RECREATIONAL LANDOWNERS, 3: Landowners -- get to 
know your neighbors and then work together for 
wildlife ... we'll explain on Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas ... from Texas Parks and Wildlife and 
the Wildlife Restoration Program ... 

As more people move from the country to the city, large 
tracts of farm and ranch land are being divided into 
smaller parcels to accommodate urban dwellers' desire 
for rural retreats. 

More and more of our land is being fragmented and broken up. And 
so, small acreage land holdings are more common, especially in the 
eastern half of the state. You know, we're talking fifty acres to two 
hundred acres. :12

Linda Campbell directs the private lands program at 
Texas Parks and Wildlife. Because habitat fragmentation 
negatively impacts wildlife, neighboring landowners are 
encouraged to work together to lessen the problem.

We encourage landowners to join with their neighbors in what are 
called landowner cooperatives, or wildlife management associations. 
They're becoming much more common, and landowners working 
together can get a lot more done for wildlife; they impact more habitat 
when they work together. And they can accomplish common goals. 
And, so, we very much encourage and work with groups of landowners 
to develop these landowner driven cooperatives. :25

Visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife web site for complete 
details on how landowner cooperatives can receive free, 
confidential technical assistance.

Our show's supported by the Wildlife Restoration 
Program ... providing funding for the Private Lands and 
Habitat Enhancement Program. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 






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