Texas Conservation History Projects
Together, these four programs make up the core work done by the Conservation History Association of Texas since its organization in 1998.
Texas Legacy Project
The Texas Legacy Project is a collection of over 250 video oral histories recorded with farmers and ranchers, politicians and lawyers, scientists and engineers, journalists and teachers, and others dedicated to conservation in the state. It exists online but also as a book, The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage and Conservation (Texas A&M University Press, 2010).
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Texas Landscape Project
The Texas Landscape Project is a compilation of more than 300 maps and other figures describing the ecoregions, watersheds, aquifers, and settlements that are the site of many years of environmental controversies and protection efforts in Texas. The archive can be found online, but also as a print atlas, The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People (Texas A&M University Press, 2016).
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Texas Fauna Project
The Texas Fauna Project is an account of wildlife conservation history told through 180-plus audio oral history interviews with scientists, veterinarians, zookeepers, and advocates about the struggles to understand, protect and restore mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and other creatures found in the state. The archive is the basis of an illustrated book due out from Texas A&M University Press soon.
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Texas Notebook Project
The Texas Notebook Project contains a set of over 300 drawings and paintings of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, crustaceans, corals, molluscs, insects and viruses found in the state. These creatures include animals that we see as wildlife, livestock, pets, feral beasts and pests. Some are common, and some are rare. They all are part of the web of life with which we share the planet.
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