Businesses who support the Brackenridge Park Conservancy are able to share resources and promotional materials with...	Friends of the Brackenridge Park Conservancy enjoy being a part of a powerful network of like-minded citizens who are interested in preserving the...	Every year, the Brackenridge Park Conservancy sponsors a clean-up effort. On this day, volunteers made up of people like you pick up of people...	Once again, there is a move to utilize the space in Brackenridge Park for an animal control facility. The entity proposing...
Read More	Read More	Read More	Read More

Give | Business Supporters

Businesses who support the Brackenridge Park Conservancy are able to share resources and promotional materials with the Conservancy, which helps protect and promote their inherent interests in the park. Other benefits of sponsorship include logo and brand presence on all print, online and video media material produced for the benefit of the Brackenridge Park Conservancy, and the knowledge that your company has participated in a worthy conservation effort.

Monetary donations can also be mailed to:
Brackenridge Park Conservancy
PO Box 6311
San Antonio, TX 78209
We are a 501c3 organization.

Join | Individual Supporters:

Friends of the Brackenridge Park Conservancy enjoy being a part of a powerful network of like-minded citizens who are interested in preserving the beauty and history of Brackenridge Park to the benefit of themselves, their fellow citizens and future generations.

Volunteer | Volunteers Wanted:

Volunteers are needed for the following committees:

Education & Outreach Committee
Natural Environment Committee
Built Environment Committee
Fundraising & Events Committee

Act | Make Your Voice Heard:

Summer 2010:

The city of San Antonio provided funding to utilize space in Brackenridge Park for an animal control facility. The Brackenridge Park Conservancy opposed this move for multiple reasons:

1. The Brackenridge Park master plan restricts the use of this part of the park to recreational purposes.
2. The particular site identified for the facility was allocated to the zoo in the master plan.
   
3. Part of the proposed site is owned by the San Antonio Independent School District. This reduces the size of available land.
   
4. The already difficult traffic situation at the entrance to the zoo will be made even worse by placing an animal control facility here.
5. The unfortunate historic practice of the public dumping unwanted animals in the park because of the presence of the former animal control facility will again become a problem.
   

Spring 2010:

Incarnate Word University submitted an unsolicited proposal to the city manager’s office, asking for a long-term lease of the area along Hildebrand including the building known as the “Donkey Barn.” The Conservancy was part of a coalition headed by Mayor Lila Cockrell, president and CEO of the San Antonio Parks Foundation, to oppose the lease. There was wide-spread opposition of the proposal from other park advocates as well. The city Parks and Recreation Department and the city manager’s office did not accept the proposal, and the land has been saved for legitimate park purposes.

View District Map

Contact the Mayor and City Council members of San Antonio

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board

Back To Top ↑