Important functions and benefits of healthy upland habitats:

• Wildlife habitat
• Migratory bird habitat
• Breeding and nesting sites
• Wildlife dispersal corridor
• Area of increased species diversity
• Food source for terrestrial and aquatic organisms
• Bank stabilization and erosion control
• Traps excessive sediments from runoff
• Recreational and ecotourism opportunities

Planning and Managment

1. Communication
2. Conservation easement
3. Conservation education
4. Conservation development
5. Develop or protect a riparian buffer zone
6. Ordinances
7. TPWD Landowner Incentive Program
8. Watershed conservation plan

Protection of Upland Habitats

1. Brush management
2. Conservation easement
3. Designate paths and access points
4. Fencing riparian areas and managing livestock access
5. Fire management
6. Prevention of upland habitat fragmentation (preserving wildlife corridors)
7. Protection or revegetation of native species
8. Texas Invasives
9. Aquatic Invasives
10. Stopping Invasives
11. TPWD Landowner Incentive Program

Revegetation and Erosion Control

1. Brush or vegetation mats
2. Brush management
3. Check dams
4. Coir fiber logs
5. Cuttings, transplants, and seeding
6. Erosion control blanket and mulches
7. Fascines, bundles, wattles
8. Fire management
9. Grazing control in riparian areas
10. Protection or revegetation of native species
11. Sediment barriers (barriers, berms, fences, and wattles)
12. TPWD Landowner Incentive Program

Surface and Ground Water Protection

1. Alternatives to reservoir construction
2. Constructed wetlands
3. Infiltration, filtration, detention, and retention systems
4. Irrigation management
5. Manure management
6. Proper application of chemicals
7. Proper disposal and storage of chemicals
8. Soil and water testing
9. Stormwater management
10. Water and sediment control basin
11. Well plugging

Exotic Species

1. Texas Invasives
2. Aquatic Invasives
3. Stopping Invasives

Agricultural ( see Agricultural BMPs for other farm and ranch BMPs )

1. Alternate shade sources
2. Alternate watering sources and supplemental feeding
3. Composting
4. Cuttings, transplants, and seeding
5. Develop or protect a riparian buffer zone
6. Fencing riparian areas and managing livestock access
7. Grazing control in riparian areas
8. Grazing systems
9. Manure management
10. Proper application of chemicals in upland areas
11. Protection or revegetation of native species
12. Water and sediment control basin

Construction and Development

1. Conservation development
2. Oil and gas exploration and development
3. Sand and gravel mining
4. Other construction BMPs