ...

 

2015 National Land Trust Census Report

 

Conservation Easements - A Tool for Preventing the Fragmentation of Family Lands
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Land stewards can use conservation easements to help manage the future. Conservation easements can be created to protect different natural assets ranging from endangered species and water sources to productive, open space and agricultural land.

 

Uniform Conservation Easement Act Summary
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Although traditional uses of land for industrial, commercial, residential and agricultural purposes have continued, conservation and historic preservation have become important as well.

 

Private Lands Public Benefits - Incentives For The Stewardship Of Texas Agricultural Lands
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This guide is for Texans who want to ensure a future for the state’s farms and ranches: landowners who want to conserve, protect and steward their land and its resources; policymakers concerned about the costs to the state of the loss of rural lands; and all Texans who value the many benefits provided by working farms and ranches.

 

Conservation Easements - A Guide for Texas Landowners, 2013
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This guidebook is intended to help Texas landowners understand one of the most flexible and effective mechanisms available to conserve and protect private property – the conservation easement.

 

Wetlands Assistance Guide for Landowners
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The State recognizes that private landowners are stewards of a natural resource in which many of the benefits are accrued to the public. Ninety-seven percent of Texas’ land is privately owned and managed, and as such, management decisions on these lands are made by private landowners.

 

Ranching as a Conservation Strategy - Can Old Ranchers Save the New West?
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Working ranches are often promoted as means of private rangeland conservation because they can safeguard ecosystem services, protect open space, and maintain traditional ranching culture.

 

Uniform Conservation Easement Act (with 2007 Amendments)
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The Act enables durable restrictions and affirmative obligations to be attached to real property to protect natural and historic resources.

 

Multi-Generational Ownership and Planning for Family Owned Properties
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The paper explains many of the common legal tools used by families to manage and/or transfer family lands, and gives a very good overview of the expectations and considerations families will face throughout the process.

 

Forever Donation
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A landowner recently asked us: What is the best way to ensure that the land I donate is not sold? We put the question to the land trust community and it generated quite a bit of activity on the land trust listserv.

 

Tax Benefits of Donating Conservation Land
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There are several kinds of tax benefits available to donors of land or conservation easements. This article attempts to summarize these benefits and provide some examples of how they work.

 

NRCS Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and NFWF Recovered Oil Fund

In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which is fouling beaches, marshes and mudflats all along the northern Gulf coast, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has created the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative.& ...

 

What is a Land Trust?

Land trusts are non-profit organizations directly involved in the permanent protection of land and its resources for the public benefit. A trust may operate on a local, state, regional, or national level.

 

Bundle Of Rights Approach To Value
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The bundle of rights theory maintains that ownership of a parcel of real estate may embrace a great many rights, such as the right to its occupancy and use; the right to sell it in whole or in part; the right to bequeath; the right to transfer by contract for specified periods of time, the benefits to be derived by occupancy and use of the real estate.

 

2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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The 2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation was prepared as an introduction for fish and wildlife conservation providers – the on-the-ground biologists and conservation partners who help deliver Farm Bill conservation programs to landowners.

 

13 Components of a Successful Transferable Development Right Program
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For those of you who don’t know, TDR stands for Transferable Development Rights. Simply put, these are typically programs that are designed by local government to allow for the free market transfer of subdivision or development rights from a rural (agricultural and/or conservation) zone to a designated development zone within a jurisdiction.& ...

 

NextGen Conservation - Peninsula Open Space Trust engages Millennials in its mission.
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The 80 million-plus Millennials in the United States represent the next generation of potential land trust supporters and advocates.

 

Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities
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Many rural communities are facing challenges, including rapid growth at metropolitan edges, declining rural populations, and loss of working lands.

 

Conservation of Private Lands - Opportunities and Challenges for the States
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Private land conservation initiatives are a critical component of any state-level quality of life agenda. Although concerns over sprawl, including the loss of prime agricultural lands and significant green space, continue to be one of the underlying rallying cries in support of state-level smart growth initiatives, the fact remains that with few exceptions, conservation of privately-owned working lands has not received significant attention in smart growth literature or conferences.

 

Bosque Canyon Ranch v. Comm’r—Partnerships Denied Deductions for Conservation Easements Allowing Movable Homesites and Taxed on Disguised Sales of Homesites
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Bosque Canyon Ranch, L.P. located in the hill country of Texas was just denied $15.9 million of deductions claimed by partnerships for the donation of conservation easements on two grounds in a tax court decision.

 

A Land Conservation Vision for the Gulf of Mexico Region
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The Gulf Partnership is committed to Strategic Conservation, the identification of the most important areas in a region for conservation, restoration and long-term management.

 

The Conservation Easement Quiz
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Take a quick quiz and test your knowledge on conservation easements and learn if they can work for you.

 

Conservation Easement Paragraph Databank
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The CE Paragraph Databank is a work in progress assembled by the Stanford Conservation and Climate Change Drafting Committee and a number of CE professionals assisting in the work.

 

Conservation Easements and the 2010 Roth Conversion - A symbiotic relationship
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It may come as a shock, but there is a sort of symbiotic relationship at work between property owners with conservation easements and the IRS.

 

Using Conservation Easements to Protect Working Forests
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For decades, conservation easements have protected open space values such as wildlife habitat, ecological diversity, recreational access and aesthetics.

 

Farm and Forest Land Preservation With Conservation Easements
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This publication is intended to provide basic information on conservation easements for landowners, community leaders, students and other interested individuals.

 

The Importance of Land Trusts to Forestry
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Almost everyone in forestry has heard of land trusts since they have become a common fixture especially in areas that are rapidly urbanizing.

 

Conservation Easements - Donor Beware
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Conservation easements have garnered significant attention and gained popularity over the last few years due in part to the availability of federal tax deductions and Virginia state tax credits associated with conservation easements.

 

Easements prove valuable in efforts to protect land
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Practically no one had heard of conservation easements 15 years ago when Charleston native Herbert J. Butler began trying to protect his hundreds of acres of former rice fields.

 

State of the Land 2006, A brief inventory of public and private land in the United States
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“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” Quoted from an essay by Thoreau lamenting the way in which modern urban life has made natural resources into commodities and isolated people from the natural processes on which their lives depended.

 

An Overview of Financial Alternatives for Land Conservation Transactions
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Clearly, the motivation for a land conservation transaction is often the desire of the landowner to safeguard the property. However, this objective must be balanced with the need to maximize the return to the landowner.

 

Show Conservation Easements Organizations & Professionals (717)
There are 717 resources serving South Texas Plains Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Easements Organizations & Professionals serving South Texas Plains Region
Agricultural Law Attorneys
Farmers Legal Action Group
- St. Paul, MN
Husch Blackwell LLP
- Dallas, TX
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
- Austin, TX
Texas Agriculture Law Blog
Tiffany Dowell Lashmet - Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Agricultural Law - Amarillo, TX
The National Agricultural Law Center
- Fayetteville, AR
Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, J.D.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - Agricultural Law Specialist - Amarillo, TX
Tiffany Lashmet
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Agricultural Law - Amarillo, TX
Certified Appraisers
Aaron D. Bierschwale, ARA
Bierschwale Land Company, LLC - Owner, Real Estate Appraiser - Junction, TX
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Blair T. Stouffer & Assoc., Inc
Robert V. Hicks, MAI - Boerne, TX
Bradley Bujan
CBRE - San Antonio, TX
Bryan S. Miller, MAI, CCIM
National Appraisal Partners, LLP - Houston, TX
Byron K. Setser, MAI
Southwest Appraisal Group, LLC - San Antonio, TX
Christopher E. Adams
Vision Forestry, LLC - Owner/President - Lufkin, TX
Christopher J. Stallings, MAI
- Houston, TX
Clinton J. (Clint) Bendele, ARA, MAI
Valbridge Property Advisors I San Antonio - San Antonio, TX
David Maxwell, ARA
- Devine, TX
Derry Gardner
Gardner Appraisal Group - San Antonio, TX
Derry T. Gardner
Gardner Appraisal Group, Inc. - San Antonio, TX
Hall and Hall
- Billings, MT
Jeffrey W. Briggs, MAI
- Dallas, TX
Jessica Putz
Capital Farm Credit - Jourdanton, TX
Jim Pat Mitchell, MAI
- Austin, TX
Jim W. Shepperd, MAI
Advanced Appraisal Group - Houston, TX
Joe W. Milkes, MAI CCIM
Milkes Realty Valuation - Owner - Plano, TX
John C. Hodges, ARA
John Hodges RE Appraisals - Uvalde, TX
John P. (Tooter) Robertson, Jr., ARA
Valbridge Property Advisors | San Antonio - San Antonio, TX
John W. Schmedemann
The Frost National Bank - San Antonio, TX
Justin Bierschwale, ARA
Bierschwale Land Company, LLC - Owner, Real Estate Appraiser - Junction, TX
Karl F. Armstead, ARA
Omega Properties - Fort Stockton, TX
Kyle Schroeder, ARA
Valbridge Property Advisors I San Antonio - San Antonio, TX
L. Sam Middleton, ARA
Chas S. Middleton and Son - Appraiser, Manager - Lubbock, TX
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Delta Land & Farm Mgmt Co, LLC - Appraiser, Manager - Mer Rouge, LA
Marty Bryant, MAI
Southwest Appraisal Group, LLC - San Antonio, TX
Mason, Bruce & Girard
- Blacksburg, VA
Merrill E. Swanson, ARA
Valbridge Property Advisors/Dugger, Canaday, Grafe, Inc. - Senior Managing Director - San Antonio, TX
Michael L. Kersten
Capital Farm Credit - San Antonio, TX
Nittler Appraisal and Consulting
David Nittler, MAI - Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser - Harlingen, TX
Paul E. Bierschwale, ARA
Bierschwale Land Company, LLC - Owner, Real Estate Appraiser, Real Estate Broker, Consultant - Junction, TX
Philip A. Sadler
ESO Real Estate Services - San Antonio, TX
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Rudy R. Robinson, III, MAI
- Austin, TX
Ryan C. Healy, ARA
- San Antonio, TX
Samuel Noble, CRE
Noble & Associates, Inc. - San Antonio, TX
Scruggs Love
Love & Associates - Hondo, TX
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Stacy W. Jackson
Jackson Real Estate Professionals, LLC - Owner - Winnsboro, TX
Steven J. Bilicek
Texas Ag Realty - Houston , TX
Warren E. Peters
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - President - Baton Rouge, LA
William R. (Bill) Schott, AFM, ARA
Schott Consulting And Appraisal - San Antonio, TX
Conservation Districts
Agua Poquita SWCD
- Benavides, TX
Alamo SWCD
- San Antonio, TX
Atascosa County SWCD
- Pleasanton, TX
Bee SWCD
- Beeville, TX
Copano Bay SWCD
- Refugio, TX
Devil's River SWCD
- Del Rio, TX
Dimmit County SWCD
- Carrizo Springs, TX
Frio SWCD
- Pearsall, TX
Goliad County SWCD
- Goliad, TX
Hidalgo SWCD
- Edinburg, TX
Jim Wells County SWCD
- Alice, TX
Karnes County SWCD
- Kenedy, TX
Kleberg-Kenedy SWCD
- Kingsville, TX
La Salle County SWCD
- Cotulla, TX
Little Wichita SWCD
- Henrietta, TX
Live Oak SWCD
- George West, TX
Loma Blanca SWCD
- Falfurrias, TX
Maverick County SWCD
- Eagle Pass, TX
McMullen County SWCD
- Tilden, TX
Medina Valley SWCD
- Hondo, TX
Monte Mucho SWCD
- Hebbronville, TX
Nueces SWCD
- Robstown, TX
Nueces-Frio-Sabinal SWCD
- Uvalde, TX
San Patricio SWCD
- Sinton, TX
Southmost SWCD
- San Benito, TX
Starr County SWCD
- Rio Grande City, TX
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Temple, TX
Webb SWCD
- Laredo, TX
West Nueces-Las Moras SWCD
- Brackettville, TX
Willacy SWCD
- Raymondville, TX
Wilson County SWCD
- Floresville, TX
Winter Garden SWCD
- Crystal City, TX
Zapata SWCD
- Zapata, TX
Conservation Groups and Associations
A Rocha USA
Mark Purcell - Executive Director - Fredericksburg, TX
Access Fund
- Boulder, CO
ACRE Investment Management, LLC
- The Plains, VA
Agrarian Trust
Ian McSweeney - Director - Weare, NH
AGree
- Washington, DC
Agronomic Science Foundation
Susan Dearing-Bond - Director - Fitchburg, WI
America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative
Kyle Jones - USDA Forest Service Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Coordinator - Tallahassee, FL
American Agri-Women
- Colchester, VT
American Battlefield Trust
- Washington, DC
American Conservation Coalition
- Appleton, WI
American Farm Bureau Federation
- Washington, DC
American Fisheries Society
- Bethesda, MD
American Forest Foundation
- Washington, DC
American Forests
- Washington, DC
American Friends of Canadian Conservation
Sandra Tassel - Program Coordinator - Bellingham, WA
American Hiking Society
- Silver Spring, MD
American Rivers
Jaime Sigaran - Associate Director - Washington, DC
Ann Ruzow Holland, Ph.D. AICP
- Willsboro, NY
Arbor Day Foundation
- Nebraska City, NE
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Bee City USA
An Initiative of the Xerces Society - Portland, OR
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
- Brighton, CO
Bisbee's Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund
Richard Bisbee - President - Frisco, TX
Boone and Crockett Club
- Missoula, MT
Borderlands Research Institute
Sul Ross State University - Alpine, TX
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
- Kingsville, TX
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Roberta Clowater - Executive Director - Fredericton, NB
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter
- Ottawa, ON
Center for Collaborative Conservation
Warner College of Natural Resources - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
- Bozeman, MT
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center
- Fort Davis, TX
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
CitSci.org
Greg Newman - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
- Corpus Christi, TX
Coastal Conservation Association
- Houston, TX
ConservAmerica
- Washington, DC
Conservation Force
- Metairie, LA
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Conservation Plus
- The Plains, VA
Conservation Solutions, LLC
Palmer Brock - Greenwood, MS
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- West Lafayette, IN
Conservation United
Kevin Heckinger - Gilbert, AZ
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
- Sheffield, MA
Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports
- Washington, DC
Delta Waterfowl Foundation
- Bismarck, ND
Ducks Unlimited - Texas
Todd Merendino - Manager, Conservation Programs - Richmond, TX
EarthShare of Texas
- Austin, TX
EcoAgriculture Partners
- Oakton, VA
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
EcoResults!
- Flagstaff, AZ
Environmental Incentives
- South Lake Tahoe, CA
Equine Land Conservation Resource
- Lexington, KY
Family Farm Alliance
- Klamath Falls, OR
Farmers For Monarchs
Franklin Holley - Keystone, CO
Forest Stewards Guild
- Santa Fe, NM
Forest Stewardship Council
- Minneapolis, MN
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center (Sutton Center)
- Bartlesville, OK
Gorgas Science Foundation
- Brownsville, TX
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
Gail Nosek - Communications Director - Minneapolis, MN
Great Springs Project
- Austin, TX
Green School Alliance
- New York, NY
Guada-Coma Independent Cattlemen’s Association
Leroy Munich Jr. - Chapter President - Seguin, TX
Gulf Coast Joint Venture
Barry Wilson, USFWS - GCJV Coordinator - Lafayette, LA
Gulf Restoration Network
- New Orleans, LA
Hill Country Alliance
- Dripping Springs, TX
Hill Country Conservancy
Frank Davis - Chief Conservation Officer - Austin, TX
Houston Safari Club
- Houston, TX
Hunt Fish 30x30 Coalition
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation - Washington, DC
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Berryville, VA
Images for Conservation Fund
John F. Martin - Chairman - Edinburg, TX
Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas
Bill Hyman - Executive Director - Lockhart, TX
Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program
Monarch Joint Venture - St. Paul, MN
Itasca Ladyslipper Farm
Carol Steele - Grand Rapids, MN
Izaak Walton League
- Gaithersburg, MD
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Journey North
- Madison, WI
Julia Debes
Pheasants Forever - Working Lands for Wildlife Director of Agricultural Communications - Hoisington, KS
Keep Texas Beautiful
Cathie Gail - Executive Director - Austin, TX
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club
- Austin, TX
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Mad Agriculture
- Boulder, CO
Manomet
- Plymouth, MA
Mark Howell
Grounded Truths LLC - Director/Emergency & Fire Mgmt Specialist - Doniphan, MO
Metro Blooms
Becky Rice - Executive Director - Minneapolis, MN
Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy
- Rhinelander, WI
Milkweed Market
Monarch Watch - Lawrence, KS
Monarch Butterfly Habitat Exchange
Chandler Clay, Environmental Defense Fund - Communications Manager - Austin, TX
Monarch Collaborative
Keystone Policy Center - Keystone, CO
Monarch Flyway
- Ogallala, NE
Monarch Joint Venture
- St. Paul, MN
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- Madison, WI
Monarch Watch
Orley R. 'Chip' Taylor - Founder & Director - Lawrence, KS
Moore-Odom Wildlife Foundation, Inc.
Jennie Scalfano - Director / Vice President - Orange, TX
Mule Deer Foundation
- Salt Lake City, UT
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington, DC
National Audubon Society
- New York, NY
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
- Clemson, SC
National Deer Association
- Bogart, GA
National Family Farm Coaltion
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Washington, DC
National Forestry Association
Keith A. Argow - President, Director at Large - Vienna, VA
National Grazing Lands Coalition
Monti Golla - National GLC Executive Director - College Station, TX
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington, DC
National Wild Turkey Federation
- Edgefield, SC
National Wildlife Federation
- Reston, VA
National Wildlife Federation - South Central Regional Center
- Austin, TX
Native Plant Society of Texas
- Fredericksburg, TX
Native Seeds-SEARCH
- Tucson, AZ
Natural Areas Association
- Pittsburgh, PA
Nature Manitoba
Roger Turenne - President - Winnipeg, MB
No-till on the Plains
- Protection, KS
North American Grouse Partnership
- Garden Valley, ID
Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture
- Round Rock, TX
Orianne Society
- Tiger, GA
Park Cities Quail
- Dallas, TX
Parks for Pollinators
National Recreation and Park Association - Ashburn, VA
Partnerscapes
Steve Jester - Executive Director - Pueblo, CO
Partnership for Conservation
- Washington, DC
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation
- Tallahassee, FL
Partnership of Rangeland Trusts
- Arvada, CO
Pheasants Forever
- St Paul, MN
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
- Erie, CO
Pollinators Prospering People
- Baltimore, MD
Project Apis m.
- Salt Lake City, UT
Project Monarch Health
- Athens, GA
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation
- Buffalo, MO
Quail Coalition
- Dallas, TX
Quail-Tech Alliance
- Dallas, TX
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Washington, DC
Ranchers and Landowners Association of Texas
Fidel C. Ramirez - President - Liberty, TX
Rio Grande Joint Venture
- Alpine, TX
Rio Grande Valley Chapter
Texas Master Naturalist Program - Laguna Vista, TX
Rio Grande Valley Chapter - Independent Cattlemen’s Association
- Roma, TX
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation
- Sinton, TX
Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society
- Coraopolis, PA
Save Texas Water
Water Conservation Advisory Council - Austin, TX
Savory Institute
- Boulder, CO
Shortleaf Pine Initiative
- Athens, GA
Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Ankeny, IA
South Central Texas Independent Cattlemen’s Association
Brad Cotton - Poth, TX
South Texans' Property Rights Association
Susan Kibbe - Executive Director - Falfurrias, TX
South Texans’ Property Rights Association
- Falfurrias, TX
South Texas Border Chapter
Texas Master Naturalist Program - San Juan, TX
South Texas Chapter
Texas Master Naturalist Program - Kingsville, TX
South Texas Chapter of Quail Coalition
- Falfurrias, TX
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- Aiken, SC
Southeastern Grasslands Initiative
- Clarksville, TN
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Southern Group of State Foresters
- Garner, NC
Sportsmen's Alliance
- Columbus, OH
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Kathy Abusow - President and CEO - Washington, DC
Sustainable Monarchs
- North Platte, NE
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
Texan by Nature
- Austin, TX
Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
- College Station, TX
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Tim Niedecken - Executive director, association services - Fort Worth, TX
Texas Audubon
- Austin, TX
Texas Brigades
- New Braunfels, TX
Texas Cattle Feeders Association
- Amarillo, TX
Texas Cave Management Association
- San Antonio, TX
Texas Farm Bureau
Penny Cox - Communications Division - Waco, TX
Texas Forestry Association
- Lufkin, TX
Texas Land and Mineral Owners Association
- Austin, TX
Texas Land Trust Council
Lori Olson - Executive Director - Wimberly, TX
Texas Living Waters Project
- Austin, TX
Texas Master Naturalist Program
- College Station, TX
Texas Oak Wilt Partnership
- College Station, TX
Texas Ornithological Society
Jim Hailey - President - Georgetown, TX
Texas Parks & Recreation Foundation
Sally Gavlik - Executive Director - Corpus Christi, TX
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation
- Dallas, TX
Texas Real Estate Advocacy & Defense Coalition
- Austin, TX
Texas Section - Society for Range Management (TSSRM)
- San Marcos, TX
Texas Speleological Association
Jessica Gordon - Chairman - Austin, TX
Texas Water Conservation Association
- Austin, TX
Texas Water Foundation
- Austin, TX
Texas Wildlife Association
Iliana Pena - Director of Conservation Programs - New Braunfels, TX
Texas Wildlife Association Foundation
- New Braunfels, TX
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
- Washington, DC
The Conservation Fund
- Arlington, VA
The Earth Partners
- Houston, TX
The Fund for Wild Nature
- La Canada, CA
The Land Institute
- Salina, KS
The Longleaf Alliance
- Andalusia, AL
The Meateater Land Access Initiative
Meat EaterMT
The Pollinator Partnership
- San Francisco, CA
The Valley Land Fund
- McAllen, TX
The Wildlife Society - Texas Chapter
- Burton, TX
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Washington, DC
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Bruce Thacker - President - Thunder Bay, ON
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
Trust for Public Land, Texas Office
- Dallas, TX
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
- Chesterfield, MO
Unique Places To Save
- Chapel Hill, NC
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
- London, ON
USA National Phenology Network
- Tucson, AZ
Valleys 2000
Bill Huether - Treasurer - Bowmanville, ON
Victoria-Crossroads Chapter
Independent Cattlemen’s Association - Victoria, TX
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
- Halifax, VA
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
- Manomet, MA
WHF - Wildlife Habitat Federation
Garry Stephens - Executive Managing Director - Cat Spring, TX
Wild Sheep Foundation
- Bozeman, MT
Wildlife Forever
- White Bear Lake, MN
Wildlife In Focus
- Corpus Christi, TX
Wildlife Management Institute
- Gardners, PA
Wildlife Research Institute
- Julian, CA
Wimberley Valley Watershed Association
- Wimberley, TX
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
- Ames, IA
Consultants - Land
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Ann Ruzow Holland, Ph.D. AICP
- Willsboro, NY
Ardaman
- Orlando, FL
Ashley Gregory
Water Resource Specialist - Texas Water Resources Institute - College Station, TX
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
C-K Associates, Inc
- Baton Rouge, LA
Calvin Trostle
Water Resource Specialist - Lubbock AREC - Lubbock, TX
Charlie Rush
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - Amarillo AREC - Amarillo, TX
Cirrus Ecological Solutions
Neal Artz - Logan, UT
Coastal Environments - Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge, LA
Conservation Consulting Group
Nancy W. Moore - Managing Partner - Monona, WI
Curtis Hodges Jr.
- Commercial Certified and Insured Prescribed Burn Manager, Certified Wildlife Biologist, GIS Specialist - Gatesville, TX
Dana Porter
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - Lubbock AREC - College Station, TX
David Harper
Land in Common - Charleston, SC
David Reed
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - TAMU - Horticulture Department - College Station, TX
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Diane Boellstorff
Water Resource Specialist - Soil and Crop Sciences - AgriLife Extension - College Station, TX
Dr. Guy Fipps
Water Resource Specialist - Professor and Extension Engineer - College Station, TX
Dr. Richard Vierling
Natural Resources Economics - Center Director - Vernon, TX
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Ed O' Brien
Forestry and Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Sam Rayburn, TX
Edward Rashin
Hicks and Company - Austin, TX
EnSafe
- Memphis, TN
Evelyn Steglich
Water Resource Specialist - Blackland AREC - Temple, TX
Evr-green Management Group, Inc
Matt S. Campbell - President - Rome, GA
Field Sport Concepts, LTD
- Charlottesville, VA
Forest Resource Consultants
Brian Stone - Forest Management - Macon, GA
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
Frank M. Hons
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - Soil and Crop Sciences - TAMU - College Station, TX
Fugen Dou
Water Resource Specialist - AgriLife Research - Beaumont AREC - Beaumont, TX
Gainco, Inc
Theresa Nix - Portland, TX
Goshawk Environmental Consulting Inc.
Zane Homesley - Founder/President - Austin, TX
Green Infrastructure Center
Karen Firehock - Executive Director - Charlottesville, VA
Greener Prospects
- Brunswick, ME
Gregg Elliott
K Gregg Consulting - Conservation Communications Consultant - Cordova, TN
Guy Glosson
HMI Professional Certified Educator - Professional Certified Educator - Snyder, TX
H. Brent Pemberton
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - Overton AREC - Overton, TX
Hemard & Company
Victor E. Hemard Jr. - President - Texarkana, TX
Hicks & Company
- Austin, TX
Holistic Management International
Sandy Langelier - Director, Communications & Outreach - Albuquerque, NM
Horizon Environmental Services, Inc.
- Austin, TX
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Berryville, VA
Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson
Water Resource Specialist - Soil and Crop Sciences - AgriLife Research - College Station, TX
Jaime Flores
Arroyo Colorado Watershed Coordinator - Texas Water Resources Institute - Weslaco, TX
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
James L. Heilman
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - Soil and Crop Sciences - TAMU - College Station, TX
Jaroy Moore
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - Lubbock AREC - Lubbock, TX
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Jenny Blair, C.W.B.
Blair Wildlife Consulting - Principal - Kyle, TX
Jeremy Sokulsky
Environmental Incentives - President - South Lake Tahoe, CA
Joe Hamrick
Compliance and Wildlife - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
Joel Rudolph
- Forester, Real Estate Broker - Nacogdoches, TX
Joel Russell
Joel Russell Associates - Principal - Northampton, MA
John J. Kuhl
Hicks and Company - Austin, TX
Juan Enciso
Water Resource Specialist - Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Weslaco AREC - Weslaco, TX
Julie Boggs
Peoples Company - Land Manager, AFM - Monroe, LA
Justin T. Penick
Acorn Forestry - President - Lufkin, TX
Kevin Wagner
Water Resource Specialist - Texas Water Resources Institute - College Station, TX
Land Conservation Assistance Network
Amos Eno - President / Executive Director - Yarmouth, ME
Land EKG
Charley Orchard - Ten Sleep, WY
Lewis Williams
Forestry and Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Lufkin, TX
Linda Ziccardi
Alpine EcoSciences LLC - Owner - Golden, CO
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
LJ Conservation Matters
Leonard Jordan - Douglasville, GA
Lucas Gregory
Water Resource Specialist - Texas Water Resources Institute - College Station, TX
Mark McFarland
Water Resource Specialist - Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation - AgriLife Extension, TAMU - Soil and Crop Sciences - College Station, TX
Matt Brown
Program Specialist - Department of Soil and Crop Sciences - College Station, TX
Mayes, Wilson & Associates
- San Marcos, TX
Mitigation Solutions USA
- Center, TX
National NEMO Network
- Haddam, CT
Neiman Environments Inc
- Junction, TX
Nelms Dozer, LLC
Jason Nelms - Owner - Pennington, TX
Nikki Dictson
Extension Program Specialist II - Texas Water Resources Institute - College Station, TX
Patricia Smith
Water Resource Specialist - AgriLife Research, TAMU - College Station, TX
Paul DeLaune
Water Resource Specialist - AgriLife Research - Soil and Crop Sciences - Vernon, TX
Pearl Land and Asset Management
Robert Corkren - Owner/Operator - Galveston, TX
Peter Kleto
Forestry and Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Grantville, GA
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
PlanIt Forward
Patrick Crist - Principal - Broomfield, CO
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Ron Zurlinden, P.E. - Owner - Golden, CO
Plauche’ & Carr, LLP
- Baton Rouge, LA
PPM Consultants
- Monroe, LA
Preservation Texas
- Austin, TX
Ray Lott
Ray Lott & Associates, Inc. - President/Consulting Forester - Texarkana, TX
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Rhizoterra Inc.
Avril Stevenson - Project Manager - Spokane, WA
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
Robin G. Willhoite
United Timber Management Co. - Consulting Forester - Timpson, TX
RoyOMartin
Hunting Leases - Alexandria, LA
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Solutions in the Land, LLC
- Kenosha, WI
Southern Fire Exchange
Kevin Robertson - Fire Ecology Research Scientist - Tallahassee, FL
SRP Environmental, LLC
- Shreveport, LA
Stacy W. Jackson
Jackson Real Estate Professionals, LLC - Owner - Winnsboro, TX
Steve Nelle
Private Independent Land Management Consulting - Wildlife Biologist / Rangeland Specialist - San Angelo, TX
Strategic Conservation Solutions, LLC
Bruce I. Knight - Principal and Founder - Washington, DC
Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc.
- Belgrade, MT
T. Allen Berthold
Water Resource Specialist - Texas Water Resources - College Station, TX
T. Baker Smith, Inc.
- Houma, LA
TGE Resources, Inc.
Robin Franks, P.G., CHMM, RSO - President/Principal - Houston, TX
The Earth Partners
- Houston, TX
The Land Board
- Dallas, TX
Thomas Gerik
Water Resource Specialist - AgriLife Research - Temple, TX
Thomas L. Daniels
University of Pennsylvania School of Design - Professor of City and Regional Planning - Philadelphia, PA
Titanium Environmental Services, LLC
- Longview, TX
Understanding Ag, LLC
- Fort Payne, AL
Vijay Singh
Water Resource Specialist - AgriLife Research, TAMU, TEES - College Station, TX
Warren E. Peters
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - President - Baton Rouge, LA
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX
Easement Monitoring and Stewardship Services
Ardaman
- Orlando, FL
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
Hill Country Conservancy
Frank Davis - Chief Conservation Officer - Austin, TX
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
Joe Hamrick
Compliance and Wildlife - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
Josh Hollis
Land Solutions - Marshall, CA
Karen Johansen
Wildwood Management - Owner - Bishop, GA
Ken Cearley
Texas Agricultural Land Trust - Stewardship Manager for West Texas - San Antonio, TX
LightHawk
- Denver, CO
Plauche’ & Carr, LLP
- Baton Rouge, LA
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
T. Baker Smith, Inc.
- Houma, LA
Warren E. Peters
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - President - Baton Rouge, LA
Estate Planners
Aemma Womack McMurrey
A. McMurrey Law Firm, PLLC - Attorney at Law - Bastrop, TX
Allen B. Craig, III
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP - Houston, TX
Andrews Kurth LLP
Terri Lacy - Houston, TX
Bill Atwood, MBA, CFE, CFF, CPA
- Red Rock, TX
Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins, P.C.
Jerry M. Scroggins, Jr. - Houston, TX
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Charles W. Hall - Houston, TX
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Lawrence J. Pirtle - Of Counsel - Houston, TX
Kurt Andreason
Andreason Law Firm - Attorney at Law - Sugar Land, TX
Louis M. Ditta
Cenatiempo & Ditta LLP - Houston, TX
MacIntyre & McCulloch, LLP
W. Cameron McCulloch, Jr. - Houston, TX
Maxine Aaronson
Law Offices of Maxine Aaronson - Principal - Dallas, TX
Mayer Brown LLP
M. Marvin Katz - Houston, TX
Michael R. Tibbets
De Lange, Hudspeth, McConnell & Tibbets, LLP - Houston, TX
Morris Ostrom
Jason Ostrom - Houston, TX
R. Hal Moorman
Moorman Tate Haley Upchurch & Yates, LLP - Brenham, TX
Rodney C. Koenig
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. - Of Counsel - Houston, TX
Roger Q Beck
Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins - Houston, TX
Stefnee D. Ashlock
Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins - Houston, TX
Stephen T. Dyer
Baker Botts L.L.P. - Houston, TX
Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, P.C.
Paul Daniel Strug - Houston, TX
Winstead PC
Kyle Watson - Managing Shareholder - The Woodlands, TX
Estate Planning Attorneys
Aemma Womack McMurrey
A. McMurrey Law Firm, PLLC - Attorney at Law - Bastrop, TX
Alan V. Ytterberg
Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP - Houston, TX
Andrew J. Aelvoet
The Nunley Firm - Boerne, TX
Candace Windel
Windel Prewett PLLC - Houston, TX
Cassie Gresham
Principal, Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Dripping Springs, TX
Celeste C. Lawton
Norton Rose Fulbright - Houston, TX
Danny Ray Boon
- Dallas, TX
David Braun
Principal, Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Dripping Springs, TX
Donna L. Courville
Boutin Jones Inc. - Of Counsel - Sacramento, CA
Donna Peck
Sprouse Shrader Smith PC - Amarillo, TX
Duncan E. Osborne
Osborne, Helman, Knebel & Scott, LLP - Partner - Austin, TX
Elizabeth Burney
Drought, Drought & Bobbitt, L.L.P. - San Antonio, TX
George A. Hrdlicka
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, P.C. - Houston, TX
Gwendolyn Lacy
Advocacy Matters LLC - Silver City, NM
Husch Blackwell LLP
- Dallas, TX
Jack P. Eckels
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, P.C. - Houston, TX
James E. Brill, P.C.
- Houston, TX
Jennie Michelle Hyatt
Hyatt Law Firm LLC - Attorney At Law - Nacogdoches, TX
Jonathan B. Cluck
The Nunley Firm - Boerne, TX
Joseph C. Sleeth, Jr.
Norton Rose Fulbright - Houston, TX
Kirk Randolph Wilson
Three Hughes Landing - Spring, TX
Kristi Franklin Hyatt
Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC - Midland, TX
Larry George
Crain, Caton & James, PC - Houston, TX
Margaret Menicucci
Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Austin, TX
Mark A. Jacob
Locke Lord LLP - Partner - Houston, TX
Matthew Brysacz
Brysacz Law Firm, PLLC - Estate Planning Attorney - San Antonio, TX
Maxine Aaronson
Law Offices of Maxine Aaronson - Principal - Dallas, TX
Michael J. Cenatiempo
Cenatiempo & Ditta LLP - Of Counsel - Houston, TX
Morris Ostrom
Jason Ostrom - Houston, TX
Paige K. Ben-Yaacov
Baker Botts - Houston, TX
R. Eric Viehman
Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP - Houston, TX
Richard John Kohlbrand
- Huntsville, TX
Ronald W. Kesterson
Baker Botts L.L.P. - Houston, TX
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Sarah Patel Pacheco
Crain, Caton & James, P.C. - Houston, TX
Scott A. Schepps
Jackson Walker - Partner - Houston, TX
Simon Sidamon-Eristof
Kalbian Hagerty LLP - of Counsel - Washington, DC
Susan Armstrong
Armstrong Law - Austin, TX
Thomas Hall
Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Attorney and Counselor - Austin, TX
Winstead PC
Stephanie Loomis-Price - Houston, TX
Yolanda C. Knull
Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP - Houston, TX
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Agricultural Tax Appraisal Based on Wildlife Management
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Division Private Lands and Habitat Program - Austin, TX
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Managed Forest Law
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Madison, WI
Native Prairie and Wildlife Habitat - Property Tax Benefits
- Des Moines, IA
Native Prairie Tax Exemption Program
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - St Paul, MN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Reforestation Tax Credit Program
- Oregon Department of Forestry - Salem, OR
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
Wildlife Management Tax Exemption
Comptroller, Property Tax Division - Austin, TX
FSA Local Offices
Atascosa County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Pleasanton Service Center - Pleasanton, TX
Bee County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Beeville Service Center - Beeville, TX
Bexar County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - San Antonio Service Center - San Antonio, TX
Brooks-Jim Hogg County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Falfurrias Service Center - Falfurrias, TX
Cameron County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - San Benito Service Center - San Benito, TX
Dimmit-Zavala County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Carrizo Springs Service Center - Carrizo Springs, TX
Duval County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Benavides Service Center - Benavides, TX
Frio-La Salle County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Pearsall Service Center - Pearsall, TX
Hidalgo County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Edinburg Service Center - Edinburg, TX
Jim Wells County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Alice Service Center - Alice, TX
Karnes County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Kenedy Service Center - Kenedy, TX
Kleberg-Kenedy County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Kingsville Service Center - Kingsville, TX
Live Oak-Mcmullen County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - George West Service Center - George West, TX
Medina County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Hondo Service Center - Hondo, TX
Nueces County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Robstown Service Center - Robstown, TX
Refugio-Goliad County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Refugio Service Center - Refugio, TX
San Patricio-Aransas County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Sinton Service Center - Sinton, TX
Starr-Zapata County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Rio Grande City Service Center - Rio Grande City, TX
Uvalde-Kinney-Maverick-Real County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Uvalde Service Center - Uvalde, TX
Webb County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Laredo Service Center - Laredo, TX
Willacy County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Raymondville Service Center - Raymondville, TX
Wilson County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Floresville Service Center - Floresville, TX
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
BC Nature
Federation of BC Naturalists - North Vancouver, BC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter
- Ottawa, ON
Cibolo Conservancy
- Boerne, TX
Conservancy Hornby Island
- Hornby Island , BC
Delta Waterfowl Foundation
- Bismarck, ND
Fraser Headwaters Alliance
- Dunster , BC
Fraser Valley Conservancy
- Abbotsford, BC
Gabriola Land and Trails Trust
Tom Cameron - President - Gabriola Island, BC
Gorgas Science Foundation
- Brownsville, TX
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas
- San Antonio, TX
Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust
- Seguin, TX
Hill Country Conservancy
Frank Davis - Chief Conservation Officer - Austin, TX
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
Islands Trust Fund
- Victoria, BC
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Kawartha Heritage Conservancy
- Peterborough, ON
Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington
- Kingston, ON
Land Legacy
- Tulsa, OK
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
Sheila Harrington - Programs Director - Victoria, BC
Malaspina Land Conservancy
Janet Alred - President - Powell River, BC
Michael Hart
LandVest, Inc. - Senior Appraiser - Boston, MA
Mitigation Futures Conservancy
- McKinney, TX
Nanaimo Area Land Trust
- Conservation Covenants Coordinator - Nanaimo, BC
Native Prairies Association of Texas
- Manchaca, TX
Nature Conservancy of Canada
National Office - Toronto, ON
Nature Manitoba
Roger Turenne - President - Winnipeg, MB
Nature Trust of British Columbia
- BC Conservation Land Manager - Vancouver, BC
Nature Vancouver
Daniel Overmyer - Vancouver, BC
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation
- Tallahassee, FL
Pelican Coast Conservancy
Walter C Ernest, IV - Director of Operation - Mobile, AL
Pender Islands Conservancy
Sylvia Pincott - Pender Island, BC
Quadra Island Conservancy and Stewardship Society
George Barabas - Heriot Bay, BC
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Salt Spring Island Conservancy
Linda Gilkeson - Executive Director - Salt Spring Island, BC
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Habitat Trust Fund
- Moose Jaw, SK
Savary Island Land Trust Society
Liz Webster - Executive Director - Lund, BC
Silva Forest Foundation
Susan Hammond - Slocan Park, BC
Societe de Protection Fonciere de Saint-Adele
Jean-Louis Poirier - President - Saint-Adele, QC
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
Texas Agricultural Land Trust
- San Antonio, TX
Texas Land Conservancy
- Austin, TX
Texas Land Trust Council
Lori Olson - Executive Director - Wimberly, TX
The Barn Group
- Brooks, GA
The Nature Conservancy, Texas Field Office
- San Antonio, TX
The Trustees of Reservations
- Boston, MA
The Valley Land Fund
- McAllen, TX
Trout Unlimited
Chris Wood - President and Chief Executive Officer - Arlington, VA
Trust for Public Land, Texas Office
- Dallas, TX
Waterloo Region Nature
- Waterloo, ON
Watershed Land Trust
- Belton, MO
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Amy M. Mitchell
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Senior Counsel - Austin, TX
Andrew J. Aelvoet
The Nunley Firm - Boerne, TX
Anson Boulware Howard
Uhl, Fitzsimons, Burton, Wolff & Rangel, PLLC - Partner - San Antonio, TX
Arthur G. Uhl III
Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett, PLLC - Shareholder - San Antonio, TX
Becky Jolin
Smith Jolin LLP - Austin, TX
Benjamin R. Rhem
Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Partner - Austin, TX
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
C-K Associates, Inc
- Baton Rouge, LA
Cassie Gresham
Principal, Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Dripping Springs, TX
Charles Wehland
Jones Day - Partner - Chicago, IL
Christopher B. Amandes
Partner - Morgan Lewis - Houston, TX
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
David Braun
Principal, Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Dripping Springs, TX
David E. Whitten
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Addison, TX
David F. Reid
Eversheds Sutherland - Partner - Houston, TX
David Hartman
Smith, Robertson, Elliott & Douglas, L.L.P. - Austin, TX
David P. Smith
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
Eric B. Darnell, ESQ.
Attorney & Counselor at Law - The Darnell Law Firm - El Paso, TX
Gerald Scott Webberman
Jackson Walker LLP - Partner - Austin, TX
Gwendolyn Lacy
Advocacy Matters LLC - Silver City, NM
Helen Currie Foster
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Husch Blackwell LLP
- Dallas, TX
James B. Blackburn, Jr.
Blackburn & Carter - Houston, TX
Jean M. Flores
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Addison, TX
Jerry Webberman
Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Partner, Austin Office - Austin, TX
Jim D. Bradbury
James D. Bradbury, PLLC - Fort Worth, TX
Joel Russell
Joel Russell Associates - Principal - Northampton, MA
Jonathan B. Cluck
The Nunley Firm - Boerne, TX
Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons
Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett, PLLC - Shareholder - San Antonio, TX
Kevin L. Patrick
Patrick, Miller and Noto - Basalt, CO
Kyle Ballard
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C - Of Counsel - Addison, TX
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
- Austin, TX
Michael J. Nasi
Jackson Walker LLP - Partner - Austin, TX
Mountain States Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley - President and COO - Lakewood, CO
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Patrick, Miller and Noto
Waterlaw - Denver, CO
Paul Seals
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Plauche’ & Carr, LLP
- Baton Rouge, LA
Smiley Law Firm, PC
Cynthia Smiley - Attorney/Owner - Austin, TX
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Susan Armstrong
Armstrong Law - Austin, TX
Thomas Hall
Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Attorney and Counselor - Austin, TX
NRCS Local Offices
Alice Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Alice Service Center - Alice, TX
Beeville Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Beeville Service Center - Beeville, TX
Benavides Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Benavides Service Center - Benavides, TX
Carrizo Springs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Carrizo Springs Service Center - Carrizo Springs, TX
Cotulla Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Cotulla Service Center - Cotulla, TX
Del Rio Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Del Rio Service Center - Del Rio, TX
Eagle Pass Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Eagle Pass Service Center - Eagle Pass, TX
Edinburg Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Edinburg Service Center - Edinburg, TX
Falfurrias Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Falfurrias Service Center - Falfurrias, TX
Floresville Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Floresville Service Center - Floresville, TX
George West Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - George West Service Center - George West, TX
Goliad Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Goliad Service Center - Goliad, TX
Hebbronville Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Hebbronville Service Center - Hebbronville, TX
Hondo Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Hondo Service Center - Hondo, TX
Kenedy Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Kenedy Service Center - Kenedy, TX
Kingsville Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Kingsville Service Center - Kingsville, TX
Laredo Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Laredo Service Center - Laredo, TX
Pearsall Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pearsall Service Center - Pearsall, TX
Pleasanton Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pleasanton Service Center - Pleasanton, TX
Raymondville Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Raymondville Service Center - Raymondville, TX
Refugio Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Refugio, TX
Rio Grande City Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Rio Grande City Service Center - Rio Grande City, TX
Robstown Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Robstown Service Center - Robstown, TX
San Antonio Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - San Antonio Service Center - San Antonio, TX
San Benito Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - San Benito Service Center - San Benito, TX
Sinton Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Sinton Service Center - Sinton, TX
Uvalde Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Uvalde Service Center - Uvalde, TX
Zapata Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Zapata Service Center - Zapata, TX
Real Estate Attorneys
Alejandro Sostre-Odio
Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett, PLLC - Partner - San Antonio, TX
Arthur G. Uhl III
Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett, PLLC - Shareholder - San Antonio, TX
Chad M. Upham
Brock Upham Yost, PLLC - Boerne, TX
Grady B. Jolley
BRANSCOMB | PC - San Antonio, TX
Gwendolyn Lacy
Advocacy Matters LLC - Silver City, NM
James M. Saxton
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Julia Lacy Armstrong
Armstrong & Armstrong, P.C. - Partner - Taos, NM
Ken McKay
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC - Shareholder - Houston, TX
Kyle Ballard
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C - Of Counsel - Addison, TX
Mark A. Jacob
Locke Lord LLP - Partner - Houston, TX
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Patrick Reznik
Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Attorney and Counselor - Austin, TX
Paul Seals
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Plauche’ & Carr, LLP
- Baton Rouge, LA
Ronald L. Holmes
Holmes Firm PC - Attorney - Dallas, TX
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
Brenda Muller - Agency Sales Representative - Cayce, SC
Wade Wright
1031 Qualex, LLC - Attorney - Qualified Intermediary - FAYETTEVILLE, AR
State Funding / Technical Resources
Agricultural Loan Guarantee Program - Texas
Mindy Fryer - Grant Coordinator - Austin, TX
Agricultural Water Conservation Loan Program
Tom Entsminger - Texas Water Development Board - Austin, TX
Center for Invasive Species Eradication (CISE)
Texas Water Resources Institute - College Station, TX
Economic Development Program
Burl Carraway - Department Head, Sustainable Forestry - College Station, TX
Ecosystem Service Management
Texas Agrilife Extension - College Station, TX
Edwards Aquifer Protection Program
Phillip Covington - Special Projects Manager - San Antonio, TX
Forest Stewardship Program - Texas
Shane Harrington - Program Leader - College Station, TX
Grassland Restoration Incentive Program
Derek Wiley - OPJV Conservation Delivery Specialist - Throckmorton, TX
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
- College Station, TX
Industrial Hemp Program
Texas Department of Agriculture - Austin, TX
Innovative Water Technologies
Texas Water Development Board - Austin, TX
Interest Rate Reduction Program - Texas
- Austin, TX
Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Boise, ID
LIP Conserving Texas Rivers Funding Series
- Austin, TX
LIP Partners Watershed Funding Series
Arlene Kalmbach - TPWD LIP Coordinator - Austin, TX
Monarch Butterflies & Milkweed in Texas
Janis Bush, Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio - Program Director - San Antonio, TX
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
- Clemson, SC
Nongame and Rare Species Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Austin, TX
Pecos Watershed Conservation Initiative
- Denver, CO
Rainwater Harvesting - Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Dotty Woodson - Extension Program Specialist – Water Resources - Dallas, TX
Southeast Prescribed Fire Update
North Carolina State University Extension Forestry - Raleigh, NC
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- Aiken, SC
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
- Austin, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension-SeaGrant
Texas Coastal Wetlands - Houston, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Fort Stockton
Staci Schoenfeldt - District Office Manager - Fort Stockton, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center Uvalde
Kathleen Greer - District Extension Administrator - Uvalde, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Water Education Network
- College Station, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service
- College Station, TX
Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
- College Station, TX
Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (TAWC)
- Lubbock, TX
Texas Coastal Management Program
Texas General Land Office - Austin, TX
Texas Conservation Action Plan
TPWD - Austin, TX
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality - Austin, TX
Texas Equine Incentive Program
- Austin, TX
Texas Landowner Incentive Program
Arlene Kalmbach - TPWD LIP Coordinator - Austin, TX
Texas Prairie Wetlands Project (TPWP)
Taylor Abshier - Biologist - Richmond, TX
Texas Private Lands and Habitat Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Wildlife Division - Austin, TX
Texas Superstar®
Brent Pemberton - Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center - Overton, TX
Texas Water Resources Institute
- College Station, TX
Texas Wildlife Diversity Program
John Davis - Program Director - Austin, TX
Texas Youth Hunting Program
Chris Mitchell - Director - San Antonio, TX
UNT Quail
- Denton, TX
Whitewater to Bluewater Project
- Arlington, VA
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Austin, TX
Young Farmer Grant Program
Texas Department of Agriculture - Austin, TX
Young Farmer Interest Rate Reduction Program
- Austin, TX
Tax Advisors
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Maxine Aaronson
Law Offices of Maxine Aaronson - Principal - Dallas, TX
Water Street Solutions
- Peoria, IL
Tax Credit Brokers
Foss & Company
Tax Credit Specialists - San Francisco, CA

 Conservation Markets

   
Show Articles on Conservation Markets (34)
Ecosystem Services: New Frontiers in Land-Based Resources
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Ecosystem markets are expanding and morphing into new configurations at a mind-boggling speed. While landowners may be tempted to stay at the house until the dust clears, Ellis suggested landowners get engaged now.

 

What are ecosystem services markets?
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A beginner’s guide to ecosystem service marketplaces Carbon credits. Asset quantification. Protocol assessment. Verifiers. The terms surrounding ecosystem services markets are foreign to most landowners.

 

Conservation Almanac

The Trust for Public Land has created the Conservation Almanac, which is a great resource for understanding the context of the conservation and conservation finance movements. Here you can see how much land has been protected in your state, which state and federal agencies have protected the land, the ratio of money spent to land conserved, and policies and programs that could help your state reach its conservation objectives.

 

Conservation Corridor Toolkit

Landscape corridors are among the most important conservation strategies in the face of global changes such as habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction, and climate change. We aim to bridge the science and practice of conservation corridors.  Conservation Corridor will provide up-to-date findings from science that will inform applied conservation.  And, we will highlight new innovations in applied conservation, with the goal of guiding the direction of applied science toward management needs. Click Here. 

 

COMET-FARM™

COMET-FARM™ is a  whole farm and ranch carbon and greenhouse gas accounting system.  The tool guides you through describing your farm and ranch management practices including alternative future management scenarios. Once complete, a report is generated comparing the carbon changes and greenhouse gas emissions between your current management practices and future scenarios.

 

Mitigation and Conservation Banking
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To many landowners a threatened or endangered (T&E) species on their property is anathema because it can herald all kinds of state and federal limitations on use of their property.& ...

 

Where Is the Carbon? Carbon Sequestration Potential from Private Forestland in the Southern United States
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Uncertainty surrounding the future supply of timber in the southern United States prompted the question, “Where is all the wood?” (Cubbage et al.

 

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative - A range-wide plan for recovering bobwhites
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The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) is the unified range-wide strategy of 25 state wildlife agencies, with numerous conservation group and research institution partners, to achieve widespread restoration of native grassland habitats and huntable populations of wild quail.

 

A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots - Blending Science with Common Sense
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This publication provides technical guidance and practical information for wildlife management beyond planting and managing food plots.  ...

 

Leveraging the Landscape - State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012
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Over the last three years, projects that address the relationships between carbon and forests have moved from the sidelines of international climate action to center field.

 

What’s a quail worth?
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What’s a quail worth? The short answer — as it relates to a wild Texas quail — is $253 each, according to a recently completed survey of Texas quail hunters.

 

The Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration
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Luke Nave from the University of Michigan Biological Station presents this video short course on the fact that the largest terrestrial carbon pool is contained in soils.

 

Grasslands and Carbon - Processes and Trends
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Rebecca McCulley of the University of Kentucky, Dept. of Plant & Soil Sciences presents this video short course on Grasslands, which make up 30% of the U.S ...

 

Forests and Carbon - Trends and Data for the U.S.
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In this video short course you can get the scoop on forestland carbon storage in the United States, which helps offset approximately 12% of US carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

 

Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner (Part 2) - Protocols, Projects and Opportunities

Andrea Tuttle presents this video short course ont forest carbon markets and how these can be used to capture and hold carbon on the landscape.

 

Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner (Part 1) - Basics of Carbon Offsets, Markets, and Trading
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Wondering about carbon offsets, credits, baselines, permanence and leakage? Get the carbon basics here and find out why forest offsets could be a bridge to the future.

 

Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers
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The Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers, produced by the American Farmland Trust (AFT), provides an overview of available market opportunities for environmental credits and services, how farmers and ranchers can get involved in them, and ways to encourage their continued growth.

 

Innovations in Market-Based Watershed Conservation in the United States - Payments for Watershed Services for Agricultural and Forest Landowners
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New innovations in payments for watershed services (PWS) have emerged in the past decade and are pointing the way toward watershed protection approaches that might effectively complement existing government conservation programs and incentives for rural landowners.

 

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due - Increasing Landowner Compensation for Ecosystem Services
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This report provides an overview of existing payment programs and markets, and discusses the concepts of bundling and stacking, offer policy recommendations, and provides examples of current efforts to more effectively integrate payment opportunities for landowners.

 

Ecosystem Service Market Development - The Role and Opportunity for Finance
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The creation of tradable credits for the development or preservation of ecosystem services has emerged as a method to provide such payments.

 

Getting Paid for Stewardship - An Agricultural Community Water Quality Trading Guide
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Agricultural producers are finding opportunities to get paid for their stewardship activities through water quality trading. Generally, they sell the amount of nutrients or sediment reduced by conservation practices.

 

Meeting Regulatory Needs with Voluntary Conservation
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Take a look at a PowerPoint presentation on market-based approaches as a voluntary means to reduce the cost of compliance with environmental regulations.& ...

 

Natural Resources Credit Trading Reference
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The purpose of the NRCS Natural Resource Credit Trading Reference is to provide an understanding of how environmental credit trading can be used to increase the provision of conservation and ecosystem services by agriculture.

 

Payments for Forest Carbon
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Payments for forest carbon sequestration are an emerging opportunity for small forest owners to earn additional income, and in turn to sustain both the economic and ecological values of the Northern Forest.

 

Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks
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This document provides guidance on the establishment, use, and operation of conservation banks for the purpose of providing a tool for offset mitigating adverse impacts to species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.

 

Conservation Banking
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This fact sheet was published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in August 2012 is a two page primer on conservation banking with some history and information on how these banks are working today to promote species conservation and help mitigate habitat loss.

 

Restoration, Management, and Monitoring of Forest Resources in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley - Recommendations for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat
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The conservation objective in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley is to provide forested habitat capable of supporting sustainable populations of all forest dependent wildlife species.

 

A Land Conservation Vision for the Gulf of Mexico Region
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The Gulf Partnership is committed to Strategic Conservation, the identification of the most important areas in a region for conservation, restoration and long-term management.

 

Conservation buffers - wildlife benefits in Southeastern agricultural systems
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Conservation buffers such as filter strips, riparian buffers, grassed waterways, and field borders are especially applicable to southeastern landscapes and have multiple environmental benefits while serving to significantly improve wildlife habitats.

 

Bobwhite and Upland Songbird Response to CCRP Practice CP33, Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
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Summary Findings The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP33) is the first Federal conservation practice to target species-specific population recovery goals of a national wildlife conservation initiative (the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative).

 

Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Operational Plan
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For a landscape supporting healthy native bird populations across the LMVJV

 

A Landowner’s Guide to Carbon Sequestration Credits

This guide offers a path for local landowners to earn additional income while helping diminish adverse effects of global climate change through implementation of carbon sequestration and other stackable incentives.

 

The Role of Farm Policy in Achieving Large-Scale Conservation - Bobwhite and Buffers
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The conservation provisions of the Farm Bill can produce more consistent positive wildlife habitat benefits when policy (program statutes, rules, practices, and practice standards) is developed in the context of explicit goals identified as part of large-scale conservation initiatives.

 

Managing working lands for northern bobwhite - the USDA NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project
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Show Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals (473)
There are 473 resources serving South Texas Plains Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals serving South Texas Plains Region
Biologists / Ecologists
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Austin Stolte
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Del Rio, TX
Beyrl Armstrong
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Co-Founder - Austin, TX
Blaise Korzekwa
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Floresville, TX
Bobby Eichler
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Technical Guidance Biologist - La Grange, TX
Brian Gottschalk
Adams Environmental - Sr. Environmental Scientist and Project Manager - San Antonio, TX
Caitlyn Navarro
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Brackettville, TX
Christopher Schalk
Southern Research Station - Research Ecologist - Nacogdoches, TX
Clay Whitfill
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Region Manager - Austin, TX
Cory K. Adams
Southern Research Station - Wildlife Biologist - Nacogdoches, TX
Courtney Jasik
Resource and Land Management, Inc. - Rangeland Ecologist - Pleasanton, TX
Curtis Hodges Jr.
- Commercial Certified and Insured Prescribed Burn Manager, Certified Wildlife Biologist, GIS Specialist - Gatesville, TX
Daniel Kunz
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Technical Guidance Biologist - Alice, TX
David Forrester
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - District Leader - La Grange, TX
David Riley
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
David Rios
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Uvalde, TX
David Veale
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - District Leader - Pleasanton, TX
Diane Boellstorff
Water Resource Specialist - Soil and Crop Sciences - AgriLife Extension - College Station, TX
Dustin Windsor
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Corpus Christi, TX
Dusty Alexander
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Region Manager - Austin, TX
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Eric Garza
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Rio Grande City, TX
Eric Keith
Project Manager - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
Ernesto Garcia-Ortega
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Laredo, TX
Eugenio Chico Barrera
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Natural Resources Specialist - Kingsville, TX
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
- College Station, TX
Hicks & Company
- Austin, TX
Hill Country Conservancy
Frank Davis - Chief Conservation Officer - Austin, TX
Hydrex Environmental, Inc.
Environmental Scientist - Clayton Collier - Nacogdoches, TX
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
Jenny Blair, C.W.B.
Blair Wildlife Consulting - Principal - Kyle, TX
Jessica Alderson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Urban Biologist - San Antonio, TX
Jimmy Stout
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Project Leader - Weslaco, Tx
Joe Hamrick
Compliance and Wildlife - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
John J. Kuhl
Hicks and Company - Austin, TX
John Marksberry
Bird Forestry - Forester / Wildlife Biologist - Center, TX
Jonah Evans
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Nongame & Rare Species Program Leader - Austin, TX
Josh B. Pierce
Southern Research Station - Wildlife Biologist - Nacogdoches, TX
Joyce Moore
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Technical Guidance Biologist - Harper, TX
Judit Green
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Urban Biologist - San Antonio, TX
Kyle Lassiter
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
Kyndal Anderson
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
Lisa Campbell
Water Resource Specialist - TAMU - Oceanography - College Station, TX
Lynn Kitchen, Ph.D.
Adams Environmental - Vice President - San Antonio, TX
Mark Gray
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Senior Wildlife Biologist - Austin, TX
Mark Hefner
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Landowner Adviser - Austin, TX
Mary Beth Scott
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Crystal City, TX
Matt Reidy
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Devine, TX
Meagan Lesak
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Victoria, TX
Michael A. Petter
Resource & Land Management, Inc. - President - Pleasanton, TX
Mike Miller
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - District Leader - Kerrville, TX
Nathan Rains
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Diversity Biologist - Cleburne, TX
Nick Fisher
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Region Manager - Austin, TX
Onalise Hill
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Beeville, TX
Private Lands Biologist Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Austin, TX
Richard R. Schaefer
U.S. Forest Service - Wildlife Biologist - Nacogdoches, TX
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
Rufus Stephens
Rufus Wildlife Consulting - Wildlife Biologist/Ecologist - Boerne, TX
Sarah Kahlich
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Senior Wildlife Biologist - Austin, TX
Shane Kiefer
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Director of Ecological Services - Austin, TX
Shannon Grubbs
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Biologist - Victoria, TX
Shantel Porterfield
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
Siglo Group
Jonathan Ogren - Principal and Environmental Planner - Austin, TX
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Sphere 3-Environmental
- Longview, TX
Steve Nelle
Private Independent Land Management Consulting - Wildlife Biologist / Rangeland Specialist - San Angelo, TX
Texas Brigades
- New Braunfels, TX
Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Clint Boal - Unit Scientist - Lubbock, TX
Texas Landowner Incentive Program
Arlene Kalmbach - TPWD LIP Coordinator - Austin, TX
Texas Wildlife Management
Lin Poor, M.S. - Certified Wildlife Biologist - Austin, TX
Thomas DeWitt
Associate Professor - College Station, TX
Trey Barron
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Diversity Biologist - Victoria, TX
UNT Quail
- Denton, TX
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Sean Kyle - Lesser Prairie Chicken Program Manager - Topeka, KS
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX
Conservation Credit Markets
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Anson Boulware Howard
Uhl, Fitzsimons, Burton, Wolff & Rangel, PLLC - Partner - San Antonio, TX
BCarbon
- Houston, TX
Blue Source
- Cottonwood Heights, UT
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Chestnut Carbon Solutions
- New York, NY
Climate Action Reserve
- Los Angeles, CA
Conservation Equity Partners
- Nacogdoches, TX
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Eco-Harvest Market Program
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium - Falls Church, VA
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
Ecosystem Marketplace
- Washington, DC
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
Debbie Reed - Executive Director - Falls Church, VA
EP Carbon
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Fund
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Works
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Trends
- Washington, DC
Grassroots Carbon
- San Antonio, TX
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Green Assets, Inc
- Wilmington, NC
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
Marstel-Day, LLC
- Fredericksburg, VA
Mitigation Solutions USA
- Center, TX
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Ross Guidry - Region Land Manager - Lafayette, LA
RiverBank Ecosystems
Adam Riggsbee, PhD - Austin, TX
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
Soil Value Exchange, PBLLC
- Houston, TX
South Padre Island Mitigation Site
Ironwood Resource Advisors, LLC - South Padre Isle, TX
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
Texas Coastal Exchange
- Houston, TX
Unique Places Conservation
Michael Scisco - Conservation & Mitigation Specialist - Albuquerque, NM
Fisheries Biologists
Barak Shemai
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Southwest Region - Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator - Albuquerque, NM
Clint Wilson
Overton Fisheries, Inc. - Buffalo, TX
Coastal Environments - Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Environments - Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi, TX
Coastal Environments - Houston
- Houston, TX
Craig Bonds
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Inland Fisheries Division Director - Austin, TX
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Emma Clarkson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Coastal Fisheries Habitat Assessment Team Leader - Austin, TX
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commision
- Ocean Springs, MS
Herrmann's Fish Farm
Jon Herrmann - Owner and Manager - Robstown, TX
Johnson Lake Management
- San Marcos, TX
Lochow Ranch - Pond & Lake Management
- Bryan, TX
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Overton Fisheries, Inc.
Todd and Kathy Overton - Owners - Buffalo, TX
Ross Carrie
Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - President - Huntsville, TX
SOLitude Lake Management
Paul Dorsett - Bryan, TX
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - OwnerNC
Texas Pro Lake Management
Steve Bardin - Comanche, TX
Thomas DeWitt
Associate Professor - College Station, TX
Tim Birdsong
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Inland Fisheries Deputy Division Director - Austin, TX
Todd Sink
Associate Professor & Fisheries Specialist - Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - College Station, TX
Tyler Fish Farm
Bob Waldrop - Owner - Ben Wheeler, TX
Foresters
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Buddy Rosser
Dean, Youens, & Rosser - Professional Forester - Atlanta, TX
Christopher Colbey
TimberPro Forest Service - Professional Forester, Vendor - Nacogdoches, TX
Christopher E. Adams
Vision Forestry, LLC - Owner/President - Lufkin, TX
Cliff J. Sunda
Wildwood Environmental Credit Company, LLC - Vice President – Operations - Tyler, TX
Dalton Alexander
Bird Forestry - Center, TX
Daniel Saenz
Southern Research Station - Research Wildlife Biologist - Nacogdoches, TX
Ed Applequist
- Consulting Forester - Center, TX
Ed O' Brien
Forestry and Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Sam Rayburn, TX
Edward L. O'Brien
Forestry & Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Brookeland, TX
Eric Watson
Champion Forest Resource Manageme - President - Huntsville, TX
Forest Resource Consultants
- Macon, GA
Frank McCook
Southern Research Station - Forester - Cleveland, TX
Gary A. Burns
Burns Forestry and Wildlife - Professional Forester, Wildlife Biologist - Crockett, TX
James Bruce Henderson
- Corpus Christi, TX
Jason Raines
Acorn Forestry - Professional Forester, Vendor - Lufkin, TX
Jeffrey Williams
Williams Forestry - Certified Forester - Tyler, TX
Jimmy Don Thomas
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. - Forester - Arkadelphia, AR
Jimmy McNamara
FNC Forest Resource Management - Jacksonville, TX
Joel Rudolph
- Forester, Real Estate Broker - Nacogdoches, TX
John Heath
Forest Resource Consultants Inc - Operations Manager - Nacogdoches, TX
John Kilian
Field Coordinator - Burns Forestry - Crockett, TX
John Marksberry
Bird Forestry - Forester / Wildlife Biologist - Center, TX
Justin T. Penick
Acorn Forestry - President - Lufkin, TX
Kathryn Tillman
U.S. Forest Service - Supervisory Forester - Nacogdoches, TX
Ken Braddock
HGT Group, LP - Nacogdoches, TX
Kynda Trim
Aspect Timber & Reforestation - Professional Forester - Alto, TX
Lance Childress
Ward Timber Company Inc. - Forester And Lease Manager - Linden, TX
Larry Butler
Ward Timber Company Inc. - Forester - Linden, TX
Lewis Williams
Forestry and Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Lufkin, TX
Mac Martin
Partnership Coordinator | Texas A&M Forest Service - College Station, TX
Mark Drahem
JMS Forestry Associates - Nacogdoches, TX
Mark Wilson
Ward Timber Company Inc. - HEAD FORESTER - Linden, TX
Marty Walker
Walker Forestry Company LLC - Daingerfield, TX
Mason, Bruce & Girard
- Blacksburg, VA
Michael Huffman
Pine Ridge Forestry Services, LLC - Owner/Forester - Texarkana, AR
Michael P. Smith
Forestall Company, Inc. - President - Birmingham, AL
Mickey Merritt
Texas A&M Forest Service - Urban & Community Forester State Coordinator - College Station, TX
Mike Bird
Principal / Forester - Bird & Crawford Forestry - Center, TX
Mike Young
FNC Forest Resource Management - Forest Technician - Jacksonville, TX
Nature's Eye Consulting
Blake Hamilton - Founder, Forester & Wildlife Biologist - Lufkin, TX
Pat Grissom
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc - Forester - Texarkana, TX
Peter Kleto
Forestry and Land Resource Consultants, Inc. - Grantville, GA
Phil Wright
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc - Forester - Texarkana, TX
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Ray Lott
Ray Lott & Associates, Inc. - President/Consulting Forester - Texarkana, TX
Richard Cole
Senior Forester - Burns Forestry - Crockett, TX
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Robert Fuchs
4F Forestry, LLC - Professional Forester - Nacogdoches, TX
Robin G. Willhoite
United Timber Management Co. - Consulting Forester - Timpson, TX
Ronald F. Billings
Texas Forest Service - Consulting Forester - College Station, TX
RoyOMartin
Hunting Leases - Alexandria, LA
Ryan W. McKnight
Townsend Forest Management - Professional Forester - Jasper, TX
Scott Nevins
RecLand Realty, LLC - Forester/Agent (TX) - Monroe, LA
Sherman Forestry Services LLC
- Diana, TX
Shortleaf Pine Initiative
- Athens, GA
Silva-Tech - South, Ltd.
Michael D. Bird, ACF - Forester - Center, TX
Southeast Prescribed Fire Update
North Carolina State University Extension Forestry - Raleigh, NC
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Southern Group of State Foresters
- Garner, NC
Southern Timber Growers, Inc.
- Houston, TX
Taylor Wilson
Resource Management Service - District Manager - Lufkin, TX
Teddy Reynolds, RF
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Esta - Teddy Reynolds - Magnolia, AR
Texas A&M Forest Service
- College Station, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service - Beeville Office
- Beeville, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service - Corpus Christi Office
- Corpus Christi, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service - Edinburg Office
- Edinburg, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service - Kingsville Office
- Kingsville, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service - San Antonio Office
- San Antonio, TX
Texas A&M Forest Service - Uvalde Office
- Uvalde, TX
Texas Forestry Association
- Lufkin, TX
The Longleaf Alliance
- Andalusia, AL
Thomas Parnell
Ward Timber Company Inc. - Forester - Linden, TX
Timothy Gahl
Forest Resource Consultants Inc - Lufkin, TX
Victor E. Hemard, Jr.
Hemard & Company - President - Texarkana, TX
Walsh Timber Co LLC
- Zwolle, LA
Walsh Timber Company, L.L.C.
- Zwolle, LA
Warren E. Peters
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - President - Baton Rouge, LA
Geologists / Hydrologists
Andrews & Foster Drilling Company
Donald A. Foster - President - Athens, TX
Brett Jordan
HydroGeo Designs LLC - Hydrologist/Engineer - Buena Vista, CO
C&S Environmental Consulting
Buford E. Collier - Senior Environmental Project Manager - Kilgore, TX
Coastal Environments - Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Environments - Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi, TX
Coastal Environments - Houston
- Houston, TX
Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc.
Janet Wolfe - Director of Marketing and Communications - Albuquerque, NM
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.
- Tyler, TX
Gainco, Inc
Theresa Nix - Portland, TX
Horizon Environmental Services, Inc.
- Austin, TX
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
- The Woodlands, TX
Hydrex Environmental, Inc.
Environmental Scientist - Clayton Collier - Nacogdoches, TX
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
John J. Kuhl
Hicks and Company - Austin, TX
Johnson Lake Management
- San Marcos, TX
Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
- Cumberland, ME
TGE Resources, Inc.
Robin Franks, P.G., CHMM, RSO - President/Principal - Houston, TX
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
BC Nature
Federation of BC Naturalists - North Vancouver, BC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter
- Ottawa, ON
Cibolo Conservancy
- Boerne, TX
Conservancy Hornby Island
- Hornby Island , BC
Delta Waterfowl Foundation
- Bismarck, ND
Fraser Headwaters Alliance
- Dunster , BC
Fraser Valley Conservancy
- Abbotsford, BC
Gabriola Land and Trails Trust
Tom Cameron - President - Gabriola Island, BC
Gorgas Science Foundation
- Brownsville, TX
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas
- San Antonio, TX
Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust
- Seguin, TX
Hill Country Conservancy
Frank Davis - Chief Conservation Officer - Austin, TX
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
Islands Trust Fund
- Victoria, BC
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Kawartha Heritage Conservancy
- Peterborough, ON
Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington
- Kingston, ON
Land Legacy
- Tulsa, OK
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
Sheila Harrington - Programs Director - Victoria, BC
Malaspina Land Conservancy
Janet Alred - President - Powell River, BC
Michael Hart
LandVest, Inc. - Senior Appraiser - Boston, MA
Mitigation Futures Conservancy
- McKinney, TX
Nanaimo Area Land Trust
- Conservation Covenants Coordinator - Nanaimo, BC
Native Prairies Association of Texas
- Manchaca, TX
Nature Conservancy of Canada
National Office - Toronto, ON
Nature Manitoba
Roger Turenne - President - Winnipeg, MB
Nature Trust of British Columbia
- BC Conservation Land Manager - Vancouver, BC
Nature Vancouver
Daniel Overmyer - Vancouver, BC
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation
- Tallahassee, FL
Pelican Coast Conservancy
Walter C Ernest, IV - Director of Operation - Mobile, AL
Pender Islands Conservancy
Sylvia Pincott - Pender Island, BC
Quadra Island Conservancy and Stewardship Society
George Barabas - Heriot Bay, BC
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Salt Spring Island Conservancy
Linda Gilkeson - Executive Director - Salt Spring Island, BC
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Habitat Trust Fund
- Moose Jaw, SK
Savary Island Land Trust Society
Liz Webster - Executive Director - Lund, BC
Silva Forest Foundation
Susan Hammond - Slocan Park, BC
Societe de Protection Fonciere de Saint-Adele
Jean-Louis Poirier - President - Saint-Adele, QC
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
Texas Agricultural Land Trust
- San Antonio, TX
Texas Land Conservancy
- Austin, TX
Texas Land Trust Council
Lori Olson - Executive Director - Wimberly, TX
The Barn Group
- Brooks, GA
The Nature Conservancy, Texas Field Office
- San Antonio, TX
The Trustees of Reservations
- Boston, MA
The Valley Land Fund
- McAllen, TX
Trout Unlimited
Chris Wood - President and Chief Executive Officer - Arlington, VA
Trust for Public Land, Texas Office
- Dallas, TX
Waterloo Region Nature
- Waterloo, ON
Watershed Land Trust
- Belton, MO
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Mediators
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Gene Valentini
Texas Rural Mediation Services - Lubbock County DRC - Lubbock, TX
Gwendolyn Lacy
Advocacy Matters LLC - Silver City, NM
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Mitigation Banks
Bahia Grande Mitigation Bank
Ironwood Resource Advisors - Galveston, TX
Bio-Logical Capital
Grant McCargo - Managing Director, Founder and CEO - Denver, CO
Call Junction
Lyme Timber Company - Hanover, NH
Camp Wood Conservation Bank
Ironwood Resource Advisors, LLC - Camp Wood, TX
Cliff J. Sunda
Wildwood Environmental Credit Company, LLC - Vice President – Operations - Tyler, TX
Coastal Environments - Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Environments - Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi, TX
Coastal Environments - Houston
- Houston, TX
Daisetta Swamp
TCP II Daisetta - Bank Sponsor - Center, TX
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Ecosystem Investment Partners
- Baltimore, MD
Field Sport Concepts, LTD
- Charlottesville, VA
Greens Bayou
Ms. Corinne Meinert - Bank Sponsor - Houston, TX
Hondo Mitigation Site
Ironwood Resource Advisors, LLC - Hondo, TX
Ironwood Resource Advisors LLC
Troy Madrigal - Sales POC - Fulshear, TX
Katy Hockley Mitigation Bank
Mr. Brock Nedland - Bank Sponsor - Houston, TX
Mitigation Solutions USA
- Center, TX
Mustang Ranch
Lyme Timber Company - Hanover, NH
Pineywoods Mitigation Bank
Brent J Jasper - Bank Sponsor - Fort Worth, TX
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Ross Guidry - Region Land Manager - Lafayette, LA
Restoration Systems
- Raleigh, NC
RiverBank Ecosystems
Adam Riggsbee, PhD - Austin, TX
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
Sea Breeze Mitigation Bank
D. Mayes Middleton II Non-Exempt Trust - Bank Sponsor - Houston, TX
Seth Yoho
Williams Forestry & Associates - Regional Manager - Calhoun, GA
Straus Medina Mitigation Bank (TXRAM 1.0 Bank)
Terry McKenzie - Sales POC - Bank Sponsor POC - Center, TX
Val Verde Conservation Bank
Jacob Ogdee - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Austin, TX
Wildwood Environmental Credit Company, LLC
Preston W. Smith - VP Business Development & Sales - Tyler, TX
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Amy M. Mitchell
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Senior Counsel - Austin, TX
Andrew J. Aelvoet
The Nunley Firm - Boerne, TX
Anson Boulware Howard
Uhl, Fitzsimons, Burton, Wolff & Rangel, PLLC - Partner - San Antonio, TX
Arthur G. Uhl III
Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett, PLLC - Shareholder - San Antonio, TX
Becky Jolin
Smith Jolin LLP - Austin, TX
Benjamin R. Rhem
Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Partner - Austin, TX
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
C-K Associates, Inc
- Baton Rouge, LA
Cassie Gresham
Principal, Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Dripping Springs, TX
Charles Wehland
Jones Day - Partner - Chicago, IL
Christopher B. Amandes
Partner - Morgan Lewis - Houston, TX
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
David Braun
Principal, Attorney and Counselor - Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Dripping Springs, TX
David E. Whitten
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Addison, TX
David F. Reid
Eversheds Sutherland - Partner - Houston, TX
David Hartman
Smith, Robertson, Elliott & Douglas, L.L.P. - Austin, TX
David P. Smith
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
Eric B. Darnell, ESQ.
Attorney & Counselor at Law - The Darnell Law Firm - El Paso, TX
Gerald Scott Webberman
Jackson Walker LLP - Partner - Austin, TX
Gwendolyn Lacy
Advocacy Matters LLC - Silver City, NM
Helen Currie Foster
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Husch Blackwell LLP
- Dallas, TX
James B. Blackburn, Jr.
Blackburn & Carter - Houston, TX
Jean M. Flores
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Addison, TX
Jerry Webberman
Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Partner, Austin Office - Austin, TX
Jim D. Bradbury
James D. Bradbury, PLLC - Fort Worth, TX
Joel Russell
Joel Russell Associates - Principal - Northampton, MA
Jonathan B. Cluck
The Nunley Firm - Boerne, TX
Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons
Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett, PLLC - Shareholder - San Antonio, TX
Kevin L. Patrick
Patrick, Miller and Noto - Basalt, CO
Kyle Ballard
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C - Of Counsel - Addison, TX
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
- Austin, TX
Michael J. Nasi
Jackson Walker LLP - Partner - Austin, TX
Mountain States Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley - President and COO - Lakewood, CO
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Patrick, Miller and Noto
Waterlaw - Denver, CO
Paul Seals
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Shareholder - Austin, TX
Plauche’ & Carr, LLP
- Baton Rouge, LA
Smiley Law Firm, PC
Cynthia Smiley - Attorney/Owner - Austin, TX
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Susan Armstrong
Armstrong Law - Austin, TX
Thomas Hall
Braun & Gresham, PLLC - Attorney and Counselor - Austin, TX
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Brian Gottschalk
Adams Environmental - Sr. Environmental Scientist and Project Manager - San Antonio, TX
Coastal Environments - Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Environments - Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi, TX
Coastal Environments - Houston
- Houston, TX
Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc.
Janet Wolfe - Director of Marketing and Communications - Albuquerque, NM
Diane Boellstorff
Water Resource Specialist - Soil and Crop Sciences - AgriLife Extension - College Station, TX
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Eric Keith
Project Manager - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
Goshawk Environmental Consulting Inc.
Zane Homesley - Founder/President - Austin, TX
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commision
- Ocean Springs, MS
Horizon Environmental Services, Inc.
- Austin, TX
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
- The Woodlands, TX
Jeff Raasch
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wetland and Joint Venture Program Leader - Austin, TX
Jenny Blair, C.W.B.
Blair Wildlife Consulting - Principal - Kyle, TX
John J. Kuhl
Hicks and Company - Austin, TX
Johnson Lake Management
- San Marcos, TX
Kevin Mundorff
Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Prescribed Burn Manger - Huntsville, TX
Lochow Ranch - Pond & Lake Management
- Bryan, TX
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Marstel-Day, LLC
- Fredericksburg, VA
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
Andrew Sansom, Ph.D - Executive Director - San Marcos, TX
Preservation Texas
- Austin, TX
Restore America's Estuaries
- Arlington, VA
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
Ryan Spencer
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment - Research Coordinator - San Marcos, TX
Society for Range Management
- Wichita, KS
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - OwnerNC
Stacy W. Jackson
Jackson Real Estate Professionals, LLC - Owner - Winnsboro, TX
Steve Nelle
Private Independent Land Management Consulting - Wildlife Biologist / Rangeland Specialist - San Angelo, TX
TGE Resources, Inc.
Robin Franks, P.G., CHMM, RSO - President/Principal - Houston, TX
The Earth Partners
- Houston, TX
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
Alan Cain
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - White-tailed Deer Program Leader - Austin, TX
Bahia Grande Mitigation Bank
Ironwood Resource Advisors - Galveston, TX
Beyrl Armstrong
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Co-Founder - Austin, TX
Blaise Korzekwa
Wildlife Biologist - South Texas Plains Wildlife District - TPWD - Pearsall, TX
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
- Kingsville, TX
Camp Wood Conservation Bank
Ironwood Resource Advisors, LLC - Camp Wood, TX
Clay Whitfill
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Region Manager - Austin, TX
Conservation Equity Partners
- Nacogdoches, TX
Curtis Hodges Jr.
- Commercial Certified and Insured Prescribed Burn Manager, Certified Wildlife Biologist, GIS Specialist - Gatesville, TX
Dana Karelus
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Mammalogist - Austin, TX
David Riley
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
David Rios
Wildlife Biologist - South Texas Plains Wildlife District - TPWD - Uvalde, TX
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - College Station, TX
Dusty Alexander
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Region Manager - Austin, TX
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Eric Keith
Project Manager - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
Gary A. Burns
Burns Forestry and Wildlife - Professional Forester, Wildlife Biologist - Crockett, TX
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center (Sutton Center)
- Bartlesville, OK
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Gulf Coast Joint Venture
Barry Wilson, USFWS - GCJV Coordinator - Lafayette, LA
Hondo Mitigation Site
Ironwood Resource Advisors, LLC - Hondo, TX
Hydrex Environmental, Inc.
Environmental Scientist - Clayton Collier - Nacogdoches, TX
Jason Hardin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wild Turkey Program Coordinator - Austin, TX
Jason Raines
Acorn Forestry - Professional Forester, Vendor - Lufkin, TX
Jenny Blair, C.W.B.
Blair Wildlife Consulting - Principal - Kyle, TX
Joe Hamrick
Compliance and Wildlife - Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - Huntsville, TX
John J. Kuhl
Hicks and Company - Austin, TX
John Marksberry
Bird Forestry - Forester / Wildlife Biologist - Center, TX
John Silovsky
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Director of Wildlife - Austin, TX
Jonathan Warner
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Alligator Program Leader - Austin, TX
Justin T. Penick
Acorn Forestry - President - Lufkin, TX
Kyle Lassiter
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
Kyle Thigpen
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Private Lands Leasing Biologist - Austin, TX
Kyndal Anderson
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
Landmark Wildlife Management LLC
Keith Olenick - Principal/Senior Biologist - Austin, TX
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Delta Land & Farm Mgmt Co, LLC - Appraiser, Manager - Mer Rouge, LA
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lynn Kitchen, Ph.D.
Adams Environmental - Vice President - San Antonio, TX
Mark Gray
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Senior Wildlife Biologist - Austin, TX
Mark Hefner
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Landowner Adviser - Austin, TX
Matt Reidy
Wildlife Biologist - South Texas Plains Wildlife District - TPWD - Devine, TX
Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy
- Rhinelander, WI
Nature's Eye Consulting
Blake Hamilton - Founder, Forester & Wildlife Biologist - Lufkin, TX
Neiman Environments Inc
- Junction, TX
Nick Fisher
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Region Manager - Austin, TX
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
- Erie, CO
Preservation Texas
- Austin, TX
Private Lands Biologist Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Austin, TX
Quail Coalition
- Dallas, TX
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Rio Grande Joint Venture
- Alpine, TX
RiverBank Ecosystems
Adam Riggsbee, PhD - Austin, TX
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
Robin G. Willhoite
United Timber Management Co. - Consulting Forester - Timpson, TX
Roel Lopez
Director - Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute - College Station, TX
Ross Carrie
Raven Environmental Services, Inc. - President - Huntsville, TX
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
Rufus Stephens
Rufus Wildlife Consulting - Wildlife Biologist/Ecologist - Boerne, TX
Sarah Kahlich
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Senior Wildlife Biologist - Austin, TX
Shane Kiefer
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Director of Ecological Services - Austin, TX
Shantel Porterfield
Plateau Land & Wildlife Management - Staff Biologist II - Austin, TX
Siglo Group
Jonathan Ogren - Principal and Environmental Planner - Austin, TX
Society for Range Management
- Wichita, KS
South Padre Island Mitigation Site
Ironwood Resource Advisors, LLC - South Padre Isle, TX
South Texas Chapter of Quail Coalition
- Falfurrias, TX
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- Aiken, SC
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - OwnerNC
Sphere 3-Environmental
- Longview, TX
Steve Nelle
Private Independent Land Management Consulting - Wildlife Biologist / Rangeland Specialist - San Angelo, TX
Teddy Reynolds, RF
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Esta - Teddy Reynolds - Magnolia, AR
Texas Brigades
- New Braunfels, TX
Texas Wildlife Diversity Program
John Davis - Program Director - Austin, TX
Thomas DeWitt
Associate Professor - College Station, TX
Trent Tienert
Wildlife Biologist, Natural Resources Specialist - South Texas Plains Wildlife District - TPWD - Gonzales, TX
Trey Barron
Wildlife Diversity Biologist - Oak-Prairie Wildlife District - TPWD - Victoria, TX
UNT Quail
- Denton, TX
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Sean Kyle - Lesser Prairie Chicken Program Manager - Topeka, KS
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX