Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in East Texas

The East Texas Sub-office's Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) program specializes in longleaf pine restoration within the historic range of this species and supports implementation of the East Texas Wetland Project, a joint venture between the FWS, Ducks Unlimited, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).  Through the East Texas Wetlands Project, landowners may obtain technical and/or financial assistance to restore, enhance, and/or create natural or man-made wetlands and associated uplands habitats within the Texas portion of the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture, which includes 46 counties in east Texas.

Click here to download the East Texas Wetlands Project Guidelines for Landowners and Technical Assistance Request document in pdf format (179KB).

The PFW program encourages the restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat on private lands.  Through this voluntary program the actual costs for specific wildlife habitat improvement actions are reimbursed directly to the landowner.  Cost-sharing and technical assistance opportunities are provided to non-federal landowners, including private landowners, local governments, native American tribes, educational institutions, and other entities.  This landowner friendly program is intended to benefit all federal trust resources, including waterfowl, other migratory birds, and candidate, threatened, and endangered species.  Previous East Texas PFW projects have involved wildlife habitat enhancement/restoration activities in wetlands, native prairies, riparian corridors, and upland longleaf pine habitats, as well as projects to control invasive, exotic species.

For additional information regarding the PFW program in east Texas, please contact us or jeffrey_reid@fws.gov.

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