Enhancing Riparian Habitats for Thriving Rural Landscapes for People and Wildlife in Texas
In addition to agricultural benefits, Texas farmland also provides essential habitat for wildlife. This report describes a pilot study to identify threatened farm and ranchlands where habitat restoration along riparian habitats, streams, and rivers can have broadscale and positive agroecosystem impacts in Texas.
AFT joined with Texas A&M University’s Natural Resources Institute, the Texas Agricultural Land Trust, and Conservation Science Partners to undertake a geospatial analysis of the Guadalupe River Basin in central Texas, where high development pressure threatens both agricultural production and wildlife habitat. The analysis combines land cover and land use data, important conservation attributes of working farms and ranches, future development threats, and wildlife movement data to identify priority areas for coalition building, farmland protection, and riparian habitat restoration. The full report can be accessed at the link below.
