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The Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's Mission is to Enhance Members' Business Success Through Legislative/Regulatory Advocacy, Education, Networking, and Promotion of Professionalism.

The National Wildlife Federation’s South Central Region covers 12 states along the Gulf Coast and into the Midwest. Our regional work focuses on protecting and restoring healthy rivers and estuaries; conserving wetlands, springs, and aquifers; protecting wildlife habitats; and connecting both children and adults with the natural world.

MISSION TreeFolks grows Central Texas urban forests through tree planting, education, and community partnerships. TreeFolks is central Texas’ only charity that promotes comprehensive urban forestry practices to public, private and government audiences.

At the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, our work improves the conservation and management of natural resources through interdisciplinary and applied research.

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) is a 501(c)3 organization responsible for developing a network of business leaders, marine scientists, resource managers, governmental and non-governmental organizations and other stakeholder groups that combine their data to provide timely information about our oceans — similar to the information gathered by the National Weather Service to develop weather forecasts.

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR) work together to foster and communicate research and educational outreach programs focused on water and natural resources science and management issues in Texas and beyond.

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades.

Educational Science is interested in the conservation of the Monarch butterfly through habitat restoration. Unless we restore the Monarch's breeding habitats, the Monarch may not survive as a widespread North American species.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is part of the Texas A&M University System. Our mission is to improve the lives of people, businesses, and communities across Texas and beyond through high quality, relevant education.

Texas AgriLife Extension Service educates Texans in the areas of agriculture, environmental stewardship, youth and adult life skills, human capital and leadership, and community economic development.

Over the course of 10 years, researchers, growers, and irrigation district personnel worked together to test strategies for maximizing water use in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (RGV).

Welcome to the Texas AgriLife Extension, Glasscock County website. The county seat, Garden City, the only town in the county, has a population of 250 and is conveniently located about half way between the larger metropolitan cities of San Angelo and Midland.

Upton county was established in 1910 at Upland, Texas. By the fall of 1911, the railroad was crossing the south survey. F.E. Rankin donated land for a town site, and a new town, Rankin, was born.

In 1881 the Texas and Pacific Railroad laid tracks from Fort Worth to Sierra Blanca. Section stations were built every ten miles along the route.

Borden County was named for Gail Borden, a distinguished Texas patriot, surveyor and inventor of the process for condensed milk. It was created from Bexar County in 1876, but was not organized until 1891.

Crane County was created in 1887. After the discovery of oil the county was organized in 1927 with Crane the county seat and the only town in the county.

Ector County is one of 254 counties in Texas. It is part of the Odessa-Midland Metropolitan Area. Its population is approximately 125,110. Population estimates by race groups are: Anglo – 57.

Mission: The mission of AgriLife Extension is a seemingly simple one: improving the lives of people, businesses, and communities across Texas and beyond through high-quality, relevant education.

Pecos County was officially designated in 1875, with the town of St. Gall (now Fort Stockton) selected as the county seat. Located in the semi-arid Trans-Pecos region of West Texas, Pecos County is the second largest county in the state with 4,740 square miles and a 1996 population of 16,213, which ranked 130th in the State.

For more information about Crosby County, or any of Texas’ 254 counties, you can access the following: the Texas Almanac 1996-1997; web sites http://govinfo.

Home of the world’s largest oak forest! This huge oak forest is located in the scenic Sandhills State Park. The Sandhills alone comprise 4,000 acres of sand dunes, while the “forest” occupies 40,000 acres.

Texas AgriLife Extension plays a vital role in Reeves County. We provide practical information and education to help people make their lives better and to help our communities and neighborhoods address their problems.

The Southern Fire Exchange (SFE) is a regional fire science delivery program, representing the southeastern United States. The SFE is a member of the national network of knowledge exchange consortia, funded by the Joint Fire Science Program.

Monarch Health is a citizen science project in which volunteers sample wild monarch butterflies to help track the spread of a protozoan parasite across North America.

Scientists at the Field’s Keller Science Action Center are working to understand the role urban places play in supporting monarch butterflies, to implement community science programs around Chicago, and to develop resources that nearly anyone can use to help monarchs and other pollinators.

The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) is a citizen science project involving volunteers from across the United States and Canada in monarch research

Report your sightings each fall and spring as the monarchs travel to and from Mexico. Track migration on real-time migration maps and follow the migration news.

Mission: To foster the conservation of North American monarch butterflies and their migration through habitat conservation, research, monitoring, education and support for sustainable community development in and near monarch habitats in Mexico.

The Monarch Conservation Science Partnership is a USGS led group of scientists, managers, and conservation organizations who perform science related to the conservation of monarch butterflies.

The Monarch Joint Venture (MJV) is a partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs working together to protect the monarch migration across the United States.

Southeast Prescribed Fire Update is a source for the latest news in prescribed fire. The Update provides landowners, consultants, agencies, academia, and the prescribed fire community with current training opportunities, press releases, event happenings, information, and education materials pertinent to prescribed burning in the southeastern United States.

Parks for Pollinators is a national campaign focused on raising public awareness of the current pollinator crisis by encouraging local action and positioning parks as a national leader in advancing pollinator health.

Mission: Restore America’s Estuaries is dedicated to the protection and restoration of bays and estuaries as essential resources for our nation.

Bee City USA® and Bee Campus USA work to galvanize communities to sustain pollinators, in particular the more than 3,600 species of native bees in this country, by increasing the abundance of native plants, providing nest sites, and reducing the use of pesticides.