Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Public Hearing

March 31, 2011, Commission Meeting

Donations of $500 or more for March 31, 2011
Not Previously Acknowledged by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
  Donor Description Detail & Purpose of Donation *Amount
1 Lower Colorado River Authority Cash To provide funding for a statewide water communications initiative $2,500.00
2 The Rock Art Foundation Controlled Item One (1) each 47" Panasonic LCD TV, Panasonic BluRay DVD player, wall mount harness and media shelf for Seminole Canyon State Park $1,064.10
3 Canoe Trail, Inc. Other Goods Materials for bank stabilization (geo-cells and fabric), improvements to parking and ramp area, and repairs/modifications to Goliad State Park's floating dock $17,756.00
4 Friends of Garner Cash Printing of Garner State Park Maps $1,500.00
5 LDL Friends of Dinosaur Valley State Park Capital Property Item One (1) 1999 Schult Manufactured home Heritage Sectional Four bedroom, three bath house for use at Dinosaur Valley State Park $32,000.00
6 McMoran Oil & Gas Company Cash Artificial Reef Program Rigs-to-Reefs $210,000.00
7 Texas Monthly Other Goods One half page ad for the State of Water initiative in Texas Monthly Magazine $11,967.00
8 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (Toyota) Capital Property Item One (1) Toyota Tundra 4W Truck to support TPWD media production operations $40,000.00
9 Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash To provide funding for a statewide water communications initiative $17,305.00
10 Wal-Mart Foundation Cash To fund purchase of fishing equipment needed to present Angler Education Program and Kid Fish to Del Rio ISD $500.00
11 Coastal Conservation Association Cash To provide funding for a statewide water communications initiative $2,500.00
12 Rio Grande Electric Other Goods One (1) radio tower and 10' x 16' building to support House LE communications equipment $74,380.00
13 Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Cash To provide funding for a statewide water communications initiative $23,105.00
14 Texas RICE Capital Property Item One (1) 2010 Kubota M126X 4wd Tractor ,one 16' blue vinyl water discharge hose and one (1) new trailer mounted pump. The tractor serves as a drive unit for a large water pump at Guadalupe Delta WMA $54,116.00
15 Water Oriented Recreation District of Comal County Controlled Item One (1) 2003 Honda Aqua Trax F12 Personal Watercraft for water safety enforcement $2,500.00
16 Education That Works Cash Scholarships for Texas Outdoor Families $2,000.00
17 Coastal Conservation Association Cash To reimburse TPWD for the purchase of gloves for the Abandoned Crab Trap Removal $888.00
18 Halliburton Giving Choices Cash General donation to agency $1,870.00
19 Texas Bighorn Society Other Goods New 500 gallon fuel tank, hoses and miscellaneous plumbing/fittings were replaced on aviation fuel trailer (Property #173445) $2,175.71
20 Texas Bighorn Society Other Goods Provide food and drinks for one desert bighorn sheep hunt $648.30
21 Friends of Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery SHS Cash Fund implementation of the Kreische House Furnishings Project $15,000.00
Total $513,775.11
*Estimated value used for goods and services