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Comment: No independent source listed in the draft discusses the organization directly; just the projects that this organization did Carpimaps talk to me! 11:57, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Reads like a brochure. – robertsky (talk) 16:41, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
The Conservation History Association of Texas is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1999.[1] The organization is based in Austin, Texas. It develops, distributes and archives oral histories, maps, essays, and illustrations related to Texas environmental history.[2] The Conservation History Association of Texas is a member organization of the Texas Conservation Alliance.[3]
Programs edit
The organization sponsors four programs:
- Texas Legacy Project[4] - began in February 1997 under the fiscal umbrella of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, and continued after the Conservation History Association of Texas was approved as a stand-alone by the IRS in February 1999. It is an online collection of more than 250 oral history interviews[5] with Texas conservation leaders and a book The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage and Conservation.[6] The videos are included in the Archives and Manuscript Collection at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. This collection is public and open for research and citation.[7]
- Texas Landscape Project - began in May 2011 and is a multi-media effort to map and track environmental events and conservation efforts in the state of Texas.[8] The companion book The Texas Landscape Project [9] was co-authored by David Todd [10] and Jonathan Ogren.[11]
- Texas Fauna Project - began in July 2019 and is an illustrated exploration of the history and future of humans' relationship with animals and the natural world based on a literature review and a set of more than 140 audio oral history interviews.[12]
- Texas Notebook Project - began in October 2017 and is a collection of drawings of the state’s mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and plants.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Charity Navigator - Rating for Conservation History Association of Texas". www.charitynavigator.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "Conservation History Association of Texas". Texan by Nature. August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ "Member Organizations". Texas Conservation Alliance. March 27, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ "Texas Reader: Texas Legacy Project|September 2011| TPW magazine". tpwmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Texas Oral History Association, Resources and Newsletter Archive". Baylor University. 31 March 2022.
- ^ "The Texas Legacy Project". Texas A&M University Press. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "Conservations History Association". Texas Archival Resources Online. March 27, 2023.
- ^ White, Andrea (2016-03-26). "Texas stories, told through maps". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "The Texas Landscape Project". Texas A&M University Press. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ Conway, Madeline (2016-07-27). "The Q&A: David Todd". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Q&A: Authors of a new atlas – The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People". Texas Climate News. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ a b "Conserving Earth: July 20, 2022 - the History of Conservation". Red River Radio. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
External links edit
- Official website
- Mapping Texas' Fraught Environmental History Texas Observer
- Texas Matters: An Atlas of Ecological Hotspots Audio file on Texas Public Radio
- The Environmental State of Texas Audio file on KERA (FM) Think program
- The Forgotten History of Environmental Protection in Texas Audio file on Texas Standard
- The Prettiest Texas Environmental Atlas You Might Ever See Houston Press
- Useful Wild Plants The Interview Project: David Todd Video file on usefulwildplants.org