Challenged Sportsmen of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping men, women, and children who have become disabled through accident, injury, or disease continue to enjoy the outdoors.

The Challenged Sportsmen of America was founded by David Brown in 1993. His son, Mark, was severely injured in an auto accident in 1990, at the age of 16. Mr. Brown said, he “just didn't feel right" hunting without his son, who was now wheelchair bound after awakening from a coma. “A lot of people are like Mark," says David. "His mobility is limited, but he did not lose his desire to hunt and fish." "I've dedicated my life to making things a little easier for as many physically challenged sportsmen as possible," adds Mr. Brown.

More than just a hunting and fishing club for disabled sportsmen, CSA members have participated in NRA sponsored events, giving their time to positively expose society in general and youth in particular, to physically challenged individuals. They have taken both able-bodied and challenged youth on outings to teach them outdoor and conservation ethics while introducing them to the world of the physically challenged sportsmen

While the volunteers don't seek accolades or publicity, it is important for the not-for-profit CSA organization. Perhaps through publicity, more volunteers and landowners, like ourselves, will be interested in helping provide their time and land for future visits, to help those less able. Publicity allows the CSA members the opportunity to thank their many supporters and to help others like themselves to realize that they too, can resume some of the activities they enjoyed before they became disabled. CSA's founder, David Brown says, "A lot of these guys that get put in a chair just figure they're never going hunting or fishing again.” “Until they hear about us, they just don't know there are ways to still do it," David says.

Rio Grande Valley CSA
Challenged Sportsmen of America
3700 North 10th Street, Ste 100
McAllen, TX 78501
(956) 994-8800 - Phone
(956) 994-8808 - Fax
or email us at:
RGVCSA@yahoo.com

The Texas Wildlife Association is a statewide 501(c)4 non-profit membership organization that actively advocates for wildlife and natural resource conservation at the local, state, and national levels.  We are absolutely dedicated to educating all persons, especially the youth of Texas, about the conservation, management and enhancement of wildlife and wildlife habitat on private land to ensure the preservation of our cherished rural heritage for future generations.

Go to www.texas-wildlife.org membership information. 

The Texas League of Conservation Voters works to preserve and enhance the quality of life of Texans by making conservation a top priority with Texas elected officials, political candidates and voters. When we succeed, all conservation groups and issues benefit.

WE ELECT CHAMPIONS. With money and other resources, we help elect candidates to the Texas Legislature who will fight for clean air, clean water, and access to public lands, water, fish and wildlife. TLCV conducts rigorous candidate research and we concentrate on the races we can impact. We educate candidates on how to use pro-conservation positions to win votes. We put money into hard-hitting, independent media campaigns contrasting the candidates’ positions on the issues – making sure that an effective message reaches voters.

WE HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE. At the end of each legislative session we publish and distribute our Legislative Scorecard. We rate the performance of each individual legislator on key environmental legislation and describe the key conservation issues. We then distribute our scorecard to the public.

Images for Conservation Fund (ICF), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, creates sustainable development of rural economies through the establishment and prosperity of the Private Lands Nature Photo Tourism Industry. Nature Photography has the unique ability to preserve habitat permanently by making it profitable.

Photography is the most powerful conservation tool on the planet!

WMI was established in 1911 by sportsmen/businessmen gravely concerned about the dramatic declines of many wildlife populations. Its founders saw need for a small, independent and aggressive cadre of people dedicated to restoring and ensuring the well-being of wild populations and their habitats.

In simplest terms, WMI is a professional conservation organization that works to improve the professional foundation of wildlife management. The Institute does not support a large membership or expend time and dollars on promotional efforts to attract and sustain membership. Instead, the staff concentrates fully on addressing resource issues and opportunities. The Institute's few hundred members know that their affiliation will not bring them glossy magazines or frequent fund-raising appeals. They are promised the best efforts of every WMI staff member to provide opportunities for more and better-managed wildlife.

Mission

Founded in 1911, WMI is a private, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization, dedicated to the conservation, enhancement and professional management of North America's wildlife and other natural resources.

When the Wildlife Habitat Council was formed in 1988, the founders conceived a new and innovative concept of bringing together - conservation and business. 

This was the first cooperative effort between the environmental community and industry. A visionary team of companies -- Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., DuPont Company, ExxonMobil, General Electric Company, Tenneco Oil Company and United States Steel Corporation and environmental groups -- the American Farmland Trust, Izaak Walton League of America, National Wildlife Federation and World Wildlife Fund -- came together to search for innovative joint ventures in environmental stewardship. Today, with our members and partners, we continue to share a vision to conserve and restore natural ecosystems for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.

The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) is a nonprofit, nonlobbying 501(c)(3) group of corporations, conservation organizations, and individuals dedicated to restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat. Created in 1988, WHC helps large landowners, particularly corporations, manage their unused lands in an ecologically sensitive manner for the benefit of wildlife. More than 2 million acres in 48 states, Puerto Rico, and 16 other countries are managed for wildlife through WHC-assisted projects.

Since 1987, Wildlife Forever has provided funding to more than 600 projects in 50 states plus Canada through private special interest conservation groups, state game and fish departments and federal agencies. Wildlife Forever projects target research, management, land acquisition, and educational purposes. Special emphasis is placed upon grassroots programs. Species that have received direct benefit from past grants include: American bald eagle, billfish, black bear, blacktail deer, bluebirds, bluegill, Canada geese, catfish, coyote, crappie, ducks, elk, gray whale, great gray owl, grizzly bear, herons, kestrels, largemouth bass, Massasaqua rattle snake, moose, mule deer, muskie, otter, peregrine falcon, pheasant, prairie chicken, quail, ruffed grouse, salmon, sea bass, sonoran pronghorn, songbirds, striped bass, trout, trumpeter swan, walleye, white-tailed deer, wild turkey and the list goes on and on.

Our Mission...

Founded in 1982, Whitetails Unlimited is a national non-profit conservation organization that has remained true to its mission and has made great strides in the field of conservation. We have gained the reputation of being the nation's premier organization dedicating our resources to the betterment of the white-tailed deer and its environment.

A Closer Look ...
Since our beginning, we have spent over 33.4 million dollars on WTU projects including research, wildlife agency assistance, habitat enhancement/acquisition, college scholarships, public education materials, hunter safety/education, anti-poaching measures, and cooperative projects with other conservation organizations.

The TRCP is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that works to preserve the traditions of hunting and fishing.  By building consensus among our individual and organizational partners we work to advance policy solutions on natural resource management issues of common concern.  By speaking in a single voice on these key issues the TRCP represents a unique voice in the conservation debate.  The positive results of our efforts are many and growing.  From identifying a new major funding source for fish and wildlife stewardship in the federal highway bill to more closely reintergrating recreational anglers into the Magnuson-Stevens debate, the TRCP continues to find new ways to guarantee you a place to hunt and fish. 

TR’s Vision

In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt said, “There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.”  While in the political arena, he succeeded in making conservation a top tier national issue.  T.R. had the foresight to address these issues still so significant to sportsmen and –women today, understanding that if we want to ensure critical habitat, special hunting grounds and secret fishing holes will be around for future generations, we must plan carefully today.   

The TRCP Mission

Above all, the TRCP is working every day to guarantee you a place to hunt and fish.

The TRCP is a coalition of hunting, fishing and conservation organizations, labor unions and individual grassroots partners who represent the wide spectrum of America’s outdoor community.  We are dedicated to the foresighted stewardship of America’s landscape, helping to expand fish and wildlife habitat and increasing public access to quality hunting and fishing.