The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was awarded a $750,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning grant (CFDA 15.916) from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service to develop Kaufman City Lake Park. The subgrant will fund improvements including an inclusive playground, picnic pavilion, trail upgrades, fishing pier, benches, and picnic tables. The project will enhance recreational amenities and accessibility at the...
The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,312,130 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning grant (CFDA 15.916) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The grant funds will be subgranted to the City of Laredo, Texas to implement Phase 1 of the Riverbend Trails project, a 77-acre park along the Rio Grande River. The proposed scope of work includes constructing concrete hike and bike trail improvements,...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department received a $1,500,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The purpose of this grant is to fund Phase 2 of the Laguna Madre Park project in Port Isabel, Texas. The grant will support construction of a third baseball field, lighting upgrades, renovations to existing fields, scoreboard installations, restroom/concessions expansion, new sidewalks and trails, enhancements to...
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service awarded a $1,500,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program grant (CFDA 15.916) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The grant will fund the development of a community park in Belton, Texas that will include a new inclusive playground, open multiuse practice fields, green spaces, a butterfly garden around a historic water standpipe landmark, native plants and trees,...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on October 1, 2023. The funding will be subgranted to the City of Celina to improve the existing Old Celina Park by adding playground equipment, picnic pavilions and shade structures, sports courts, planting trees, installing native...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was awarded a $1.5 million project grant from the National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) on August 30, 2022. The funding will support improvements to Peters Colony Memorial Park in Flower Mound, Texas through September 30, 2025. As the primary grantee, Texas Parks and Wildlife will subgrant funds to the Town of Flower Mound to develop a pavilion, site preparation, hardscaping,...
This Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program, CFDA 15.916 Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning, provides $1,500,000 to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to subgrant to Cameron County for improvements to the Bejarano-McFarland Memorial Park in Port Isabel, Texas. The project will remove obsolete equipment and add new inclusive park amenities such as a playground, splash pad, soccer goals, bike rack, benches,...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will use a $6,357,649 Project Grant from the U.S. National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to subgrant funds to the City of Austin. The subgrant will support replacing an existing pool and bathhouse with a zero-depth entry pool and renovated bathhouse with family restrooms at the Montopolis Neighborhood Park in Austin, Texas. This project aims to enhance...
The National Park Service awarded the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) a $496,000 project grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to build capacity and effectively administer the Land and Water Conservation Fund programs in Texas. The funding will be used by TPWD to increase the quality of outdoor recreation resources through staff training, capacity building, and the hiring of contractual services. This five-year grant, with a...
The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). TPWD will use the funding to subgrant to the City of Denton for a project to renovate and expand amenities at Briercliff Park. The project will replace an existing playground, add a shade structure, construct a splash pad with a shade structure, build new restrooms, add parking spots, and...