Friends Group · Terlingua, TX
Big Bend Conservancy
A nonprofit partner of Big Bend National Park.
Fighting for Big Bend
2 staff + 21 volunteers74¢ to the workFounded 1996
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Texas?
4 public places under threat in Texas
4 groups have them in their care
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
4 groups are on the record for Texas, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other 3 are likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying them to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
On the ground
Advocacy · Washington, DC
National Parks Conservation Association
Plaintiff in the challenge to the blanket Gulf oil and gas endangered species exemption, naming Padre Island among the threatened parks
Fighting for Padre Island
217 staff + 900 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1919
Also in the fight
Legal · Charlottesville, VA
Southern Environmental Law Center
Filed the D.C. Circuit challenge to the Gulf-wide exemption for the plaintiff coalition
Fighting for Padre Island·1 live federal case across all their work
267 staff + 43 volunteers83¢ to the workFounded 1986
Advocacy · Reston, VA
National Wildlife Federation
Co-plaintiff in the God Squad suit over Gulf drilling impacts on Kemp’s ridley sea turtles
Fighting for Padre Island·1 live federal case across all their work
505 staff + 4,000 volunteers86¢ to the workFounded 1936
Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight
Friends Group · Tucson, AZ
Western National Parks Association
On the ground in Texas
229 staff + 29 volunteers94¢ to the workFounded 1938
8 more work on Texas
The national muscle
Center for Biological Diversity15 live federal cases across all their workLegalEarthjustice5 live federal cases across all their workLegalSierra Club4 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyDefenders of Wildlife4 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNatural Resources Defense Council3 live federal cases across all their workLegalThe Wilderness Society3 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyFriends of the Earth2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNational Wildlife Refuge Association2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacy
The places
Under threat in Texas
Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.
- Critical threatLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Boca Chica)FWS approves land exchange giving refuge acres to SpaceX
- Threat developingBig Bend National ParkBulldozers begin clearing parkland for border barrier work
- Threat developingNational Forests in Texas (Oil & Gas Leasing)EIS would open 500,000 acres to oil and gas leasing
On watchPadre Island National SeashoreGod Squad exempts Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act
Your move
How to stand for Texas
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Threatened Lands MapTexas has defenders. It needs more.
4 groups on the record, 3 more likely to care, Big Bend Conservancy with 2 staff + 21 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.