What is a Wildlife Management

Tax Valuation?

A Wildlife Management Valuation, commonly referred to as a wildlife exemption, allows Texas landowners to maintain low property taxes by managing land for native wildlife instead of, or alongside, traditional agriculture. Through Proposition 11 (1995), landowners can preserve open spaces, improve habitats, and save on taxes.

How Does It Benefit

Your Land and Texas?

Open-space lands, including those under timber, ag, and wildlife exemptions in Texas help provide clean water, clean air, food and fiber production, and beautiful Texas landscapes. The requirements of maintaining a wildlife exemption are designed to benefit native wildlife and their habitats on your land. Particularly in the western 2/3rds of the state, local grazing intensity requirements for an ag exemption are difficult to maintain on many properties.

A property that enjoys a wildlife exemption, regardless of size, is part of the six million acres in Texas currently being managed to preserve open spaces and lower property taxes – while increasing property aesthetics and property value.