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In September of 2005, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), along with myriad conservation partners, completed its first comprehensive strategy for the recovery of nongame species and their associated habitats. The strategy focuses on the 10 ecoregions, 15 major river basins, and approximately 1,000 of the more than 30,000 nongame species known in Texas. The final result of this hard work is now known as the Texas Wildlife Action Plan.
The Action Plan allows Texas to participate in the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) program, which provides federal funding for conserving nongame species in danger of becoming threatened or endangered so they will not need Endangered Species Act protection. While threatened and endangered... |
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