DU Involvement in Texas and the Coastal Bend
Texas is part of the Central Flyway and provides important winter habitat for waterfowl that are produced in the U.S. and Canadian prairies. Texas is unique in that it winters 90 percent of duck populations and 75 percent of snow goose populations found in the Central Flyway. Rice fields, prairie wetlands and associated coastal marshes provide important habitat for hundreds of thousands of white-fronted geese, several species of diving ducks, mottled ducks and other species of puddle ducks. Notably, Corpus Christi is home to approximately 80% of the wintering Redhead duck population.
DU has worked to conserve more than 228,000 acres of waterfowl habitat throughout Texas since 1985. Our goal is to conserve habitat to secure the future of waterfowl throughout Texas and North America. Your support of DU will help us achieve that goal.
Ongoing and Recently Completed Projects
Texas Coastal Restoration of Coastline and Hydrology
Texas Refuge Habitat Enhanced to Protect Gulf Coast
New Breakwaters Will Conserve Texas Coastal Marshes
Historic Partnership Formed to Protect the Guadalupe River System
Texas: Prairie Wetlands Project
DU Texas conservation efforts welcome southbound waterfowl
San Bernard NWR Marsh Restoration