Texas

Between 1992 and 1999 TPL has helped conserve many acres of the Barton Creek greenbelt, which begins at Barton Springs, near Austin, Texas, creating a large metropolitan park.

In 2004, The Trust for Public Land purchased ten acres on a sweeping bend in the Buffalo Bayou for a new waterfront park, providing the crowded East End of Houston with access to this historic waterway.

In 2009, the counties of Bastrop, Caldwell and Hays participated in a community-driven process to complete a regional greenprint for all of Central Texas.

Beginning in 2017, The Trust for Public Land, Texas Trees Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy have collaborated on an initiative to combat the urban heat island effect, provide greater connectivity among the community's anchor institutions, and improve community health in South Oak Cliff.

TPL helped conserve a former ranch Northwest of San Antonio, Texas, that lies directly over the Edwards Aquifer by working with a partnership of private groups and government agencies to buy the land from the Resolution Trust Corporation, and help the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department establish the Government Canyon State Natural Area.

TPL places an emphasis in north Texas on our urban programs in Dallas and our evolving work and program within the watershed of the Trinity River.

Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle, the nation's second largest canyon after the Grand Canyon, was mostly protected as a state park when The Trust for Public Land helped protect a large swath of privately owned land on the rim that had been slated for development.

Purgatory Creek flows into the San Marcos River just south of the rapidly-growing central Texas City of San Marcos. The creek is part of an extensive series of watersheds and rivers located in the southern portion of Hays County, and it lies directly over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone.

Established in 1968, the San Bernard Refuge is located in the "central flyway," one of four major migratory routes over the continental U.S.. And with it's location an hour from Houston, it's also a haven for urban residents and visitors, providing numerous opportunities for public recreation.

Using funds from a local bond measure, we protected more than 1,000 acres of rolling hills with limestone outcroppings northeast of San Antonio on the Wind Gate Ranch.