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TNC Texas Spring blooms at Smiley Meadow Preserve in North Texas. © Sean Fitzgerald

Make a Difference in Texas

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has protected land and water in Texas since 1964. To date, we’ve conserved over 1 million acres of land and more than 200 miles of rivers and streams. With your support, we can continue working to safeguard the state’s natural landscapes, preserve freshwater supplies, protect our coastline and improve resilience for future generations.

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Protecting Nature for Tomorrow's Texas (1:52) See how The Nature Conservancy and partners have worked to preserve over 1 million acres of land across the Lone Star State, conserving the natural places, wildlife and resources we depend upon and love.
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Press Release

The Nature Conservancy, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Announce Purchase of Heath Canyon Ranch

The acquisition of this 671-acre property will preserve important wildlife habitat and secure key river access to recreational paddling trails through Big Bend National Park.

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What We Do in the Lone Star State

We're working collaboratively with partners to protect nature and develop sound science that supports ecology, economy, public health and equity.

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Big Bend National Park

In the 1980s, The Nature Conservancy helped transfer 57,000 acres in the Rosillos Mountains to expand one of Texas' most treasured national parks.

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Forever Wild: Shield Ranch

One Texas family’s journey in protecting their land while continuing to foster kinship with nature for future generations.

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Marathon Grasslands Preserve

Marathon Grasslands Preserve represents 2,701 acres of some of the most diverse Chihuahuan Desert grassland habitat in Texas and supports a vast array of wildlife.

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In the Balance: The Future of Texas Water

As Texas grows, securing our water future remains critical to sustaining our state's health and resilience. Because much of Texas’ water is dedicated to agriculture, landowners like the Sanders Family are among our best allies in finding solutions.

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2024 Texas Annual Report

We're celebrating 60 years of conservation success in Texas, with big wins and achievements from the past year and beyond.

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Barton Creek Habitat Preserve
Austin, TX
Barton Creek Habitat Preserve is a scenic and pristine landscape in Austin that protects the habitat of endangered songbirds and preserves the quality of water in the Barton Creek.
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Brazos Woods Preserve
West Columbia, TX
Located in one of the most ecologically rich parts of Texas, Brazos Woods Preserve comprises 681 acres of lush, old-growth forests and wetlands known as the Columbia Bottomlands.
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A broad expanse of salt marsh with patches of open water and patches of marsh grass.
Powderhorn Ranch
Calhoun County, TX
Powderhorn Ranch is one of the largest remaining undisturbed tracts of native coastal prairie habitat left in Texas and likely the largest conservation deal in Texas' history.
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Rocky outcrops and mountains shoot up toward the sky behind a pine forest.
Davis Mountains Preserve
Fort Davis, TX
The wild and remote Davis Mountains are considered one of the most scenic and biologically diverse areas of Texas.
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Thousands of bats stream across a darkening sky.
Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve
Mason County, TX
The Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve is one of the largest bat nurseries in the country—about four million female Mexican free-tailed bats inhabit the site from May to Sept.
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Bay waters cut through green, lush marsh habitat; a series of industrial buildings are visible in the distance.
Texas City Prairie Preserve
Texas City, TX
In Texas City, situated on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, TNC is working to improve the health of the Gulf, protect freshwater and preserve coastal habitat.
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Clymer Meadow Preserve
Celeste, TX
The 1,400-acre Clymer Meadow Preserve contains some of the largest and most diverse remnants of the Blackland Prairie.
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Orange and yellow leaves hang over a trickling, rocky creek as green moss and foliage grows on the edge of a limestone bluff nearby.
Love Creek Preserve
Bandera, TX
Love Creek flows through TNC’s 2,845-acre preserve before joining with the West Prong of the Medina River, eventually contributing to the Edwards Aquifer.
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Cibolo Creek gently flows between the rolling, green vistas of the Texas Hill Country, dotted by cactus and shrubs.
Frank Klein Cibolo Bluffs Nature Preserve
Comal County, TX
Situated about 20 miles northeast of San Antonio, Cibolo Bluffs is a scenic landscape that includes nearly three miles of Cibolo Creek, which spans both Comal and Bexar counties.
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Lennox Woods Preserve
Red River County, TX
This beautiful old-growth forest preserve is not only a refuge for rare plant and animal communities, but is also open to the public during daylight hours for self-guided hiking.
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Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary
NW of Silsbee, TX
The Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary harbors a variety of plant species, including one of the last remaining longleaf pine communities in Texas.
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Smiley Meadow Preserve
Paris, TX
TNC's Smiley Meadow Preserve protects nearly 1,000 acres of rare Silveus dropseed prairie found only in the Lone Star State.
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Lennox Foundation Southmost Preserve
Cameron County, TX
Located on the Rio Grande in the southernmost part of Texas, the Lennox Foundation Southmost Preserve protects one of the last stands of native sabal palm trees in the nation.
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Refugio-Goliad Prairie Project
Victoria, TX
Partnerships with private landowners in the Texas coastal plains are helping to stave off extinction of the endangered Attwater's prairie chicken.
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Two clear blue springs are surrounded by tall grass.
Sandia Springs Preserve
Balmorhea, TX
This spring complex in the Balmorhea area contributes to one of the largest and most important of the remaining desert spring systems in West Texas.
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Diamond Y Spring Preserve
N of Ft Stockton, TX
The 4,099-acre Diamond Y Spring Preserve protects one of the largest and last remaining ciénega systems in West Texas and critical habitat for the Leon Springs pupfish.
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Marathon Grasslands Preserve
Marathon, TX
Marathon Grasslands Preserve represents 2,701 acres of some of the most diverse Chihuahuan Desert grassland habitat in Texas and supports a vast array of wildlife.
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Nash Prairie Preserve
Brazoria County, TX
The 427-acre tract is one of the last remaining segments of the Great Coastal Prairie, which once spanned six million acres between Louisiana and Texas.
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Francine Cohn Preserve
Mustang Island
TNC's Francine Cohn Preserve is a key conservation area with essential habitat for numerous commercially and recreationally important marine species.
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Shamrock Island Preserve
Corpus Christi Bay
TNC's Shamrock Island Preserve, near Corpus Christi, is one of the most important bird rookeries in the Gulf.
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Independence Creek Preserve
Sheffield, TX
The pristine waters of this desert oasis preserve make a substantial contribution to the Pecos River corridor wildlife community downstream.
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Turquoise water rushes over large boulders, creating a tumbling waterfall.
Dolan Falls Preserve
Val Verde County, TX
TNC's 4,788-acre Dolan Falls Preserve is bolstered by an additional 135,000 acres of permanently protected land along roughly 25 miles of the Devils River.
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Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh Preserve
Collegeport, TX
The Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh is part of an expansive coastal wetlands system along the mid- and upper-Texas Gulf Coast, with nearly 250 species of birds.
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Fred and Loucille Dahmer Caddo Lake Preserve
Caddo Lake
Formed by Big Cypress Bayou, Caddo Lake and its wetlands are made up of over 25,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests and shallow bald cypress swamps along northeast Texas.
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Places We Protect With 37 nature preserves and conservation properties and more than 150 easements, we have protected over 1 million acres in Texas to date.

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