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.

DESCRIPTION: Cast of Dreams® is a Texas non-profit organization that grants extraordinary hunting and fishing excursions to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Cast of Dreams provides everything necessary for a child and their family to enjoy the hunting or fishing trip of a lifetime, including: travel, lodging, food, hunting or fishing license, gear, taxidermy and, when necessary, on-site medical care—at no cost to the child’s family.

OBJECTIVE: To fulfill the dream of a child that is an outdoor enthusiast, hunter or fisherman; while creating a rewarding and memorable experience for the child’s family.

HISTORY: In the summer of 2008, the nationally televised reality hunting series, TnT Outdoor Adventures, created a unique program focused on taking children with life threatening illnesses on the outdoor excursions of their dreams. TnT has been privileged to provide extraordinary experiences for children that battle illnesses such as cancer, muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis as well as children that are paraplegic.

TnT’s efforts generated a remarkable response nationally among outdoor enthusiasts, hunters and fishermen. This overwhelming show of support further fueled the desire to formalize the program and ultimately help even more children realize their dreams. In the Spring of 2009, TnT formed Cast of Dreams. Cast of Dreams is a Texas nonprofit charitable organization, qualified under Section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS Code.

DEMOGRAPHICS:  The passion for outdoor activities including hunting and fishing is undeniable. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service most recent published report, “2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation,” 87.5 million U.S. residents fish, hunt, or watch wildlife. During 2006, 30.0 million people fished, 12.5 million hunted, and 71.1 million participated in at least one type of wildlife-watching activity.  In Texas alone there are a combined total of 2.6 million hunters and anglers. 

Responsive Management’s survey, “Factors Related to Hunting and Fishing Participation Among the Nation’s Youth,” reported that 15% of American youth had hunted and 58% had fished, in the last year.

DIRECTOR | FOUNDER: Todd Cast has been the director of this organization since its inception. Todd can be reached via email at Todd.Cast@CastOfDreams.com or phone at 214-207-9079.

LOCATION:  Cast of Dreams is located at 125 Redtail Court in Weatherford, Texas.

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. 

Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society is the one international wildlife conservation organization dedicated to promoting conditions suitable for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and related wildlife to sustain our sport hunting tradition and outdoor heritage.

RGS is about hunting ruffed grouse and woodcock and enjoying the other wildlife that share the place where they live. It is about the environment or habitat that provides them with food, cover from predators, shelter, and a place to breed and rear their young. It is about actively managing those young forests or “habitats” by using tools, like controlled fire and forest cutting, recognized as effective by Aldo Leopold, the father of the wildlife management profession. It is about educating the public about the habitat requirements of these birds, both game and non-game. It is about explaining that these birds live in a place that, unless actively managed, will give way to trees which shade out the plants that are home to ruffed grouse, woodcock, many songbirds, rabbits and deer. It is about gaining broad public support to actively manage using controlled fire and timber harvest, and that clear-cutting as a forest management tool, when properly applied, is ecologically sound. It is about walking in the woods and pausing at the sound of what seems to be an old John Deere tractor and realizing it is a grouse drumming in spring. It is about going afield with the expectation of bagging a grouse or “patridge” or a “timberdoodle”. It is about being overtaken with pride as your dog carries its head high as it moves into the wind, locks on point and waits for you to flush the bird. It is about being completely surprised and uttering an “aw shucks” when the bird flushes across an opening and evades what you thought were well-placed number 8s. It is about inviting friends to share a fine meal of grouse and all the trimmings and listening to how your spouse backed you up on the shot after yours felled a young aspen. It is about gatherings called banquets where friends with a common interest in these birds and their conservation come together to have fun and provide the funding needed to make it all happen. It is really not about us at all, it is about our kids, grandkids and their kids for, without our help, these places will not be there for them or the birds to enjoy.