Contact Organizations
Non-Governmental Environmental Organizations
Arroyo Colorado Watershed Partnership
Jaime Flores, Coordinator
Email: jjflores@ag.tamu.edu
Phone: (956) 969-5607
Arroyo Colorado Conservancy
Jaime Flores, Executive Director
Email: jjflores@ag.tamu.edu
Phone: (956) 495-5532
Coastal Colorado Conservancy - Texas
Phone: (713) 626-4222
San Antonio Chapter
Jimmy Gibson, President
Phone: (210) 692-2486
John Blaha, Assistant Director
Phone: (800) 626-4222
Coastal Habitat Alliance (CHA)
Dr. Fabio Moretzsohn, GulfBase Scientific Editor for the U.S.A.
Email: Fabio.Moretzsohn@tamucc.edu
Phone: (361) 825-3230
National Headquarters
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
One Waterfowl Way
Memphis, Tennessee, USA 38120
1-800-45-DUCKS or
(901) 758-3825
Southern Regional Office
193 Business Park Dr., Suite E
Ridgeland, MS 39157-6026
Phone: (601) 956-1936
Friends of the South Texas National Wildlife Refuges
Friends of the Wildlife Corridor
The Friends organization supports the Santa Ana and the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuges.
Email: info@friendsofthewildlifecorridor.org
CorridorFriends@hotmail.com
Phone: (956) 784-7500
VM: (956) 784-7502
Friends of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
This organization supports the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.
Email: friendsoflagunaatascosa@gmail.com
Phone: (956) 748-3607, ext. 112
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
This is the official U.S. Fish & Wildlife website for the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.
Email the Refuge: Christine_Donald@fws.gov
Phone: (956) 784-7500
Fax: (956) 787-8338
Regional contact Info:
Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, Regional Director
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
This is the official U.S. Fish & Wildlife website for the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
Phone: (956) 784-7500
Fax: (956) 787-8338
Email: Bryan Winton, Refuge Manager
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
This is the official U.S. Fish & Wildlife website for the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.
Phone: (956) 748-3607, OR 3608, extension 111
Fax: (956) 748-3609
Frontera Audubon
Office: (956) 968-3275
Fax: (956) 968-1388
fronteraaudubon@gmail.com
Gulf Restoration Network
Louisiana (Main Office)
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2245
New Orleans, LA 70176
Physical Address:
541 Julia St, Suite 300
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 525-1528
Fax: (504) 525-0833
Lower Laguna Madre Foundation
Phone (956) 245-7880
Email: contact@lowerlagunamadrefoundation.com
Native Plant Society of Texas
Phone: (830) 997-9272
Fax (toll-free): (866) 527-4918
State Coordinator
Pam Middleton
Email: state@npsot.org
San Antonio Chapter
Joan Miller
Email: millersmyle@earthlink.net
Phone: (210) 732-7138
Rio Bravo Wildlife Institute
Email: info@rbwi.org
RGV Sustainability Council
Hilario Diaz
(956) 466-8111
Texas Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
Phone: (703) 841-5300
Texas Chapter of the Sierra Club
Email: lonestar.chapter@sierraclub.org
Phone: (512) 477-1729
Scheleen Walker, Chapter Director
Email: scheleen.walker@sierraclub.org
Phone: (512) 605-6380
Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society
David Hewitt, President
Email: david.hewitt@tamuk.edu
Phone: (361) 593-3963
Doug Slack,Executive Director
Email: dslack.tctws@gmail.com
Phone: (979) 324 3266
Texas Land Conservancy
Phone: (512) 301-6363
Fax: (512) 301-6364
Mark Steinbach, Executive Director
Email: mark@texaslandconservancy.org
Erin Taylor, Outreach Director
Email: erin@texaslandconservancy.org
Texas Gulf Coast Stewards
Email: jimsmarr@charter.net
Phone: (361) 463-1558
Valley Environmental Summit
Email: valleyenvironmentalsummit@gmail.com
Imelda Pena, event coordinator
(956) 389-7427
The Valley Land Fund
Email: info@valleylandfund.com
Phone: (956) 686-6429
Fax: (956) 686-1909
Valley Nature Center
Phone: (956) 969-2475
Valley Proud Environmental Council
Email: vpec@valleyproud.org
Phone: (956) 412-8004
Fax: (956) 412-8008
Welder Wildlife Foundation
Terry L. Blankenship, Director
Email: tblankenship@welderwildlife.org
East Wildlife Foundation
Email: info@eastfoundation.net
Phone: (210) 447-0126
World Birding Center
Phone: (956) 584-9156
World Birding Center Headquarters
2800 S. Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission, TX 78572
Governmental Environment-Related Organizations
International Boundary Waters Commission
Commissioner Ed Drusina
Phone: (915) 832-4101
Secretary (OA) Lisa Holguin
Phone: (915) 832-4765
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Jaime A. Garza, Regional Director
Kimberly Armenta, Executive Assistant
Main Line: (956) 425-6010
Fax: (956) 412-5059
Texas General Land Office
G.L.O. Main Phone: (800) 998-4456
V.L.B. Main Phone: (800) 252-8387
Jerry Patterson, Commissioner
(512) 463-5256
Commissioner's Office
Erin Guillette, Executive Assistant
Phone: (512) 463-5256
1-800-998-4GLO (4456)
Fax: (512) 475-1558
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Phone: (512) 389-4800
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Carter Smith, Executive Director
Phone: (512) 389-4802
Fax: (512) 389-4814
Michelle Klaus, Executive Assistant
Phone: (512) 389-4802
Dee Halliburton, Executive Staff
Phone: (512) 389-4804
Cynthia Shuler, Executive Staff
Phone: (512) 389-4604
Texas Water Development Board
Email: boardmembers@twdb.texas.gov
Phone: (512) 463-7847
Fax: (512) 475-2053
Operation and Administration Division
Phone: (512)- 463-8007
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Information Hotline: (202) 720-2791
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Environmental Information
Renee Wynn, Assistant Administrator
Phone: (202) 564-6665
EPA Region 6 Main Office
Phone: (800) 887-6063
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas Offices
Refuge Administrative Office
South Texas Refuges Complex
Phone: (956) 784-7500
Fax: (956) 787-8338
National Wildlife Refuge
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Phone: (956) 748-3607
Fax: (956) 748-3609
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Phone: (956) 784-7500
Fax: (956) 787-8338
Santa Ana national Wildlife Refuge
Phone: (956) 784-7500
Fax: (956) 787-8338
Academic Institutions or Programs
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley