Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

May 24, 2018, Commission Meeting

Donations

Donations of $500 or more for May 24, 2018 not Previously Acknowledged by the Commission
Donor Description Detail & Purpose of Donation *Amount
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash Funds to be used for conservation, delivery of the river access and conservation area programs for Devils River. $55,000.00
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Other Goods Kayaking equipment for the use at Lake Corpus Christi State Park. Items: 6 Ocean Kayak Frenzy Kayaks, 8 Perception Pescador 13T Tandem Kayaks, 30 Oso Bay Blaze Kayak paddles, 25 Universal Life Jackets, 10 Child Life Jackets, and 15 Youth Life Jackets $8,738.00
Ed Pierson Cash To support operations at the Battleship Texas $500.00
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Cash Support for the Great Texas Birding Classic $2,095.96
Wild Sheep Foundation Cash Donation specifically for desert bighorn sheep restoration, management and research $130,500.00
Friends of Texas Becoming an Outdoors Woman Other Goods 30 boxes of 12 gauge 7.5 shotshells, 20 boxes 20 gauge 2.75 10Z#8 shotshells, 20 boxes of 20 gauge 7.5 orange shotshells and 10 cartons of orange clay targets to support the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. $524.30
Texas Master Naturalist-Sabine Neches Chapter Other Goods One Yak Port-(kayak launch with accessories) Items included are a tan Yakport, fixed dock kit, two short grab bars and an overhead assist bar for paddling trails at Sea Rim State Park. $1,377.70
National Wild Turkey Federation Inc. Cash To support habitat projects on Texas Wildlife Management Areas $31,750.00
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Other Goods 22 bags of Moore TX Wild Bird seeds and 15 bags of Moore Black Oil Sunflower Bird Seed for the bird feeding program at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park $745.25
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Cash Support operations at Guadalupe River State Park $5,316.86
Austin Montessori School Cash Support operations at Seminole Canyon State Park $500.00
Pam Guelker Other Goods One LG Air Conditioner Window Unit, one River Grille Cowboy 31 inch Charcoal Grill and Fire Pit and one Maytag Bravo MCT washing machine. $1,216.95
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation In-Kind Services Donated construction service for a remote water feature at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park $12,000.00
Sammy Hicks In-Kind Services Mr. Hicks provided assistance in planning future building construction, which he is skilled, tearing down, clearing, and replacing .52 miles of boundary fence on White Oak Creek Wildlife Management Area $541.68
The Trust for Public Land Capital Property Land donation, 154.34 acres at Follets Island $970,000.00
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Cash To conduct prescribed fire on at least 3,000 acres of Whooping Crane wintering grounds at Powderhorn Ranch. $30,000.00
William & Terilyn Pinkley Cash To support the Artificial Reef Program for Big Man's and Kate's Nearshore Reefs development $100,000.00
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Cash STORM team training-Digital Police Photography $5,000.00
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Controlled Item One Top Hat landscaping trailer-Model # 16LSHD to transport kayaks at Lake Corpus Christi State Park $3,995.50
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Other Goods Incentive five hundred t-shirts printed for the Passport Program to visit parks, at Devils River Natural Area $3,000.00
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Controlled Item One landscape trailer, CAND-VIN #5VNBL1215HT188076 for the use at McKinney Falls State Park $2,146.00
National Wild Turkey Federation Inc. Cash Reimbursement of District 5 and 6 employee fuel expense from December 2017 to March 2018 for movement of Eastern Turkey into Texas $1,009.55
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Other Goods Two Bass Pro Shops sponsored shopping sprees for the ShareLunker Program 10,000.00
    Total $1,376,057.75

*Estimated value used for goods and services