In South Texas, RGJV leads the Grassland Restoration Incentive Program (GRIP), a multi-organization partnership aimed at conserving grassland birds in priority areas. The GRIP promotes land management practices that maintain or restore suitable grass-dominated habitat for wildlife by providing funding in the form of direct payment to landowners as an incentive for conducting approved grassland enhancement on their property.
Priority counties for grassland restoration efforts are Brooks, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, LaSalle, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Zapata, and roughly the western half of Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, and Willacy Counties. Landowners whose properties fall within these counties are encouraged to discuss their grazing and grassland-dependent wildlife habitat management objectives with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Natural Resources Conservation Service, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists who can then provide guidance about submitting a proposal to GRIP. For more information, please see our GRIP fact sheet, or contact Jesús Franco at jfranco@abcbirds.org.
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