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Yellow coneflowers bloom against tall, green grasses at sunset at TNC's Clymer Meadow Preserve in North Texas. — TNC Texas Yellow coneflowers at TNC's Clymer Meadow Preserve in North Texas. © Jacqueline Ferrato/TNC

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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’ll 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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From the Fire: A Legacy of Longleaf

The Nature Conservancy in Texas and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas are working together to restore the imperiled longleaf pine tree using prescribed fire. This partnership is putting more beneficial flames on the ground and helping manage a key natural community in East Texas.

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A field of purple flowers stretches toward large trees into the distance at sunset.

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What We Do in the Lone Star State

We're working collaboratively to protect Texas land, water, wildlife and way of life while tackling a changing climate.

Seven members of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Wildland Fire Management crew stand ready in their protective gear before a prescribed burn.

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Ensuring a Legacy of Longleaf

An in-depth look at the longleaf pine and its interwoven relationship to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.

Interns work in the Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh, Texas. This area is part of an expansive coastal wetlands system which, 60 years ago, stretched nearly unbroken along the mid, and upper, Texas Gulf Coast. It lies along the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. The preserve's upland prairies represents a portion of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas and Louisiana.

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Planting the Seed for Future Generations

Seeds are being harvested from TNC preserves to restore native grasslands that once blanketed the Texas coast.

A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle hatchling lies on the sand near the foamy surf's edge.

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Safeguarding South Padre Island

Alongside conservation partners, we're protecting vital habitat for endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles.

Texas 2021 Annual Report

Texas 2021 Annual Report

Learn more about TNC Texas' greatest conservation achievements in 2021

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Honey Creek Spring Ranch Becomes Latest Conservation Achievement in Central Texas

TNC and its partners recently completed a conservation easement on 621 acres in the Texas Hill Country, boosting connectivity and resilience in a rapidly developing region.

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Places We Protect

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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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Sunset over a field with trees in background. — Brazos Woods Preserve Sunset at Brazos Woods Preserve in Texas. © Jamie Wentz

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