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Seeligson Conservation Fund
Projects supported in the past include:
Using geolocators to determine wintering range and annual migratory routes for Wilson's plover, a species of shorebird that breeds along the Texas coast
Determining breeding habitat and proportion of migrant and resident loggerhead shrike on the western gulf coast
Investigating the effects of native grass restoration on populations of the state-threatened Texas horned lizard and their preferred food of harvester ants
Determining habitat preferences and factors that influence population dynamics and distribution of seahorses in the Texas Gulf in order to update the current conservation status of Texas Gulf seahorses and assist with future management of threatened sea grass habitat
Raising native milkweeds for transplanting throughout the Texas Mid-coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex and private lands which will expand food and habitat resources for monarch butterflies
Documenting and monitoring the insect pollinator community at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center to assess habitat restoration efforts that will promote pollinator populations in Texas
Monitoring and evaluating the reintroduction of Texas horned lizards to historically occupied habitat
Investigating habitat use, home range size and nest success of the threatened Texas horned lizard under different habitat management regimes
Using trained search dogs to locate Houston toads in their natural habitat to monitor populations and habitat preferences of the endangered toad
Habitat enhancement for northern bobwhite quail through progressive management techniques
Investigation of habitat use and preference of eastern and western box turtles in an urban environment
Assessment of ornate box turtle population genetics as a proactive conservation approach
Effects of introduced grasses on native Texas grassland birds
Captive breeding and monitoring of wild populations of endangered Houston toads
Researching foraging ecology of reddish egret in the Laguna Madre of Texas
Installation of artificial nest cavities for red-cockaded woodpecker
Construction of a pre-release facility for re-introducing Attwater’s prairie chicken
Installation of artificial roosts for Rafinesque’s big-eared bat
Development of a conservation strategy for alligator snapping turtle and nest protection for sea turtles