In 2014, a Texas coalition bought a 17,351-acre coastal ranch for $37.7 million, much of it using Deepwater Horizon restoration money; 15,000 acres later became a wildlife area protecting wetlands, prairie and endangered whooping crane habitat

• The area would be managed to restore native grassland and savannah and improve the hydrology of the site.
• (TPW photo)In 2014, a coalition of conservation groups in Texas completed the purchase of 17,351 acres of coastal land in Calhoun County.
• Known as Powderhorn Ranch, the property was one of the largest remaining areas of unspoiled coastal prairie in the state.