Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Public Hearing

Aug. 1998 Commission Meeting

Donations of $500.00 or More
Not Previously Approved by the Commission

Item No. Name of Donor Description Purpose of Donation
1 Chevrolet Motor Division and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Bison Herd and Aquarena Springs
2 Samedan Oil Corporation Cash, 4-pile jacket Structure to reef and cash to reef fund
3 Chevrolet Motor Division Cash, vehicle Sponsorship of 75th Anniversary, Great Texas Birding Classic
4 Southwest Parks and Monuments Assn. Grant Improve gift shop service, revenue
5 Friends of Monahans Sandhills SP Cash Renovation of Visitors Center
6 Admiral Nimitz Foundation 1996 Buick Transportation needs of Nimitz museum
7 Conoco Inc. Used oilfield pipe Bison project facilities
8 Aluminum Company of America Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
9 Shikar—Safari International 2 all-terrain vehicles Use in game and fish law enforcement
10 Friends of Fairfield Lake SP All-terrain vehicle Trail development, maintenance at park
11 Phillips Petroleum Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
12 Highland Industries 237 Orange Vests Incentive Awards for Instructors
13 Transenergy, Inc. Cement, bags, cash Bison project facilities
14 Central & Southwest Services Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
15 P&WFT (Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center) Cash Trout display at TFFC
16 State Park Chevron Cash Continuance of the trout program
17 Marina Association of Texas Cash Purchase radio advertising
18 Houston Safari Club Cash Hunter Ed Instructor Awards Program
19 American Petroleum Institute, Houston Cash Youth shooting program
20 Emily Prytherch Land Boca Chica SP and WMA
21 Hynes Services Roofing materials Salvage roof on maintenance building
22 North Carolina State University Cash Support marine fish stocking program
23 South Padre Island CVB Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
24 Harlingen Chamber of Commerce Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
25 Mission Chamber of Commerce Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
26 Rex Stanley Cash Memorial gift to Sea Center Texas
27 H. Yturria Land & Cattle Company Cash Lone Star Land Stewards award ceremony
28 Kenneth Sutton Cash Lone Star Land Stewards award ceremony
29 Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Cash Great Texas Birding Classic
30 First American Bank Cash Youth Sporting Clays
    TOTAL $678,541

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