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Landowner Management Goal
© Steven Upperman
http://upperman.smugmug.com/
Texas is gifted with great natural abundance. The wide array of
geology, topography, climate, and soils create a complex matrix of
habitat types. This landscape diversity supports a wide variety of
plants and animals by providing food, shelter and breeding
grounds. Agriculture, transportation, and urbanization have
changed the look of natural landscapes and divided them into
smaller and smaller fragmented patches.
The Houston Galveston population is predicted to increase by an
additional three million people by 2025, with the fastest growth
occurring in Fort Bend, Montgomery, and Waller Counties with 2
million more people in Harris County alone (Houston-Galveston
Area Council 2025 Region Growth Forecast). The potential for
habitat loss on large-scale parcels of private land is a reality as
ranches are farms are subdivided and sold to create home sites
and infrastructure for a growing population.
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Nature Tourism
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Wildlife Management
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Water Quality and
Quantity, Flood
Mitigation, and
Climate Moderation
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Mitigation Banking

Carbon Storage and
Credits
Landowners with large parcels have a unique opportunity to assist
in the preservation of species and habitat diversity that has made
Texas such an abundant land for wildlife, recreation, and beauty.
As Texas grows, it is critical that large tracts of land remain wild
and receive quality management.
Today, there are many organizations that provide technical and
financial assistance to land owners who wish to begin voluntary
wild management practices on their land.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
http://wildlife.tamu.edu/
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/private/wildlife/
Texas Wildlife Association
http://www.texas-wildlife.org/
Texas A&M Forest Service
http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/main/default.aspx?dept=landowner
For more information on conservation programs and tools that
could be used to benefit wildlife management click here
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