Small Game Program - Texas Parks and Wildlife

08/12/2026

Funding opportunity!

🌾 Funding is now available for grassland restoration projects in the Texas Panhandle!

The 2027 Texas Panhandle Grassland Restoration Incentive Program is now accepting proposals from eligible landowners looking to improve rangeland health, wildlife habitat, and livestock sustainability.

Funding is available for practices including:
🔥 Prescribed Fire
🌿 Brush Management
🌱 Range Planting
🦋 Pollinator Habitat

By restoring native grasslands, you’re investing in healthier working lands while supporting species like the Northern Bobwhite, Lesser Prairie-Chicken, grassland birds, and Monarch butterflies.

✅ 25-acre minimum
💰 Over $250,000 in funding available
📅 Application deadline: September 30, 2026

If you’re interested or have questions, reach out to your local Quail Forever Biologist or your local TPWD, NRCS, or USFWS office to learn more.

08/07/2026

Curious about grasslands? And how much we've lost? Our friends at America's Grasslands Coalition created some great maps to help us visualize the change. While the past may be written, we're working with our many partners to reverse this trend and make Texas a better, more sustainable place for future generations!

For more info: https://grasslanders.org/

08/06/2026

The Small Game Program recently got together for a few days along the Frio River to enjoy some Hill County views and the warm hospitality of our friends at Kerr & Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Areas - Texas Parks and Wildlife! Few things better than spending time outdoors together in our beautiful state!

06/23/2026

Don't sleep on our grasslands!

06/22/2026

06/05/2026

Shared from our friends at the Central Grasslands Roadmap Initiative , the need to communicate the value of rural lands and the incredible ecosystems they support has bever been more pressing!

"Grassland are the lungs of our nation."

"Agriculture is the lifeblood of economies and communities, our food system and our ecological security, and it is facing a succession emergency."

"...our herd, our home, and our history."

"Whoever you are and whatever you do, there is a space for you in agriculture."

The grasslands are graying. The average American rancher is 59 year...

06/02/2026

Turkeys in the Great Plains. Check out these remarks from Jason Hardin, wild turkey program leader, with TPWD. Glad to call him one of our own!

04/30/2026

East Texas spring turkey hunting in full swing!

04/27/2026

Habitat funding opportunity for Texas landowners! Deadline is June 1st!

04/23/2026

How's it going out there? Check out this monster from Missouri!

And don't be shy, send us pictures of your birds! Or people, or your kids with birds would be acceptable too 😂

A member of the Kirksville Ridge Runners Chapter harvested a bird with a spur that measured in over 2 inches! Congratulations Cole!