Last updated April 2023
Link to state website
Contact
Chris Maldonado
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.
Wildlife Diversity Permits Section
4200 Smith School Road
Austin TX 78744
Phone: (512) 389-4647
Is a state permit needed for banding:?
Yes. The regulation pertains to any activity conducted for the purpose of enhancing, protecting, conserving or managing protected wildlife, or furthering scientific understanding of a resource or the environment.
Permit application forms
- Application Form
- Subpermittee list
- Threatened and Endangered – same form
- Salvage – same form
- Renewal – use the annual report and include the renewal fee (if applicable)
State lands
Any research on a Texas State Park or Natural Area will require a Texas State Parks Research Permit, not the Wildlife Diversity Scientific Permit for Research. Please send State Park research requests to SPPermits@tpwd.texas.gov with a brief proposal (Title, Objectives, Justification, Means/Methods, Location, Project Dates).
Prior notice
Check permit conditions. Even if not expressly required to do so, you should always contact the manager of that particular state land unit or with the owner of private land before your arrival. You want to be aware of the hunting seasons, and, of course want to be sure that your activities will not interfere with the activities of that park, wildlife management area, or other state land unit, and that your activities will not adversely affect public use of the land or with the activities of private landowners.
On private lands, it is recommended to carry written permission from the landowner.
Statutes and Regulations
Statute: Texas Statutes PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE
TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION SUBTITLE A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES CHAPTER 43. SPECIAL LICENSES AND PERMITS SUBCHAPTER C. PERMITS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, REHABILITATION, AND EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY Sec. 43.022. PERMIT REQUIREMENT.
TITLE 31 NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION PART 2 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT CHAPTER 69 RESOURCE PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER J SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND ZOOLOGICAL PERMITS
Texas state endangered species law
Federal and State Listed Species in Texas
Statute: Texas Statutes PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING CHAPTER 68. ENDANGERED SPECIES Sec. 68.006. PERMIT FOR TAKING ENDANGERED SPECIES.
Texas Administrative Code TITLE 31 NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION PART 2 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT CHAPTER 65 WILDLIFE SUBCHAPTER G THREATENED AND ENDANGERED NONGAME SPECIES
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
Northern Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
Attwater’s Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)
Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum athalassos)
Golden-cheeked Warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia)
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Common Black-hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum)
Mexican Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis lucida)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Northern Beardless-tyrannulet(Camptostoma imberbe)
Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
Bachman’s Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis)
Texas Botteri’s Sparrow (Peucaea botterii texana)
Arizona Botteri’s Sparrow (Peucaea botterii arizonae)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
Red‐crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis)
Rufa Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa)