Past Awarded Grants

Year Recipient Project  Amount 
2024 Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Rain Garden Installation at Sarita Elementary School  $     10,000.00
2024 Harte Research Institute Juvenile Tarpon Residency and Habitat Use in Texas Coastal Bend Nurseries  $     10,000.00
2024 Welder Wildlife Foundation Exploration & Discovery: Building New Paths to the Future of Wildlife Conservation  $     10,000.00
2024 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Evaluation of Chronic Stress in Two Wild Quail Species in Response to Environmental Factors  $       9,786.00
2024 FlatsWorthy Proper Handling & Release of Fish including Tarpon, Redfish & Speckled Trout  $       7,500.00
2024 Harte Research Institute The Gulf Stream Podcast  $       7,500.00
2023 Welder Wildlife Foundation Rangeland Curriculum Online Course  $     10,000.00
2023 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Evaluating the use of Drones to Estimate White-tailed Deer poplution sizes  $     10,000.00
2023 Texas Brigades Texas Brigades: Summer Camps Impacting Coastal and South Texas  $       5,000.00
2023 FlatsWorthy FlatsWorthy Expansion & Production of videos  $       5,000.00
2023 Harte Research Institute Refining field methods for oyster reef carbon sequestration: implications for conservation, restoration, and mitigation of atmospheric CO2  $     10,000.00
2023 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute A Talk on the Wild Side  $     10,000.00
2023 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Reconstructing Tarpon’s Past: Scale historic archives as windows into Atlantic tarpon fisheries  $       5,000.00
2022 Welder Wildlife Foundation Conservation & Hunting Heritage Programs  $     10,000.00
2022 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute A Quail-Season Forecasting Tool to Aid Quail-Harvey Management in South Texas  $       7,500.00
2022 Texas Brigades STBOB, STRB, WTFL, & Coast Brigades  $       8,856.00
2022 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Foundation Outreach and training:  Workshop on best practices for surveying nesting colonial waterbirds with small unmanned aerial systems  $     10,000.00
2022 Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Stewards of the Wild Mentored Hunting Initiative  $       5,000.00
2022 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Wildlife Acoustic Monitoring, Education, and Research in the Coastal Bend  $       8,000.00
2022 Wildlife in Focus Kritters4 Kids Peers teaching peers Natural Science Education Videos  $     10,000.00
2022 FlatsWorthy FlatsWorthy Expansion  $       2,500.00
2021 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute A Talk on the Wild Side  $   100,000.00
2020 Welder Wildlife Foundation Wildlife and Natural History Museum  $     14,500.00
2020 Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Delta Discovery Homeschool Program  $     10,000.00
2020 Harte Research Institute An Assessment of Tarpon Recruitment Patterns, Movements, and Habitat Use in the Texas Coastal Bend  $     10,000.00
2020 University of Texas – Austin The Influence of Past Experiences on Future Performance in Redfish  $       6,000.00
2020 Texas Brigades STBOB, STBUB, COAST  $       5,000.00
2020 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,000.00
2020 Trinity Oaks Hunting & Fishing Programs for People in Need  $       5,000.00
2020 Wildlife in Focus Kritter Cards  $       4,500.00
2019 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $     10,000.00
2019 Welder Wildlife Foundation Rangelands & Home on the Range Training  $     10,000.00
2019 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Developing a public genomic library  $     10,000.00
2019 Texas Brigades STBOB, STBUB, COAST  $       6,000.00
2019 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Improving the accuracy of UAV image acquisition  $       6,000.00
2019 Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Where does our water come from?  $       5,000.00
2019 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Insect availability to northern bobwhites  $       3,000.00
2018 Amos Rehabilitation Keep Hurricane Harvey Restoration Efforts  $     10,000.00
2018 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Coastal Prairie Native Seeds Project  $       6,000.00
2018 Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Delta Discovery  $       6,000.00
2018 Harte Research Institute Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on Cedar Bayou  $       6,000.00
2018 Welder Wildlife Foundation A Conservation Education Guide and Associated Home on The Range Teacher Training & Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT)  $       6,000.00
2018 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       2,800.00
2017 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Patterns of Gene Expression in the Northern Bobwhite  $       7,500.00
2017 UTMSI Cooperative Monitoring of Important Spawning Grounds for Sciaenid Fishes in the Coastal Bend  $       7,500.00
2017 Welder Wildlife Foundation A Conservation Education Guide and Associated Home on The Range Teacher Training & Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT)  $       5,000.00
2017 Texas Brigades South Texas Buckskin Brigade (STBUB), South Texas Bobwhite Brigade (STBOB), & Coastal Brigade  $       5,000.00
2017 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,000.00
2017 Wildlife in Focus Kritters for Kids – The Next Generation  $       5,000.00
2016 Wildlife in Focus Kritters for Kids – The Next Generation  $     10,000.00
2016 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Freshwater inflow needs for conserving Texas oyster reefs  $       8,500.00
2016 Welder Wildlife Foundation A Conservation Education Guide and Associated Home on The Range Teacher Training & Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT)  $       7,500.00
2016 Texas Brigades South Texas Buckskin Brigade (STBUB) & South Texas Bobwhite Brigade (STBOB)  $       7,500.00
2016 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Quail Habitat Restoration on the Hixon Ranch  $       6,000.00
2016 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,500.00
2016 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Factors influencing the spatial distribution and increase of tanglehead on South Texas rangelands  $       5,000.00
2015 Harte Research Institute The impact of Cedar Bayou on sportfish; electronically tracking Spotted Seatrout in a recently opened tidal inlet  $     10,000.00
2015 Wildlife in Focus Kritters for Kids – The Next Generation  $     10,000.00
2015 Welder Wildlife Foundation A Conservation Education Guide and Associated Home on The Range Teacher Training & Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT)  $       7,500.00
2015 Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Red Snapper Reporting Program  $       7,000.00
2015 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,500.00
2015 Texas Brigades South Texas Buckskin Brigade (STBUB) & South Texas Bobwhite Brigade (STBOB)  $       5,000.00
2015 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Educational outreach informing landowners and restoration practitioners of the best practices for restoring lands affected by oil and gas activities  $       5,000.00
2014 Texas Brigades South Texas Buckskin Brigade & South Texas Bobwhite Brigade  $     10,000.00
2014 TAMU-CC Why Are Black Drum Starving in Baffin Bay  $     10,000.00
2014 Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Southern Flounder Propagation Project  $     10,000.00
2014 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       7,500.00
2014 Welder Wildlife Foundation Conservation Across Boundaries – Texas & Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow  $       7,500.00
2014 Wildlife in Focus Kritters 4 Kids Environmental Science Program  $       3,731.00
2013 CB Wildlife Habitat Kritters 4 Kids Environmental Science Program  $     10,000.00
2013 Welder Wildlife Foundation Welder Wildlife Foundation Conservation and Hunting Heritage Programs  $       7,500.00
2013 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       7,500.00
2013 TAMU-CC Information for conserving essential fish habitat in Texas  $       7,500.00
2013 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Research and development of management practices for restoring native vegetation to hunting areas affected by oil and gas production activities  $       7,000.00
2013 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Effects of invasive grasses on ecosystem processes on the South Texas Sand Sheet  $       5,000.00
2013 UTMSI Mechanisms of salinity tolerance in the estuarine-dependent red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus  $       5,000.00
2012 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,500.00
2012 Welder Wildlife Foundation Soil Modification as a Restoration Tool  $       5,000.00
2012 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Burning on Invasive Grasses  $       4,997.00
2012 CB Wildlife Habitat Kritters for Kids – Kritter Kamp  $       5,000.00
2012 UTMSI Tracking Atlantic Tarpon Migrations  $       5,000.00
2012 TAMU-CC Improving Southern Flounder Fisheries  $       4,000.00
2012 TAMU-CC Freshwater Cyanobacteria Toxins  $       4,000.00
2012 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Quail Habitat Use  $       4,500.00
2011 Harte Research Institute Dolphin-fish in the Gulf of Mexico Research  $     10,000.00
2011 CB Wildlife Habitat Kritters for Kids  $       8,550.00
2011 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       7,500.00
2011 Welder Wildlife Foundation Conservation Across Boundaries  $       5,000.00
2011 Welder Wildlife Foundation Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow  $       5,000.00
2011 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Native Seed Collection  $       5,000.00
2010 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Effects of Tanglehead on Grassland Birds  $       7,500.00
2010 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute South Texas Natives Project  $       7,500.00
2010 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       7,500.00
2010 CB Wildlife Habitat Kritters for Kids – Kritter Kamp  $       6,900.00
2010 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Patch Burning and Grazing to Control Exotic Grasses  $       5,500.00
2010 Camp Aranzazu Wetlands Species Research Program  $       5,000.00
2010 Welder Wildlife Foundation Conservation Across Boundaries  $       5,000.00
2010 TAMU-CC Large Fish Predators Help Maintain Oyster Reef Habitats  $       5,000.00
2009 Welder Wildlife Foundation Grasses of South Texas  $       5,000.00
2009 Harte Research Institute Spotted Sea Trout Habitat Program  $     10,000.00
2009 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       7,500.00
2009 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Ocelot Recovery Project  $       7,500.00
2009 Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Mentored Hunting Workshop Series  $       5,000.00
2009 UTMSI Snook Spawning Project  $       6,000.00
2009 The Boone & Crockett Club Conservation Across Boundaries  $     10,000.00
2008 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation & Texas Parks & Wildlife Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       7,500.00
2008 TAMU-K Whitewing Dove Research  $       5,000.00
2008 CB Wildlife Habitat Wildlife Flash Cards Production  $       6,000.00
2008 Images for Conservation Book Two: Coastal Bend of Texas  $       5,000.00
2008 Camp Aranzazu Wildlife Observation Education Conservation Program  $     10,000.00
2007 Camp Aranzazu Wildlife Observation Education Conservation Program  $     15,000.00
2007 UTMSI Wetlands Education Center  $       5,000.00
2007 CBBF Earth Day – Bay Day  $       5,000.00
2007 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Quail Food Study  $       5,000.00
2007 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,000.00
2007 TAMU-CC Texas Sea Shells Book  $       3,000.00
2007 TAMU – Dept. Of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences It’s a Long Way Home from Llano Book  $       5,000.00
2006 Andy Sansom Scholarship Foundation Andy Sansom Scholarship  $       5,000.00
2006 Texas Ag-Experiment Station Monitoring Status of High Fences in Texas  $     10,000.00
2006 Welder Wildlife Foundation Campaign tools and museum virtual walk-through  $       5,000.00
2006 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,000.00
2006 CBBEP Nueces Delta Preserve: Mud Between Toes Initiative  $       5,000.00
2006 The Nature Conservancy of Texas Seagrass Conservation and Protection Project  $       5,000.00
2005 Welder Wildlife Foundation Don Bowman Bird Museum  $     11,500.00
2005 CB Wildlife Habitat Kritters for Kids  $       8,500.00
2005 Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Texas Youth Hunting Program  $       5,000.00
2004 TAMU- Dept. Of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico  $     10,000.00
2004 TAMU- Dept. Of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Research Hispanic Knowledge of State Resources  $     10,000.00
2004 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Research Age and Productivity of Bobwhite Quail  $     10,000.00
2003 Texas Nature Conservancy Coastal Prairie Conservation Initiative at Refugio Prairie  $     25,000.00
2003 TAMU- Dept. Of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Texas Northern Rolling Plains Quail Restoration  $     25,000.00
2002 Boone & Crockett Club/ WWF Conservation Across Boundaries  $     25,000.00
2002 Dr. Andre Landry Tarpon Research  $     12,500.00
2002 Dr. Dale Rollins Research on Bobwhite Quail  $     12,500.00
2001 Dr. Andre Landry Tarpon Research  $     30,000.00
2000 Boone & Crockett Club/ WWF Conservation Across Boundaries  $     30,000.00
1999 UTMSI Marine Finfish Resource of the Coastal Bend  $     25,000.00
1998 Texas Parks & Wildlife Bay Shrimper License Buyback Program  $     25,000.00
    Total  $1,208,120.00

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