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The groups on this fight

4 groups work Texas

By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Big Bend Conservancy

  Works Texas: they work only in Texas.

• Friends of Balcones Canyonlands NWR

  Works Texas: they work only in Texas.

• National Parks Conservation Association

  Works Texas: plaintiff in the challenge to the blanket Gulf oil and gas endangered species exemption, naming Padre Island among the threatened parks.

• National Wildlife Federation

  Works Texas: co-plaintiff in the God Squad suit over Gulf drilling impacts on Kemp's ridley sea turtles.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has applied for a federal permit to accidentally catch and release ESA-listed sea turtles during routine gill net surveys in Texas bays and estuaries. The incidental take permit would legally cover unintentional sea turtle interactions that occur while TPWD conducts fisheries monitoring, which is otherwise a lawful activity. NMFS is accepting public comments on the application and the accompanying Conservation Plan before making a decision.

Notice is hereby given that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has applied for an incidental take permit (ITP) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The permit application is for the incidental take of ESA-listed sea turtles associated with otherwise lawful fishery-independent gill net surveys within Texas bays and estuaries. NMFS is publishing this notice to allow other agencies and the public an opportunity to review and comment on the application and Conservation Plan. All comments received will become part of the public record and will be available for review.

Federal Register 2026-05183 ↗

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