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Wildlife Conservation Grants: Funding Priorities
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Mountain Plover
Survey of wintering grounds for population status and habitat selection. Large agricultural producing areas in San Patricio, Nueces, Willacy, Cameron, and Hidalgo counties need to be surveyed in a sample design in order to extrapolate total population wintering in area.
  • Findings will report areas sampled, habitat selected, total birds found, and estimated population.
  • Collect site and population information using TXNDD forms.
  • Submit report on status and threat updates, TXNDD forms, and GIS data/shapefiles.
  • Provide conservation recommendations and a proposal for monitoring to assess trend in the future, if warranted by findings.
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Survey for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (SWWF) and Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (YBCU), in suitable breeding habitat and confirm nesting in the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion, to provide baseline information to TXNDD.
  • With findings, provide assessment and description of habitat and community type (working with TPWD Communities Ecologist for appropriate system nomenclature) suitable for YBCU and/or SWWF for areas not surveyed.
  • Collect site and population information using TXNDD forms.
  • Submit report on status and threat updates, TXNDD forms, and GIS data/shapefiles.
  • Provide conservation recommendations and a proposal for monitoring to assess trend in the future, if warranted by findings.
Sprague’s Pipit
Survey winter habitats for Sprague’s Pipit (SPPI) in Texas south of IH-20.
  • With findings, provide assessment and description of habitat and community type (working with TPWD Communities Ecologist for appropriate system nomenclature) suitable for SPPI for areas not surveyed.
  • Collect site and population information using TXNDD forms.
  • Submit report on status and threat updates, TXNDD forms, and GIS data/shapefiles.
  • Provide conservation recommendations and a proposal for monitoring to assess trend in the future, if warranted by findings.