RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

 

PLEASE NOTE:

PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE RESEARCHERS WHO SUBMIT PROPOSALS

FOR MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THOSE WITH NO GRANT MONIES AVAILABLE.

 

click on the county name to see more detailed information.

   

examples:        Proposal        annual report

  

Bastrop 1

100 Acres of an isolated "Lost Pines" remnant.

 

Part of a contiguous 10,000 acre wildlife management co-operative.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Bastrop 2

85 Acres near red rock. contains both An isolated "Lost Pines" remnant and oak parkland.

 

Less than ½ mile from Bastrop 3. Should consider a project which will involve both properties.

 

Part of the Red Rock Wildlife Management Cooperative.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

 

Bastrop 3

125 Acres near red rock. contains both An isolated "Lost Pines" remnant and oak parkland.

 

Less than ½ mile from Bastrop 2. Should consider a project which will involve both properties.

 

Part of the Red Rock Wildlife Management Cooperative.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

bastrop 4

Approximately 91 acres near smithville

Around 5 miles north of Smithville, within eastern Bastrop County, off of Cottletown Road.

 

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

 

Bexar 1

47 acres near san antonio. a permanent creek flows through the property.

Upland is an oak parkland. one of the creek has been left natural while the other side has been heavily disturbed

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Blanco 1

70 acres with a 7 acre pond and year round live springs and creeks.

 

Some potential Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.

 

Rested from grazing for 17 years.

 

 

Blanco 3

65 Acres near Johnson City on the Pedernales River

 

Primarly composed of very open Oak/Juniper parkland with dense stands of late succesional grasses

 

Blanco 4

58 Acres between Henly & Blanco

 

Primarly composed of recently cleared Oak/Juniper parkland with some riparian woodlands along seasonal creeks

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Blanco 5

Approximately 89 acres Near Johnson City.  off of Althaus Ranch Rd.

approximately 2000’ of Pedernales river frontage

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Blanco 6

Approximately 54 acres.  About 7 miles southwest of the Hwy 290 / FM 165 intersection in Austin, roughly 8.5 miles northeast of Blanco.

 

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Blanco 7

Approximately 50 acres.  About 5 miles northwest of Johnson City, off of Hilltop Drive

 

 

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,250 /year

Blanco 8

Approximately  89 acre s Blanco County located in central Blanco County, approximately 5 miles northwest of Johnson City, Texas off of Trails End Road. 

Two Year Grants available – maximum

$1,000/year

Brazos 1

Approximately 100 acres.  Near College Station.  About 10 miles southeast of College Station, off of Calumet Trail.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

Comal 2

Approximately 383 acres Near fischer  Located on  FM 32 approximately 6 miles east of Fischer.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

 

Ellis 1

Nearly 8,000 acres in ellis county containing diverse praries, woodland pockets, and 2 large lakes.

 

A large number of threatened/declining grassland birds were observed during the site visit

Grants available – Amount to be determined

Hays 2

80 acres including a .25 acre year-round pond.

 

Potential Golden-Cheeked Warbler habitat.

 

Adjacent to Hays 3

 

 

 

Hays 3

355 acres near dripping springs. contains steep rocky slopes, riparian woodland, and an oak parkland.

 

property has been rested from grazing for nearly 40 years.

 

Adjacent to Hays 2

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Hays 4

290 Acres near Wimberely on South Onion Creek.

 

Primarily juniper/oak parkland with woodlands, riparian corridors, and open fields

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

Kendall 1

170 Acres near Boerne. Property contains very healthy Oak/juniper parkland, Juniper/oak woodland and a large cave system with several smaller karst Features

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

kerr 2

 400 Acres located in  Central Kerr County off of SH 39, approximately 3 miles southwest of Hunt

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,500 /year

 

Llano 1

1625 Acres southeast of llano with large rock bluffs, steep canyons, broad plateaus, 2 year-round live creeks, and 2 ponds

Grants available – Amount to be determined

 

 

real 2

265acres in Western Real County off FM 335, ~17 mi N of Barksdale.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1000 /year

 

real 3

195 Acres in  Western Real County off FM 335, ~17 mi N of Barksdale.

Two Year Grants available – maximum

$1000 /year

Travis 1

128 acres of diverse habitat containing a mix of open, dry uplands, wooded creeks, and retention ponds.

 

All sites showing moderate to high levels of disturbance.

 

 

Travis 6

203 acres near elgin. Typical blackland prarie site that was once under heavy agricultural use. Rested from agricultural use since 1978. Contains open grassland, mesquite invaded grassland, and riparian woodland

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

Travis 7

25 Acres in Austin. Oak/Juniper Parkland and Dense Oak/Juniper woodland on Steeper slopes. Known Golden-cheecked Warbler Habitat.

 

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,000/year

 

Travis 8

78 Acres near Bee Caves, TX. Level to strongly rolling oak/juniper parkland near Lake Austin.

Two Year Grants available – maximum $1,500/year

 

Travis 9