SUPPORT DRC’S FUNDRAISING EFFORT THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024

Devils River Conservancy plans to develop a stewardship toolkit and other online resources in 2025, and we invite you to get involved and give back as part of the Devils River Advocate community!

Beginning on GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement that took place on December 3rd, DRC has begun raising funds for the Watershed Wisdom Initiative. As we celebrate the gifts of the season, we encourage you to keep this project in mind as a way to give back to your community.

Keep reading to learn more about the Initiative, what your support will help DRC achieve, and the resulting positive impacts to the Devils River!

Through 2024, Devils River Conservancy has been busy developing the Devils River Watershed Report in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, with facilitation provided by The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. The project also brought together volunteer experts and stakeholders to conduct an inventory of available information on groundwater resources, species and their flow needs, sustainable recreation, and water quality in the Devils River Watershed. The goals for the report also included identifying what knowledge gaps exist in these areas and providing recommendations for future research initiatives to address these gaps.

While we are excited to share the completed report at the conclusion of 2024, it is not a resource DRC intends to shelve after its publication. Instead, we will utilize it as one critical component in a toolkit we plan to develop in 2025, to support stakeholders in continuing to steward the Devils River's indelible landscape and irreplaceable resources in a rapidly changing world.

This toolkit will necessitate updates to DRC's website, including user-friendly improvements for accessing information in our Devils River Database and elsewhere on the site. DRC will also compile additional technical guidance resources and support research to fill in knowledge gaps identified by the report.

Every dollar we raise through our 2024 year-end fundraiser will directly support our plans to enhance DRC's website and database in 2025, and provide landowners, local leaders, recreationists, and other river advocates with critical information and tools to identify and uphold best practices for protecting this pristine river we all treasure.

Donations made by check may be addressed to Devils River Conservancy at:

201 W 5th St, STE 1300

Austin, TX 78701

Please include ‘GivingTuesday’ on the memo line.

Exciting news!

DRC has already received a pledge of $5,000 from the Jeanie Rabke Wyatt Family Foundation in support of this effort.

We would like to recognize the Foundation’s continued partnership as DRC strives to achieve our shared vision of ensuring the enduring significance of the Devils River as a natural treasure and fostering a lasting connection between people and the pristine beauty of the river, the watershed, and its essential springs.

DRC hopes to raise a total of $15,000 TO SUPPORT THE WATERSHED WISDOM INITIATIVE, beginning on GivingTuesday, and we need your help to reach our goal!

Your generosity makes it possible for Devils River Conservancy to pursue our mission to preserve this wild place for generations to come, so please consider joining us on December 3rd for GivingTuesday!

We will be accepting donations for this fundraiser beginning on GivingTuesday and concluding on December 31st. All proceeds will go towards supporting a dedicated fund for online resource development by Devils River Conservancy 501c3. 

“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”

~  Rachel Carson, Exceeding Beauty of the Earth