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Texas Water Development Board
The mission of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is to lead the state's efforts in ensuring a secure water future for Texas and its citizens. Our mission is a vital part of Texas' overall vision and the state's mission and goals that relate to maintaining the viability of the state's natural resources, health, and economic development.
High Plains Water District
Mission: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 was created in 1951. As a political subdivision of Texas, HPUWCD is charged with protecting, preserving and conserving aquifers within the District's 16-county service area. As the first groundwater conservation district created in Texas, the original boundaries of the High Plains Water District were delineated in March 1951 by the State Board of Engineers. After several annexations, the HPWD now serves an area of 11,850 square miles or 7,587,359 acres, which includes all or portions of 16 counties.
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Mission: Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association – protecting the stewards of land and livestock in the Southwest. To Honor and Protect the Ranching Way of Life.
National Sorghum Producers
National Sorghum Producers (NSP) serves as the voice of the sorghum industry from coast to coast through legislative and regulatory representation and education. Our Mission: Lead positive change for sorghum farmers through effective policy and relationships. Our Vision: Promote, advocate for and defend the sorghum industry.
Texas Corn Producers
Texas Corn Producers is the farmer’s advocate. The state’s checkoff and association work to grow opportunities for Texas corn farmers through promotion, education, research and legislative advocacy. By contributing to the corn checkoff and joining the association, you too are a part of enhancing the Texas corn industry.
National Cotton Council
As the central organization for the U.S. cotton industry, the Council's mission is to ensure the ability of all seven industry segments to compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseeds and U.S.-manufactured products market at home and abroad. The National Cotton Council of America's mission is to ensure the ability of all U.S. cotton industry segments to compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseed and U.S.-manufactured product markets at home and abroad. The Council serves as the central forum for consensus-building among producers, ginners, warehousers, merchants, cottonseed processors/dealers, cooperatives and textile manufacturers. The organization is the unifying force in working with the government to ensure that cotton's interests are considered.
Plains Cotton Growers
Organized in 1956 by cotton producers from across the High Plains production region, PCG is a non-profit producer organization composed of cotton producers from the Texas High Plains. Leadership consists of a Board of Directors and a staff of six and serves 42 counties on the Texas High Plains.
Texas Farm Bureau
We are Texas Farm Bureau. Over 500,000 member-families strong. Safe food. Abundant and affordable. Choice in what we eat. And how it’s grown. This is our vision. A prosperous agriculture. To ensure your family a viable, domestic source of food, fiber and fuel. Resilient. Politically active. Policy driven. We believe private property rights are worth protecting, water should be used wisely and government should be responsive and responsible. That’s why we advocate with our members in Austin and Washington. Value. Time. Quality. Your life can get complicated. Exclusive benefits and services make it a little bit easier. And a whole lot more affordable. We are building a bigger and brighter Texas. Together.
Park Cities Quail Coalition
Our mission is to sustain and restore huntable wild quail populations, to encourage and educate interested youth, and to celebrate our quail hunting heritage in this region.
Quail-Tech Alliance
Our vision is to further our knowledge and understanding of the Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail and their habitat relationships with the goal of expanding the range of sustainable populations. To achieve this vision, we conduct research and educate new biologists and landowners in quail management.
Nail Ranch
The Nail Ranch is a historic Texas ranch in the Rolling Plains of near Albany which has a very unique landscape and native habitat along with land management practices which support optimizing a sustainable cattle operation that optimizes wildlife habitat and responsible natural resource management.
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University is committed to teaching and the advancement of knowledge, Texas Tech University, a comprehensive public research university, provides the highest standards of excellence in higher education, fosters intellectual and personal development, and stimulates meaningful research and service to humankind.
Trout Unlimited
Our Mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Our Vision is that by the next generation, Trout Unlimited will ensure that robust populations of native and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within their North American range, so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters.
National Wild Turkey Federation
Our Mission Statement: The NWTF is dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey and the preservation of our hunting heritage. The mission of the National Wild Turkey Federation is no less urgent today than when it was founded in 1973. What we do in the coming decades will be instrumental in not only enhancing wild turkey populations but also in the continuation of hunting and quality wildlife habitat for countless species. We're losing 6,000 acres of habitat every day. Hunters fund conservation but now we’re at the point where less than 10 percent of the American population hunts, so the funding source is going away. We know we can’t solve this alone. It’s bigger than one organization. The NWTF is leading a collaborative effort to solve the problem with the Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative, and our contribution is our dynamic volunteer base.
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch
The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation (RPQRF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focusing on one thing: understanding and managing bobwhite and scaled quail in West Texas. Everything we do centers around quail and quail hunting, as reflected by our mission: “To preserve Texas’ heritage of wild quail hunting for this, and future, generations.” The Foundation and its Research Ranch were established to provide a living laboratory to devise land management strategies for the benefit of quail and also as an exemplar property to demonstrate the best methodologies and techniques to other “students of quail.”
US Fish & Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the oldest federal conservation agency, tracing its lineage back to 1871, and the only agency in the federal government whose primary responsibility is management of fish and wildlife for the American public. The Service helps ensure a healthy environment for people by providing opportunities for Americans to enjoy the outdoors and our shared natural heritage.
Delta Waterfowl
Delta Waterfowl is The Duck Hunters Organization, a leading conservation group founded at the famed Delta Marsh in Manitoba, with its U.S. Headquarters in Bismarck, North Dakota. We work to produce ducks through intensive management programs and conservation of breeding duck habitat. Delta conducts vital waterfowl research, and promotes and protects the continuing tradition of waterfowl hunting in North America. Our Mission To produce ducks and secure the future of waterfowl hunting. Our Vision Abundant waterfowl and endless opportunities for hunters.
Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever
Pheasants & Quail Forever are dedicated to the conservation of quail, pheasants and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education and land management policies and programs. In 1982, a group of pheasant hunters saw the connection between upland habitat loss and declining pheasant populations. An organization dedicated to wildlife habitat conservation was needed, and Pheasants Forever was formed and later Quail Forever. Pheasant & Quail Forever’s mission work quickly garnered it a reputation as “The Habitat Organization,” a tagline the nonprofit conservation group uses proudly to this day.
Texas Parks & Wildlife
Texas Parks & Wildlife's mission is to manage and conserve the natural and cultural resources of Texas and to provide hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Texan by Nature
Texan by Nature brings conservation and business together to protect what we love most about the Lone Star State. In Texas, our natural resources are finite, but our ingenuity is infinite. At Texan by Nature, we harness that can-do spirit to take care of the land, water, and wildlife that sustain our state’s people and prosperity. We do this by activating new investments in Texan-led conservation, amplifying and accelerating innovations, and connecting partners to the resources they need to succeed. Conservation is a big, bold job. But Texans are a big, bold people.
SitePro, Inc.
SitePro is a rapidly growing technology company with a true purpose which is enabling the responsible management of the world's natural resources and mission critical infrastructure, ensuring a safe and promising environment for future generations.
Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and people.
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
The mission of Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) is to conserve the playas, prairies and landscapes of the western Great Plains — including portions of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas — through partnerships for the benefit of birds, other wildlife, and people. The partnership works to restore playas to support the sustainability of the Ogallala Aquifer and the communities, agricultural producers and wildlife that depend on its water; restore wetland and grassland habitat to increase waterfowl and game bird populations that support hunting, birding and other recreational activities; and make our wildlife goals consistent with societal goals of clean and abundant water. We are vested in helping to make sure producers, local communities, birds and other wildlife all prosper and thrive in this landscape.
