Sustainable Funding Options for Texas Wildlife Conservation

Texas has an estimated need of $20 million in non-federal funding in order to receive$60 million in federal funding from the proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. By exploring Texas’s political culture and surveying stakeholders, this student Capstone team report analyzes and proposes the best possible options to fund wildlife conservation based on the criteria of feasibility and sustainability

Sustainable Funding Options for Texas Wildlife Conservation

Texas has an estimated need of $20 million in non-federal funding in order to receive$60 million in federal funding from the proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. By exploring Texas’s political culture and surveying stakeholders, this student Capstone team report analyzes and proposes the best possible options to fund wildlife conservation based on the criteria of feasibility and sustainability

Sustainable Funding for Conservation in Texas

The consulting capstone team sought to find a self-sustaining, fair, and viable revenue source that can be established and implemented to generate $20 million for wildlife and habitat conservation in Texas. The team studied several possible funding mechanisms and the potential support they would receive by comparing survey responses of local governments with those of conservation organizations. We surveyed Councils of Governments (COGs) to assess attitudes of local government because the councils are composed of elected officials from regional governments in Texas. We surveyed members of America’s Fish and Wildlife Alliance to assess attitudes of conservation organizations because the Texas Alliance has endorsed HR 3742 Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, which is under consideration in the 116th Congress (2019-2020). The conservation group served as a control with a positive bias for funding conservation whereas the COGs represented the voting public.Dr. Perry Barboza, Boone & Crockett Club Chair. Boone & Crockett Wildlife James H. “Red” Duke Wildlife Conservation and Policy Progra

Sustainable Funding for Conservation in Texas

The consulting capstone team sought to find a self-sustaining, fair, and viable revenue source that can be established and implemented to generate $20 million for wildlife and habitat conservation in Texas. The team studied several possible funding mechanisms and the potential support they would receive by comparing survey responses of local governments with those of conservation organizations. We surveyed Councils of Governments (COGs) to assess attitudes of local government because the councils are composed of elected officials from regional governments in Texas. We surveyed members of America’s Fish and Wildlife Alliance to assess attitudes of conservation organizations because the Texas Alliance has endorsed HR 3742 Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, which is under consideration in the 116th Congress (2019-2020). The conservation group served as a control with a positive bias for funding conservation whereas the COGs represented the voting public.Dr. Perry Barboza, Boone & Crockett Club Chair. Boone & Crockett Wildlife James H. “Red” Duke Wildlife Conservation and Policy Progra