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.  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