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Texas Plate Celebrates 20 Years of Conservation Milestones

January 28, 2023

Since 2000, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Conservation License Plate Program has helped generate funds to support state parks, outdoor recreation, wildlife management and research, and conservation projects in Texas. The largemouth bass license plate is now celebrating its 20th anniversary. The plate has thus far generated $893,005 for 93 conservation projects through TPWD’s Inland Fisheries Division. Sales of the largemouth bass license plate directly fund fisheries habitat, access…

Las Huellas Association Creates UTRGV Endowed Fund

January 17, 2023

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UTRGV has announced the Las Huellas Association Endowed Fund which benefits students in the university’s College of Sciences. The Las Huellas endowment – a gift in the amount of $500,000 – provides scholarships to students pursuing a wildlife habitat conservation career. Kelly Nassour, UTRGV executive vice president for Institutional Advancement, said the university greatly appreciates the gift from the Las Huellas Association. “The fund will impact our students, community and…

Texas Offers New Monarch Butterfly Plates

June 21, 2021

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is now offering the long-awaited Monarch Butterfly conservation license plate. Fees from the plates will raise money to help conserve monarch butterflies and other native Texas, non-game, at-risk species. “The monarch butterfly is a species that is beautiful and iconic in that it is one of nature’s great migration stories,” said John Davis, TPWD’s Wildlife Diversity Program director. “This species migrates through Texas from…