Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Public Hearing

January 22, 2009 Commission Meeting

Donations of $500.00 or More
Not Previously Acknowledged by the Commission

# Donor Description Detail & Purpose of Donation *Amount
1 Friends of Garner State Park Capital Property Timber Form 2 playscape with three slides, activity sections, bridge and climbers for visitor use at Garner State Park $27,000.00
2 SmartShield Sunscreen Other Goods Six gallons of sunscreen for visitors and staff for Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $1,491.00
3 Fairway Golf Carts In-Kind Services Use of golf carts during Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $966.00
4 Georgetown Farm Supply In-Kind Services Use of six (6) John Deere Gators during Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $1,866.00
5 Lanford Equipment Co. In-Kind Services Use of farm equipment for Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $966.00
6 McCoy's Building Supply In-Kind Services Store credit for needed items for Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $966.00
7 Cabela's Cash Sponsorship Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $10,000.00
8 US Sportsmens Alliance Foundation Cash Sponsorship Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $1,500.00
9 Texas Hunter Education Instructor's Assn. (THEIA) Cash Sponsorship Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $1,500.00
10 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (Toyota) Cash Sponsorship Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $75,000.00
11 Merit Energy Company Cash Artificial Reef Program Rigs-to-Reefs $147,800.00
12 Merit Energy Company Cash Artificial Reef Program Rigs-to-Reefs $151,200.00
13 Friends of the Community Other Goods One (1) used Master-Bilt model FAJ55F 13' x 8' Walk-in Storage Cooler $800.00
14 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash For fire research at Chapparal WMA $100,000.00
15 R & J Ranch Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Lily Other Goods One bred black and white longhorn cow and one bred red and white longhorn cow to assist with cattle program and interpretive programming at Barrington Living History Farm $3,000.00
16 HEB Cash Sponsorship Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $2,500.00
17 100.7 KASE 101 In-Kind Services Media support — KASE website, Clear Channel radio stations for Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $28,067.20
18 Austin Coca-Cola Bottling Co. In-Kind Services Media tags (radio spot tags) and discounted water $8,500.00
19 Univision 62 In-Kind Services Media and promotional support for Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $27,660.00
20 Recuerdo In-Kind Services Spanish language radio promotion of Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $28,148.00
21 Careco Multimedia, Inc. In-Kind Services TV promotion for Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo $15,256.00
22 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash To offset expenses incurred in the recovering of green sea turtles that were cold stunned $5,000.00
23 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash Flounder spawning efforts $1,200.00
24 Hill Country Fly Fishers Cash Guadalupe Bass Restoration $1,000.00
25 Water Oriented Recreation District of Comal County Cash Materials to be used for fish attractor installation at Canyon Lake $5,000.00
26 Water Oriented Recreation District of Comal County Cash Materials for Canyon Lake underwater light attractor study $6,089.00
27 Water Oriented Recreation District of Comal County Cash Materials to be used in rainbow trout movement study on the Guadalupe River $1,240.00
28 TreeSearch Farms Other Goods 78 3-gallon containerized shrubs/trees. Forty (40) Mexican persimmon, Six (6) Southern sugar maple, One () Walter's viburnum, Thirty-one (3) Dwarf wax myrtle $1,046.00
29 Brazos River Authority Cash To provide funding for a statewide water communications initiative $5,000.00
30 Mills Caraway Cash General Donation $500.00
31 Harris County District Attorney Cash Digital in-car video dashboard cameras/Tact Vests to be purchased for Region IV District III $53,440.00
32 San Antonio River Authority Cash To provide funding for a statewide water communications initiative $10,000.00
33 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash Shrimp License Buyback Programs $1,147,671.65
Total $1,871,372.85

*Estimated value used for goods and services