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Powderhorn, Forevermore

Words By - Tyler Sharp
Presented By - Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation

In my home state of Texas, there are few who have done more to fund conservation and the protection of wildlife, habitat and natural resources than the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF). As the official nonprofit partner of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD, or “the Department”) — the state agency that conserves land and water resources and provides outdoor recreation opportunities — the Foundation has raised over $190 million in private funds since 1991 to support the Department and other conservation partners.

These dollars have been applied to a myriad of projects across the state, and TPWF’s commitment to fundraising has created collaborative partnerships that have produced some of the most successful and diverse wildlife and habitat management programs in the United States. It is a true conservation story with many chapters.

Less than 3% of Texas is accessible to the public. In partnership with the Department, TPWF seeks to improve that number by increasing access to wild places, and provide more hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities in Texas. One of the most exemplary projects to date is the Powderhorn Ranch, situated about 110 miles southwest of Houston on the coast. In the past few years, TPWF has raised nearly $50 million to acquire, restore and help manage this 17,351-acre piece of land — one of the last contiguous pieces of native coastal prairie left in Texas. Collaborating with the Department, a large landscape-scale management and infrastructure development plan was created, and in October 2018, 16,000 of those acres were endowed to the state as a publicly accessible wildlife management area.

Colonel Grahame Jones, the Director of Law Enforcement who oversees the 550 game wardens serving in the state of Texas

Unique to the region, Powderhorn Ranch represents one of the most critically threatened habitats in the

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Tyler Sharp
Tyler Sharp

About the Author

Tyler Sharp
- Founder | CEO | Editor in Chief

Tyler Sharp is a photographer, writer and director who has sojourned extensively on assignment, and slept under the stars in some of the most remote regions of the world. Throughout a diverse freelance career, he worked with a wide range of heritage outdoor brands and magazines, producing everything from narrative films to editorial work, TV shows, photo essays to all-encompassing creative campaigns. This work led Tyler to found Modern Huntsman, a multi-faceted media company and creative studio focused on telling inspiring and engaging stories around hunting, fishing, conservation, naturalism and the responsible use of wild resources.

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