About Us
What is the WCWMA?
Membership Information
Membership Information
The WCWMA is a non-profit organization with the goal of improving and maintaining wildlife habitat and wildlife populations in Wilson County for consumptive and non-consumptive users.
Membership Information
Membership Information
Membership Information
Membership is open to landowners and their families, entities, operators, trustees, executors, administrators and lessees of property within Wilson County, Texas. Please complete the attached application for membership and submit it to the WCWMA.
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Upcoming Events
June 19, 2025
Annual Meeting & Banquet
6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Wilson County Expo & Community Center
Event Details
June 19, 2025
Annual Meeting & Banquet
The Annual Meeting & Banquet will be held June 19, 2025 at the Wilson County Expo Center (formerly known as the Wilson County Show Barn).
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6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Wilson County Expo & Community Center
11/28/2020
Evenings in the Park
7pm
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10pm
Estuary Park
Event Details
11/28/2020
Evenings in the Park
We invite you to listen to live bands play beautiful music in the park. Enjoy the sounds of Laureen Davis and the Kings, and enjoy wine tast...
7pm
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10pm
Estuary Park
Information for you!
Summer Camps for students!
The Wilson County Wildlife Management Association has contributed monetary scholarships to the Texas Wildlife Conservation Camp and Texas Brigades for students to attend these camps. The scholarships are prioritized for Wilson County or Karnes County students. If your student is interested in nature, ecology, wildlife and conservation, check out their websites at the links below. The deadlines for the camps will be coming up soon so don't wait!!!
North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
The vast majority of our citizens are not familiar with the history of mainstream wildlife conservation in the USA. It really started in earnest with the Theodore Roosevelt Administration on the federal level.....and then proceeded to advance at the individual state levels across the continent.
The attached article is a great refresher course in the actual history of our wildlife conservation movement. The Boone & Crockett club is a legacy organization which was founded by the same folks who founded the Audobon Society.
https://www.boone-crockett.org/north-american-model-wildlife-conservation
SEED COLLECTING
The Wildlife Diversity Program of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has put together a video that will hopefully be helpful in our efforts to create seed collections throughout the state of Texas, both for common and rare plant species. Collecting seed for conservation purposes is one of our greatest hopes for what lies ahead. They truly do “encapsulate a future generation” that will help restore the biodiversity of our earth.
This project was created in collaboration with Anna Strong (TPWD Botanist), Minnette Marr (Conservation Botanist and Research Associate at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center), and Andrew McNeil-Marshall (former Arborist for the LBJ Wildflower Center and current Biologist for the City of Austin). A huge thank you to them for their help!
Please feel free to use this video as a tool for your communication efforts – via presentations, social media, or by sending to partners, landowners, community scientists, volunteer groups, or whoever else you think may enjoy it! Also, although we focus on Texas species and ecoregions in this video, the collection techniques and overall enthusiasm for the process are applicable no matter where you are.
* Watch and share via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeC8t0AcLEA
* Or via Facebook: https://fb.watch/av3ONSJKRH/
* Or via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYo36icJ8xZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
* Or download the .mp4 and social media resources via Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U7kkNmXzcgv9D5FqRLCP7oZmYA7tld-a?usp=sharing
By sharing this, we hope to help sustain native plant communities and the species that rely upon them throughout the state and country.
Thank you for playing your part in this work!
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Texas Outdoor Annual to go All-Digital for 2020-2021 Hunting, Fishing Season
AUSTIN— In the latest change driven by the current public health situation, the Texas Outdoor Annual Hunting, Fishing and Boating Regulations will be going all-digital for the upcoming hunting and fishing license season, starting when licenses go on sale on Aug. 15. Due to the economic impacts of the virus, the Outdoor Annual booklets will not be printed, but the 2020-2021 season regulations will be available online through OutdoorAnnual.com and the free Outdoor Annual mobile app.
"We are well aware that this change may be disappointing to some of our long-time outdoorsmen and women that have become accustomed to bringing the Outdoor Annual booklets on their hunting and fishing trips. Be assured, it is not going away and will still be accessible via the web and our special Outdoor Annual Mobile app," said Carter Smith, Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "We are doing everything we can to ensure hunters, anglers and boaters are aware of this change and utilize the benefits of the digital Outdoor Annual during the upcoming seasons."
Texas Monthly, long-time publisher of the Texas Outdoor Annual, made it possible for TPWD to provide regulations booklets and a mobile app. In recent years, an increasing number of hunters and anglers have turned to the website and mobile app to get the most up-to-date information about regulations, including any changes in chronic wasting disease zones. Last year alone, more than 2.8 million users visited the Outdoor Annual website to access current regulations, significantly more than the 2.3 million printed copies distributed during the same time.
"Texas Monthly has enjoyed a decades-long public-private partnership with TPWD which made it possible for the Texas Outdoor Annual print and digital versions to be produced using revenue from sponsors and advertisers," said Scott Brown, president of Texas Monthly. "2020 has presented our partnership and the world with a host of new challenges connected to COVID-19. Our shared goal is that hunters, anglers and boaters will find the Outdoor Annual website and the significantly enhanced mobile app to be user-friendly ways to get the most up-to-date information and, on the mobile app, to access the regulations without needing internet connectivity."
The Outdoor Annual mobile app provides interactive features not found in print, including the ability to view regulations offline and in remote locations, and to carry a digital copy of one's license. Additional app features include location-based functionality such as "Seasons and Regulations by Current Location," "Where to Fish," "Game and Fish Identification," "Finding a Nearby License Retailer" and push notifications with useful information.
Hunters and anglers also have the ability to print copies of relevant portions of the Outdoor Annual before heading to the field. All hunting, fishing and boating regulations can be found in the online version of the Outdoor Annual.
The Outdoor Annual website and mobile app currently show the 2019-2020 regulations in effect through Aug. 31, 2020. The mobile app is available for download at www.outdoorannual.com/app and will be automatically updated Aug. 15 with the new 2020-2021 regulations that go into effect on Sept. 1, 2020. The 2020-2021 hunting season dates can now be found on the Outdoor Annual website for hunters ready to start planning next season's hunting trips.
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There is a link below with instructions on how to enter your harvest on the LMA website.
If anyone has suggestions on topics for our quarterly seminars, please let a board member know or
call 830-216-1115 and talk to Michael. We are always looking for interesting presentations for our members.
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The Wildlife Division webpage that serves as a centralized source of
information for a number of online services and permits we manage for landowners and hunters is:
http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/apps/
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