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Contact Information
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wildlife Division
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Program
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, TX 78744
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Program:
Planning Tools and Best Management Practices (BMPs)
The WHAB Program recommends the implementation of Best Management Practices to minimize adverse impacts to wildlife resources. The following resources are provided for your reference in the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of your project.
- 2009 TPWD Recommendations for Electrical Transmission PDF
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Guidance Documents for Communications Tower webpage
- TPWD Suggested Guidelines for Preparation of Environmental Assessment Documents PDF
- Best Management Practices for the Conservation of Texas Watersheds Website
- TPWD Clean/Drain/Dry Procedures and Zebra Mussel Decontamination Procedures for Contractors Working in Inland Public Waters PDF
Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species
- Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan | PDF
- US Fish and Wildlife Service Critical Habitat Mapper and Karst Zone Mapper
- US Fish and Wildlife Service Information, Planning, and Conservation System webpage
- TPWD County Lists of Protected Species and Species of Greatest Conservation Need FAQs PDF
- TPWD Protection of State-listed Species PDF
- TPWD Texas Tortoise Best Management Practices PDF
Vegetation Clearing and Revegetation
- TPWD Guidelines for Construction and Clearing within Riparian Areas PDF
- TPWD Guidelines for Revegetation of Disturbed Landscapes PDF
Bat Conservation
- USFWS White-nose Syndrome Decontamination Protocols webpage
- Executive Order for White-nose Syndrome PDF
- White-nose syndrome in North American bats - U.S. Geological Survey updates webpage
- A Conservation Strategy for Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat and Southeastern Myotis PDF
- Bats & Wind Energy PDF
Wind Power Development
Pollinators, Including Monarch Butterflies
- Literature Review: Pollinator Habitat Enhancement and Best Management Practices in Highway Rights-of-Way PDF
- Monarch Habitat Development on Utility Rights of Way PDF
- Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Roadsides webpage
- North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Right-of-Way Brochure PDF