Mar 4, 2016
Conservation easement funding granted to protect 14,311 acres
AUSTIN – The Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council yesterday approved land trust funding totaling $1.4 million for a wide array of conservation easements. The easements will help bring more...
AUSTIN – The Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council yesterday approved land trust funding totaling $1.4 million for a wide array of conservation easements. The easements will help bring more than 14,300 acres of the state’s high-value working farm and ranch lands under long-term protection.
The following were approved for funding:
- West Bay Corridor (Hitchcock Prairie)—3,100 acres in Galveston County near the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge and other conservation properties. $500,000.
- Puryear Ranch—425 acres in Travis County along Rocky Creek, a major tributary of Barton Creek and adjacent to the Shield Ranch where 6,700 acres are already protected by conservation easement. $131,850.
- Albritton Ranch—650 acres in Bandera County near Lost Maples State Park and Love Creek Preserve in the Bandera Canyonlands. $325,000.
- Pietila Ranch—9,992 acres in Culberson County sharing six miles of common boundary with Guadalupe Mountains National Park. $375,000.
- Lazy Bend Ranch—144 acres in Hays County near the 3,950-acre Storm Ranch conservation easement. $75,925.
A second grant application cycle is currently open for consideration of the remaining $470,000 available in this year’s funding.
The deadline to apply is April 8. More information is available online.
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