List of Conservation and Environmental Organizations

Federal

Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
10711 Burnet Road, Suite 201, Austin, TX 78732; 512-339-9432; http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/tx_balco.htm

Caddo and Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands
U. S. Forest Service, P.O. Box 507, 1400 N. US 81/287, Decatur, TX 76234; 940-627-5475 or Caddo Work Center (Field Office) U.S. Forest Service, Rt. 2 Honey Grove, TX 75446; 903-378-2103

Pat Mayse State Wildlife Management Area
Pat Mayse Project Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 129, Powderly, TX 75473; 903-732-3020

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Environmental Division)
P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor St., Ft. Worth, TX 76102-0300; 817-978-2201;
http://www.swf.usace.army.mil

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 6-EN-XP)
1445 Ross Ave., Dallas TX 75202-2733, 214-665-2258;
http://www.epa.gov; http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/index.htm

EPA Office of Planning and Coordination
Contact: Robert D. Lawrence, Chief, EPA Region 6-EN-XP, 214-665-2258;
http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6en/xp/enxp1.htm

EPA Ecosystems Protection Branch
Contact: Richard Hoppers, Chief, EPA Region 6-WQ-E, 214-665-7135

EPA Marine and Wetlands Section
Contact: Becky Weber, Chief 214-665-6680 or Richard Prather, Wetlands Coordinator 214-665-8830 or Norm Sears, Texas State Lead 214-665-8336

EPA Watershed Management Section
Sharon Parrish, Chief, 214-665-7145

State

Texas Agricultural Extension Service Stephenville Research and Extension Center
Route 2, Box 1, Stephenville, TX 76401; 254-968-4144;
http://stephenville.tamu.edu

Texas Agricultural Extension Service Dallas Research and Extension Center
17360 Coit Road, Dallas, TX 75252; 972-231-5362

Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
4200 Smith School Rd., Austin, TX 78744, 1-800-792-1112 - General Information Line;
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us

List of Texas State Parks
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/

Bonham State Park (Fannin Co.)
RR 1 Box 337, Bonham, TX 75418 903-583-5022

Cedar Hill State Park (Dallas Co.)
P.O. Box 2649, Cedar Hill, TX 75104 972-291-3900

Cleburne State Park (Johnson Co.)
5800 Park Road 21, Cleburne, TX 76031 817-645-4215

Cooper Lake State Park (Delta and Hopkins Co.)
Rt 1 Box 231-A15, Cooper, TX 75432 903-395-3100

Dinosaur Valley State Park (Somervell Co.)
P.O. Box 396, Glen Rose, TX 76043 254-897-4588

Eisenhower State Park (Grayson Co.)
RR 2 Box 50K, Denison TX 75020 903-465-1956;
espc@texoma.net

Lake Brownwood State Park (Brown Co.)
RR 5, Box 160, Lake Brownwood, TX 76801 915-784-5223

Lake Mineral Wells Park (Parker Co.)
RR 4 Box 39 C, Mineral Wells, TX 76067 940-328-1171

Lake Whitney State Park (Hill Co.)
Box 1175, Whitney, TX 76692 254-694-3793

Meridian State Park (Bosque Co.)
Rt. 2, Box 2465, Meridian. TX 76665 254-435-2536

Mother Neff State Park (Coryell Co.)
1680 Texas 236 Hwy, Moody, TX 76557-3317 254-853-2389

Possum Kingdom State Park (Palo Pinto Co.)
P.O. Box 70, Caddo TX 76429 940-549-1803

Ray Roberts Lake State Park (Cooke and Denton Co.)
100 PW 4137, Pilot Point TX 76258-8944 940-686-2148

Granger Wildlife Management Area (Williamson Co.)
Rt. 2, Box 501, Burnet, TX 78611 512-859-2668 or 512-756-2945

Public

Dallas Nature Center
7171 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75249; 972-296-1955; Fax 972-296-0072

Dallas County Park and Open Space Program
411 Elm Street, 3rd Floor, TX 75202-3301; 214-653-6653; Fax 214-653-651

Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
9601 Fossil Ridge Road, Fort Worth, TX 76135; 817-237-1111; Fax 817-237-1168

Harry S. Moss Park (City of Dallas)
Contact: Ruth Andersson May; 214-361-7772

Parkhill Prairie Preserve, Collin County Parks and Open Space Program
7117 County Road 166, McKinney, TX 75070-7317; 972-548-4141

River Legacy Living Science Center
P.O. Box 150392, Arlington, TX 76015; 817-860-6752; Fax 817-860-1595;
rlegacy@startext.net; http://www.riverlegacy.com

Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park
3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dallas, TX 75210; 214-428-7476; fax 214-428-5338
http://texasdiscoverygardens.org/

Private

Austin College Center for Environmental Studies
900 North Grand Avenue, Sherman, TX 75090; 903-817-2000 general number; 903-817-2342 Science Area Secretary;
http://www.austincollege.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/center-for-environmental-studies/

Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76107-3400; 817-332-4441; Fax 817-332-4112;
info@brit.org; http://www.brit.org

Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary
One Nature Place, McKinney, TX 75069-8840; 972-562-5566;
heardmuseum@texoma.net; http://www.heardmuseum.org

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 Lacrosse Ave., Austin, TX 78739; 512-292-4200;
wildflower@wildflower.org; http://www.wildflower.org

Local NPSOT Chapter Contacts in North Central Texas

Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), State Office
Coordinator: Dana Tucker, P.O. Box 891, Georgetown, TX 78627; 512-238-0695; Fax 512-238-0703;
dtucker@io.com

Belton (Tonkawa)
Marie Kline, 134 Woodland Trail, Belton, TX 76513, 817-780-1715

Collin County
Betsy Farris, 4205 Tynes Drive, Garland, TX 75042, 972-494-2241

Dallas
Hannah Larson, 1020 N. Cedar Hill Rd., Cedar Hill, TX 75104, 972-291-7545

Denton
Lou Kraft, 1933 Laurelwood, Denton, TX 76201, 817-387-7725

North Central Texas
Jim Leavy, 4115 Bellaire Dr. S., Fort Worth, TX 76109, 817-923-4189

Waco
Bob Chapman, 441 Lindenwood W., Hewitt, TX 76643, 817-666-7046

Native Prairies Association of Texas
Contact: S. Lee Stone, 3503 Lafayette Avenue, Austin, TX 78722-1807; 512-327-5437; Fax 512-476-1663;
leeprairie@aol.com

The Nature Conservancy of Texas, State Office
P.O. Box 1440, San Antonio, Texas 78295-1440; 210-224-8774;
txfo@tnc.org; http://www.tnc.org

The Nature Conservancy of Texas, North Texas/Blackland Prairies Regional Office
Contact: James Eidson, Clymer Meadow Preserve, County Road 1140, Celeste, TX 75423; 903-568-4139

Texas Committee on Natural Resources
5952 Royal Lane, Suite 168, Dallas, TX 75230; 214-368-1791; Fax 214-265-1260;
tconr@mindspring.com

Thompson Foundation
2801 Turtle Creek 2W, Dallas, TX 75219; 214-522-6142;
blair1189@aol.com