Make a Difference in Texas
The Nature Conservancy has protected land and water in Texas since 1964. To date, we’ve conserved nearly 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 the Gulf of Mexico and improve the resilience of Texas cities for future generations to enjoy.
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Program Overview
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.
Feature
Rooted in Restoration: An Opportunity to Build Back Montezuma Cypress
A love letter to the Montezuma cypress, the iconic national tree of Mexico, and its return to Texas.
Opinion
Can Blue Carbon Be a Climate Solution in Texas?
Why protecting and restoring wetlands can slow climate change and protect vulnerable coastlines.
Photo Essay
Ensuring a Legacy of Longleaf
An in-depth look at the longleaf pine and its interwoven relationship to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.
Learn more about the power of partnership in achieving our conservation work.
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Places We Protect
Song of the Prairie: Restoring a Home on the Range for the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken
Less than 1% of Texas' original coastal prairie remains today, devastating wildlife like the endangered Attwater’s prairie chicken. Learn more about our work with landowners and ranchers to preserve Refugio-Goliad Prairie and support this species.
Places We Protect
See the Places We Protect in Your Community
With 37 Texas nature preserves and conservation properties and more than 130 easements, we have to date protected more than 900,000 acres in Texas.
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