Partners & Related Organizations

Organizations Involved in the Study, Practice and/or Facilitation of Ecological Restoration:

This list is organized around Texas Ecoregions.  All organizations work in Texas, however some have a broader presence and, as such, are listed by the location of their main Texas office.  We have indicated in ( ) if an organization has statewide (S), regional (R), national (N), or international (I) presence.   Organizations represented by TXSER board members, past or present, include an asterisk*. We would like to acknowledge their support of our time and commitment to the TXSER Board.

If you have an update, addition, or if we have entered something incorrectly, please send us an e-mail at info@txser.org and we will correct it.

 

This is a resource page only.  TXSER has not worked with every organization on the list.

The list does not serve as an endorsement.

Statewide

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin (S) – https://www.wildflower.org/
• TerrEval Consulting (S) – http://terrevalconsult.com
• Teaming with Wildlife:  True to Texas, (S) – http://teamingtxwildlife.com/
• Texas A&M Forest Service, (S) – http://wtn.tamu.edu
• Texas Master Naturalist, (S)- http://txmn.org/
• Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. (TPWD), (S) – http://tpwd.texas.gov/
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., Prescribed Burn Associations in Texas, (S) – https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/technical_guidance/burn/
• Whitenton Group Environmental Consultants (S) – http://www.whitentongroup.com/

 Blackland Prairie

• Connemarra Conservancy, Allen – http://connemaraconservancy.org/
• *Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA), Lewisville – http://llela.unt.edu/
• Texas Conservation Alliance, Dallas (S) – http://www.TCAtexas.org

Central Great Plains (Rolling Plains)

 

Chihuahuan Deserts (Trans-Pecos)

• Borderlands Research Institute, Sul Ross State University, Alpine – http://bri.sulross.edu/
• Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Fort Davis – http://www.cdri.org/
• Dixon Water Foundation, Marfa – http://dixonwater.org
• Frontera Land Alliance, El Paso – http://fronteralandalliance.org/

Cross Timbers (Cross Timbers & Prairies)

• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth (I) – http://www.brit.org/
• City of Arlington (Southwest Nature Preserve, Blackland Prairie Preserve, Molly Hollar Wildscape, Arlington – http://www.arlington-tx.gov/
• Crosstimbers Connection, Arlington – http://crosstimbersconnection.org/
• Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, Fort Worth – http://www.fwnaturecenter.org
• Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area, Fort Worth – http://www.tandyhills.org/
• Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center, Fort Worth – http://naturecenterfriends.org/
• Lake Worth Regional Coordination Committee, Fort Worth – http://fortworthtexas.gov/boards/lakeworthrcc/

East Central Texas Plains (Pineywoods)

• Stephen F. Austin State University, Department of Geography, Nacogdoches – http://www.sfasu.edu/soc/111.asp
• Texas Longleaf Pine Taskforce – http://txlongleaf.org/

Edwards Plateau

•  Blanco River Valley Restoration Project – http://blancorestoration.org/
• City of Austin, Watershed Protection Dept., Environmental Resource Management Division, Austin – https://www.austintexas.gov/department/environmental-resource-management
• City of Austin, Watershed Protection Dept., Riparian Restoration Program, Austin – https://www.austintexas.gov/content/1361/FAQ/14739
• Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, Austin – http://www.eahcp.org
• Environmental Survey Consulting, Austin (S) – http://envirosurvey.com
• Hill Country Alliance, Austin – http://hillcountryalliance.org
• Hill Country Land Trust – http://www.hillcountrylandtrust.org/
• Native American Seed, Junction (S) – http://www.seedsource.com/
• Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Fredericksburg (S) – http://npsot.org
• Native Prairie Association of Texas (NPAT), San Marcos (S) – http://www.texasprairie.org
• NPAT’s Maddin Prairie, Prairie Dog Restoration Project, Colorado City – Contact – Jesse Wood at:  ojwood@msn.com
• Texas Conservation Corps, Austin (S) – http://www.americanyouthworks.org/texasconservationcorps
• Texas Land Conservancy, Austin (S) – http://www.texaslandconservancy.org/
• Texas Prescribed Burn Program, Austin (S) – https://www.texasagriculture.gov/home/productionagriculture/prescribedburnprogram.aspx
• Texas Riparian Association, Austin (S) – http://www.texasriparian.org
• Texas State University, Department of Biology, San Marcos – http://www.bio.txstate.edu
• Texas Tech University Field Station, Junction, TX – http://www.depts.ttu.edu/junction/LRFS/facilities.php
• The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, San Marcos (S) – http://www.meadowscenter.txstate.edu/
• The Nature Conservancy, Austin (I) – http://nature.org
• Trust for Public Lands, Austin (S) – http://www.tpl.org/
• Wild Mercury Preserve, Kendalia –

Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes

• Bayou Land Conservancy – http://www.bayoulandconservancy.org/
• Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Kingsville (S) – http://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu
• Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Kingsville, South Texas Natives (S) – http://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/research-programs/south-texas-natives/
• Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Kingsville,  Texas Native Seeds (S)- http://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/research-programs/texas-native-seeds/)
• Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, Houston – http://www.cechouston.org/
• Coastal Prairie Partnership, Houston – http://prairiepartner.org/
• Gulf Coast Plains & Ozarks, LCC, (R) – http://gcpolcc.org
• Japhet Creek Park and Restoration Project – https://www.japhetcreek.org/
• Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center – http://www.hcp4.net/Community/Parks/Jones
• Katy Prairie Conservancy, Houston – http://www.katyprairie.org/
• Spring Creek Greenway – http://www.springcreekgreenway.org/
• Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Sea Grant, Houston – http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu
• Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Extension, Texas Coastal Watershed Program – http://tcwp.tamu.edu/
• Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Extension, Texas Coastal Watershed Program, Sheldon Lake Prairie Wetland Restoration Project – http://tcwp.tamu.edu/wetland-restoration/sheldon-lake-prairie-wetland-restoration-project/
• University of Houston-Downtown, Department of Natural Science, Houston – https://www.uhd.edu/academics/sciences/Pages/sciences-index.aspx
  

High Plains

 

South Texas Plains

• Rio Grande Joint Venture – http://www.rgjv.org/
• *San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio – https://www.sara-tx.org/
• San Antonio Natural Areas, San Antonio – http://www.sanaturalareas.org/
• *Trinity University, Department of Biology, San Antonio – http://web.trinity.edu/x5140.xml

Southwestern Tablelands (Post Oak Savannah)

• Oaks & Prairies Joint Venture – www.opjv.org
• Pines and Prairies Land Trust, Bastrop – http://www.pplt.org/
• Texas A&M University, Department of Biology, College Station – http://www.bio.tamu.edu/index.html
• Texas A&M University, Society for Ecological Restoration Student Association, College Station – http://ser.tamu.edu

 

Regional

• Bio X Design, Poteau, Oklahoma, (R) – http://www.bioxdesign.com/
• Great Plains Restoration Council (R) – http://www.gprc.org
• Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, (R) – http://jornada.nmsu.edu/
• Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, (R) – http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/
• Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona, (R) – http://skyislandalliance.org/
• Southwest Fire Science Consortium, Flagstaff, Arizona, (R) – http://swfireconsortium.org/
• The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium, Arkansas, (R) – http://www.uark.edu/misc/xtimber

National

• National Park Service (Big Thicket NP, Big Bend NP…), (S) – http://www.nps.gov/state/tx/index.htm
• Natural Resources Conservation Service, (S) – http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/tx/home/
• Student Conservation Association, (S) – http://www.thesca.org/
• SWCA Environmental Consultants, (S) – http://www.swca.com
• US Fish & Wildlife Service (Balcones Canyonlands NWR…), (S) – http://www.fws.gov/southwest/
• US Forest Service (Caddo, LBJ…), (S) – http://www.fs.fed.us/sopa/state-level.php?tx
• Xerces Society, Portland, Oregon, (S) – http://www.xerces.org/

International

• Ecology & Environment, Inc., Lancaster, NY, (S) – http://www.ene.com/
• Global Restoration Network, Washington, DC, (S) – http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/
• HDR, Inc., Omaha, NE, (S) – http://www.hdrinc.com/
• Society for Ecological Restoration, Washington, DC, (I) – http://www.ser.org