PPLT Timeline 2001-2005
What follows are some of the highlights of PPLT's first five years. As we
develop this timeline further, you will be able to click on topics in hypertext
to go directly to the associated pages within this website.
2001
- Feb.-Founding. Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, Board handbook
established.
- Oct.-Received Tax Exempt Status from IRS
2002
- Feb.-Workshop 1: Conservation Easements for Land Use Professionals
- Mar.-National Wildlife Federation awards $7000 grant to build breeding
ponds for the endangered Lost Pines toad (Bufo houstonensis) and develop and
publish 5000 copies of Conservation Resources for Landowners brochure
- June-Workshop 2: Origins of the Lost Pines/Restoring Native Prairies;
published and mailed out first Newsletter
- Oct.-Four Board members attend Land Trust Alliance Rally in Austin; PPLT
conducts bike ride between Bastrop and Buescher State Parks for 15 Rally
attendees
- Nov.-Lost Pines National Bank donates house to be moved ($4000 value);
Aqua Water Corporation donates $1000 and Hobby Foundation donates $15,000
unrestricted grants
- Dec.-Office space secured in Bastrop; computer, furniture, and office
supplies donated by Bastrop County Environmental Network
2003
- March-Held first Board Strategic Planning Retreat; second Newsletter
published.
- Apr-PPLT unsuccessfully applies for Section 6 land acquisition grant from
USFWS
- May-First staff person hired (Executive Director); grants awarded to build
or enhance six breeding ponds for the Lost Pines toad on private lands in
Bastrop and Lee Counties by National Wildlife Federation ($7000) and US Fish
and Wildlife Service Private Stewardship Grants Program ($4350).
- Jun-Sign first conservation easement-670-acre Billig Farm in Paige, Texas
- Oct-PPLT chosen to purchase and manage properties in Bastrop and Lee
Counties with funds ($1,750,000) generated by a legal settlement between the
Aluminum Company of America and citizen and federal entities; grant awarded
by Texas Forest Service to produce Tree Planting Guide ($4000); two Board
members and ED attend LTA Rally in Sacramento.
- Dec.-Workshop 3: Conservation Easements for Utilities
2004
- Feb-Purchase first fee-simple wildlife tract, 302-acreYegua Knobbs
Preserve (Bastrop and Lee Counties)
- Mar-PPLT unsuccessfully applies for Section 6 land acquisition grant from
USFWS
- June-Second annual Board retreat
- Oct---ED attends LTA Rally in Providence
- Dec-Acquire second fee simple wildlife tract, 60-acre Colorado River
Refuge (Bastrop County).
2005
- Jan.-Sign second conservation easement-215-acre Kestner Double D Ranch
(Caldwell County); local cable TV station films Colorado River Refuge
- Feb.-First Major Donor Campaign begun to support Colorado River Refuge
grants; PPLT wins first annual Excellence Award from the Texas Land Trust
Council
- Apr-PPLT's third Section 6 land acquisition grant submitted to USFWS.
- May-Tom's of Maine grant awarded for Colorado River Refuge ($5000)
- Jun.-Published 4000 Tree Planting Guides with assistance of TFS.; LTA
magazine and website publish our Excellence Award coverage; Third Annual
Board Retreat.
- July-LTA provides facilitated "Organizational Assessment" ;