Overview

In the world of Texas conservation, the figure of Andrew Sansom looms large. Few can match Sansom’s contributions to the natural landscape of Texas, such as the over 500,000 acres of state parks and wildlife management areas he helped protect during his leadership at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He has spent a lifetime finding common ground between those who want to conserve natural resources and those who want to monetize them. Sansom’s gift has been finding the formula for persuading landowners in Texas, where private property rights dominate public policy, that conserving their natural assets provides a measurable financial return as well as an emotional one. Over the course of his career, Sansom has become well acquainted with the rough and tumble of Texas politics, especially where it concerns the environment. After his trailblazing work at TPWD, he went on to establish The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, which has become one of the state’s premier research and education centers for the study of water and watersheds. Andrew Sansom: A Life in Conservation chronicles Sansom’s journey as an environmentalist, a fundraiser, a professor, an author, and most importantly, a central figure in the history of conservation in Texas. At a time when our public lands are being opened up for commerce as never before, we are at risk of losing not only habitat and wildlife diversity, but also a visceral connection to nature. Sansom’s life story offers inspiration and useful lessons in finding ways to protect our environment while allowing sustainable development for future generations.

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""As a former commissioner of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, I can tell you from first-hand experience that there is no more effective advocate for natural resources in the State of Texas than Andy Sansom. If you care about Texas land, Texas wildlife, or the Texas environment, you'll enjoy this book.""--Nolan Ryan--Nolan Ryan ""More than capturing the essence and sprit of Andrew Sansom - A Life in Conservation by Laura Raun is a testament of why and how future Texans will continue to be blessed and benefit from a life well lived - for the love of Texas' natural resources. Andy is a mentor extraordinaire to countless Texans as he continues to inspire us to follow a well-defined north star, with a particular focus on our precious water resources.""--Carlos Rubinstein, former Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board and Commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and Andy's friend--Carlos Rubinstein

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Laura Raun is an award-winning public relations counselor and former journalist specializing in the water industry. She is the founder and president of Laura Raun Public Relations, which focuses on public outreach and community relations surrounding water resources and projects. A former reporter and presenter for the BBC, CNN, The Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg News, and Dow Jones, she was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize as part of the Associated Press coverage of the Mount St. Helens eruption.

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