AUSTIN— Audubon Texas immediately introduced its Bird City Texas program has been chosen for Texan by Nature’s 2026 Conservation Wrangler initiative. Chicken Metropolis Texas was one in all solely six packages chosen all through the state.
Chicken Metropolis Texas is a community-based chicken conservation program led by Audubon Texas and the Texas Division of Parks and Wildlife. The hassle acknowledges communities that actively work to stop habitat loss and mitigate different dangerous components affecting chicken populations.
“The Conservation Wrangler program is an unimaginable alternative to broaden our current chicken conservation work,” mentioned Lisa Gonzalez, Audubon Texas Vice President and Government Director. “Chicken Metropolis Texas helps community-based conservation work in additional than a dozen cities throughout the state, and we hope to see this quantity develop by this award. We look ahead to this expanded partnership with Texan by Nature in service of constructing a greater, extra bird-friendly Texas for present and future generations.”
Conservation Wrangler awardees will obtain 12-18 months of help from Texan by Nature together with program administration, strategic planning, advertising messaging, information gathering ana evaluation, and different essential help. Tasks are vetted by a rigorous choice course of, and awardees will need to have a demonstrated observe report of optimistic environmental, financial, and human impacts.
“This yr’s Conservation Wrangler functions highlighted the extraordinary vary of conservation management throughout Texas,” mentioned Joni Carswell, President and CEO of Texan by Nature. “The chosen Conservation Wranglers are driving options to international conservation challenges like water shortage, biodiversity loss, soil well being, and concrete development, and constructing replicable blueprints that go far past Texas’ borders. Texan by Nature’s collaboration with these tasks will broaden conservation efforts and ship measurable returns statewide. We look ahead to connecting their insights and methods to conservation and enterprise leaders in Texas and past.”
Study extra concerning the Texan by Nature Conservation Wrangler program.
