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Texas landowners moving from ag use to wildlife use

Where is your land in Texas?

Draft your Texas wildlife management plan on TPWD form PWD-885, with three of seven practices set up for your land. Free to read, pay to download.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
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ePlan fills in

  • Parcel and acreage
  • Ecoregion
  • Land cover
  • Water sources
  • Soils

How it works

Wildlife management plan, from one answer

  1. Enter the land and pick at least three practices.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan maps the parcel, water and cover and fills each practice.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the plan free, then download it to sign and file by May 1.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Wildlife management plan and 3 more documents

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Wildlife management plan (TPWD form PWD-885)

  1. Owner, property and appraisal district
  2. Wildlife goals and target species
  3. Habitat control
  4. Erosion control
  5. Predator control
  6. Supplemental water, food and shelters

Modeled on: TPWD form PWD-885 and the TPWD ecoregion guidelines

Next · 2

Annual wildlife report (PWD-888)

  1. Practices done this year
  2. Census results
  3. Receipts and photos
Next · 3

Ag valuation application (form 50-129)

  1. Owner and property
  2. Land use history
  3. Wildlife use and plan attached
Next · 4

Grazing or hunting lease

  1. Parties and term
  2. Rent and permitted use
  3. Owner's wildlife practices kept

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

3 of 7

wildlife management practices must be actively used on the land to qualify for wildlife-use valuation
Source: Texas Tax Code 23.51(7)(A)

Questions

Texas Wildlife Exemption Plan: what people ask

Does TPWD have to approve my wildlife plan?

No. You can write your own plan on the TPWD form, and TPWD approval is not required. The plan goes to your county appraisal district, which decides on the valuation and can ask for a yearly report.

Source: tpwd.texas.gov

When is the application due?

Before May 1. The chief appraiser may extend the deadline by up to 60 days for good cause.

Source: statutes.capitol.texas.gov

What if I stop the wildlife practices?

Changing the land to a non-qualifying use triggers an additional tax: the difference between the special valuation and market value tax for each of the 3 years before the change.

Source: statutes.capitol.texas.gov

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Answer it and the project exists. Three more questions, then the draft.