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Conservation & Giving Back
Every hotspot and species on this site depends on habitat that a small number of refuges, sanctuaries, and land trusts work continuously to protect and restore. If South Texas birding has given you a life bird or two, these are the organizations doing that work on the ground.
Refuges & Sites
Friends groups and sanctuaries tied directly to the hotspots featured on this site.
Friends of Laguna Atascosa NWR
Supports Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge — home to the reintroduced Aplomado Falcon and one of the last strongholds for the endangered ocelot. 100% of donations go toward conservation projects on the refuge.
Donate →Friends of the Wildlife Corridor
Supports Santa Ana and Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuges. Funds the Rio Reforestation program, which has restored native thornscrub habitat on former cropland since 1984 to reconnect the wildlife corridor along the river.
Donate →National Butterfly Center
A 100-acre restored habitat sanctuary in Mission that draws an outstanding variety of hummingbirds and orioles alongside its namesake butterflies — one of the Valley's most productive birding stops.
Donate →Regional & National Groups
Broader organizations working on habitat protection and bird conservation across South Texas and beyond.
Valley Land Fund
A Rio Grande Valley land trust that has protected over 8,000 acres of native South Texas habitat since 1987 through direct land purchase, gift, and conservation easement.
Donate →Audubon Texas
The state program of the National Audubon Society, working on statewide bird conservation and habitat protection across Texas.
Donate →American Bird Conservancy
A national nonprofit focused on protecting wild birds and their habitats across the Americas, rated four stars by Charity Navigator.
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