In 2014, a Texas coalition bought a 17,351-acre coastal ranch for $37.7 million, much of it using Deepwater Horizon restoration money; 15,000 acres later became a wildlife area protecting wetlands, prairie and endangered whooping crane habitat
The area would be managed to restore native grassland and savannah and improve the hydrology of the site. (TPW photo) In 2014, a coalition of conservation groups in Texas completed the purchase of 17,351 acres of coastal land in Calhoun County. Known as Powderhorn Ranch, the property was one of the largest remaining areas of…