Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative
The Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative (TCPI) is a regional initiative of the Coastal Prairie Conservancy, formerly the Katy Prairie Conservancy, and its partners to conserve the highly imperiled coastal prairie ecosystem.
The primary goal of the TCPI is to ally with private landowners to permanently protect several contiguous areas of 5,000 to 20,000 acres (to include working cattle ranches, farmland, and natural areas) in order to sustain the coastal prairie ecosystem, preserve wildlife corridors, and retain wide-open spaces.
TCPI focuses on large contiguous areas in a 13-county area on the Texas mid-coast (Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Matagorda, Victoria, Waller, and Wharton).
WHAT IS THE TEXAS COASTAL PRAIRIE INITIATIVE
25
Partners
working together
15
Species
targeted for protection
$7
Million
for conservation
HOW IT WORKS
Program at a Glance
We work to increase landowner awareness and accessibility to government funds to permanently protect working and natural lands through conservation easements.
We also provide funding to help landowners manage and enhance habitat on privately owned lands for the benefit of the grassland and wetland-dependent species that reside on the coastal prairie, such as the whooping crane, mottled duck, and western chicken turtle.
Conserving an Imperiled Ecosystem
Protection and enhancement of private lands benefits everyone from wildlife to communities to future generations.
Coastal prairies offer opportunities for outdoor recreation, flood protection, water quality improvement, and local agriculture while also providing habitats and refuge for numerous species.
Communities can protect their quality of life by preserving strategic areas to sustain the coastal prairie ecosystem. If these lands are not protected now, the opportunity may soon be lost forever.