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For 50 years, Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA) has successfully advocated for wildlife and wild places in Texas. TCA has engaged with local communities to protect the rivers and forests of East Texas and the prairies of West Texas. Thanks to TCA, more than 200,000 Texas acres are protected in parks and wildlife refuges. We've stopped unnecessary reservoirs that drown Texas rivers, fought clear-cutting in national forests, and recruited thousands of people to conserve Texas' beautiful outdoor world.
TCA educates Texans and builds alliances to enhance and sustain wildlife habitat and protect our land, air, and water for future generations. Our programs include:
1. Advocacy for Threats to Ecoregions & Texas Communities
TCA helps guide and provide a blueprint for advocacy at the community level by engaging in public outreach and connecting issues with solutions. Our advocacy efforts have brought attention to, defended, and successfully stopped threats to ecoregions and reduced impacts to communities and businesses.
2. Texas Conservation Action Team (TXCAT)
Working with youth and adults, the TXCAT program focuses on habitat restoration, waterways cleanup, Lights Out DFW surveys, and community engagement. This program reaches out to various Texas communities, particularly underserved and historically marginalized, to provide conservation and preservation experiences and to build the next generation of Texas conservation-minded communities.
3. Native Plant PropagationProgram
Our Native Plant Propagation Center, in partnership with the Dallas, focuses on restoration in North Texas, education programs. We aim to enhance wildlife habitats while promoting water conservation at home and local businesses.
4. Marketing Production & Community Outreach
Highlight the importance of conservation of water, energy, and wildlife habitat through compelling messaging, impactful video and photographic content, and a call to action.
5. Careers in Conservation Internship Program
TCA helps train the future conservation leaders of Texas. Through the internship program, interns work alongside TCA staff and experience the frontlines of saving wildlife and their habitats in the state. This program develops technical acumen, exercises transferable skills, and cultivates conservation leadership.
Through grassroots advocacy, Texas Conservation Alliance protects and preserves wildlife and wild habitats for future generations of Texans.
Support Our Conservation Efforts (Graphic and details above)
1. Native Plant Education & Propagation:
2. Lights Out, Dallas/Fort Worth Advocacy & Outreach:
3. Texas Conservation Alliance Action Team (TXCAT) Program:
4. Careers in Conservation - Internship Program:
5. Advocacy for Habitat Protection:
Texas Conservation Alliance is committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in a meaningful way. Our team’s recent JEDI journey has made great strides and has taken concrete steps.
Since the inception of our organization 52 years ago, we have welcomed and encouraged diversity on our board and staff by affiliating our work with rural, metro, and ethnic communities throughout the state of Texas.
Though our community conservation programs we are actively partnering with multi-racial, BIPOIC, and LGBTQ+ communities. We are actively promoting engagement with families, people with disabilities, and multiple economic regions in the Dallas/Ft Worth area through social media marketing.
In June 2023, alongside the National Wildlife Federation, TCA helped to outline and define an Environmental Justice Resolution for our affiliate members.
Organization name
Texas Conservation Alliance
Causes
Environment & Conservation
Operating Budget
$500,000 - $999,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall, Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American
Address
P.O. Box 822554