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Bill Will Move Conservation Program to TPWD

A bill passed by the Legislature will move the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, where supporters say the program will be better served.

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A longhorn stops at a water source on the 311,000-acre Big Bend State Park Ranch in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has recently sold off about two-thirds of the herd to build a smaller pasture to display the remaining animals.
Credit: Mary Lou Saxon for The Texas Tribune

A bill passed by the Legislature will move the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, where supporters say the program, which is intended to conserve farms and ranches supporting the state's natural resources, will be better served. The program received its first legislative appropriation in the amount of $2 million. (Texas Agricultural Land Trust)

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