Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative 2023

About the Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative

WHF is working with Coastal Prairie Conservancy (CPC) and 23 other partner organizations that have joined together to sustain the imperiled coastal prairie ecosystem through the Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative (TCPI). The initiatve, which will provide funding to private landowners to conserve prairies, wetlands, farms, and ranches, is funded through an award from the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) as part of its Regional Conservation Partnership Program (NRPP). WHF, CPC, and its partners will work to increase landowner awareness and accessibility to NRCS funds to permanently protect working and natural lands through conservation easements.

The initiative will also provide funding to help landowners manage and enhance habitat on privately owned lands for the benefit of the grassland and wetland-development species that reside on the coastal prairie, such as the whooping crane, mottled duck, and western chicken turtle.

What Habitat Management Practices are Included?

WHF and this initiative will expand access to funded practices that improve native plant biodiversity and water quality. These practices may include brush and invasive species control, native prairie restoration, protection of riparian areas, wetlands enhancement, grazing management, and other practices that improve wildlife habitat on working lands.

Who is Eligible?

Those who own agricultural or natural lands within the 13-county region are eligible: Harris, Galveston, Waller, Chambers, Matagorda, Austin, Colorado, Victoria, Wharton, Brazoria, Calhoun, Fort Bend, and Jackson.

Learn more at prairiepartner.org.