Houston IntraMet / Liberty County

Land Trusts and Conservation Associations

Land trusts are non-profit organizations that operate independently of government and work with communities and individuals to conserve natural areas. They are experts at helping interested landowners find ways to protect their land in the face of ever-growing development pressure.

Texas' land trust community protects and stewards land, maintaining forests, working farms, wilderness, or other areas of conservation value. Landowners can permanently protect the conservation value of their land in several ways such as selling land to land trusts below market value (bargain sale), they can also donate outright or bequeath land to a land trust. Another option is to donate a conservation easement - a legal agreement that permanently protects the land from harmful land uses while leaving it in private ownership.

Land Trusts and Conservation Associations in Liberty County

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Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council - Galveston , TX
Artist Boat - Galveston, TX
Katy Prairie Conservancy - Houston, TX
Legacy Land Trust - Houston, TX
Buffalo Bayou Partnership - Houston, TX
Trees For Houston - Houston, TX
Wildlife Habitat Federation - Houston, TX
Coastal Conservation Association - National - Houston, TX
Sensible Management of Aquatic Resources Team (SMART) - Houston, TX
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center - Houston, TX
Bayou Preservation Association - Houston, TX
Houston Wilderness - Houston, TX
Armand Bayou Nature Center - Pasadena, TX
Galveston Bay Foundation - Webster, TX

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Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD)

By contacting the directors of the soil and water conservation district, a farmer or rancher can get assistance on all phases of conservation.

A wheat farmer on the High Plains can get help in solving a specific wind erosion problem. A rancher can get information on how to manage grasses on his rangeland. A woodland owner can get help to develop a management and conservation plan on timberland, and a vegetable grower in the Rio Grande Valley finds no problem in getting up-to-date information on irrigation. At the same time, a cotton farmer in Central Texas can solve specific erosion problems with current information supplied through an SWCD.

This is the basic concept of an SWCD. Districts are designed to deliver a local program, based on local needs, that best conserves and promotes the wise and judicious use of our renewable natural resources.

Learn about the Lower Trinity SWCD - Liberty, TX

Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Working hand-in-hand with its Texas A&M System partners, the state legislature, and the communities it serves, the mission of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service to serve Texans through community-based education has remained unchanged for almost a century.

With a vast network of 250 county Extension offices, 616 Extension agents, and 343 subject-matter specialists, the expertise provided by AgriLife Extension is available to every resident in every Texas county. But Extension specialists are well-aware that a program offered in Dallas might not be relevant in the Rio Grande Valley. AgriLife Extension custom-designs its programs to different areas of the state, significantly depending on residents for input and program delivery.

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. Carrying out this mission, however, is a massive undertaking.one that requires the commitment of each and every one of the agency's 1,900 employees. Through the programs these employees provide, Texans are better prepared to:

Eat well, stay healthy, manage money, and raise their children to be successful adults.
Efficiently help themselves through preventing problems and using tools for economic stability and security.
Improve stewardship of the environment and of the state's natural resources.

Today's AgriLife Extension is known for its leadership, dedication, expertise, responsiveness, and trustworthiness. Texans turn to AgriLife Extension for solutions, and its agents and specialists respond not only with answers, but with a significant return on investment to boost the Texas economy.

Learn about the Texas AgriLife Extension Service - Liberty County - Liberty, TX