Texas 1-d-1 wildlife management valuation
Keep your ag valuation.
Manage for wildlife.
AcreSteward turns a guided set of questions about your land into a complete wildlife-management conversion package — the plan, the official forms, and the map exhibits — ready for you to review, sign, and file with your appraisal district yourself.
Self-preparation software — you stay in control of every page you file.
Real map exhibits generated for the founder’s own ranch in Jack County, Texas — not mockups.
How it works
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Answer questions about your land
A guided, plain-English walkthrough: your county, your acreage, your target species, and the wildlife management practices that fit your ecoregion. No forms jargon.
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Get your complete DRAFT package
The wildlife management plan, the official TPWD and Comptroller forms filled from your answers, map exhibits of your property, and a filing checklist — every page stamped DRAFT until you review it.
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Review, sign, and file it yourself
You check every document, confirm it, and file with your county appraisal district. Nothing is filed for you, and the decision always rests with the chief appraiser.
What you get: seven documents, one package
Everything a wildlife-management conversion filing needs, generated from your answers and stamped DRAFT until you’ve reviewed each page.
Wildlife management plan
A structured plan document built from your answers: goals, habitat, target species, and your selected practices with their intensity commitments.
Official TPWD PWD-885
TPWD's own wildlife management plan form, filled from your plan — the same file your appraisal district expects.
Comptroller Form 50-129
The 1-d-1 open-space application with the wildlife management section completed — one per county for multi-county tracts.
Filing checklist
What to sign, where to send it, and the dates that matter for your county.
Aerial map exhibit
Current NAIP aerial imagery with your property boundary and practice locations pinned.
Soils map exhibit
NRCS SSURGO soil units over your tract.
Topographic map exhibit
USGS topo with your boundary overlaid.
- Multi-county tract? You get a 50-129 for each county’s appraisal district automatically.
Honest pricing
Planned pricing — and while we’re in beta, it’s free for the first cohort in exchange for feedback.
Conversion package
$399 one-time
- All seven documents, generated for your tract
- Review flow: DRAFT stamps come off only after you confirm
- Your documents stored in your account, exportable any time
Annual season
$199 /year
- Season task list built from your plan’s practices
- Field activity logging with photos and GPS, offline-friendly
- Annual report (PWD-888) drafted from your year’s logs
Beta: free for the first cohort. Pricing above is a placeholder and may change before launch.
Straight answers
- When can I file?
- The regular filing window is January 1 through April 30 of the tax year. Before the deadline, the chief appraiser may grant up to a 60-day extension for good cause on a written request. After April 30, late applications are generally accepted until the appraisal review board approves the appraisal records for the year, with a 10% penalty. The filing checklist in your package walks through the dates for your situation.
- Do I qualify?
- Your land must already have 1-d-1 open-space agricultural (or timber) valuation, and wildlife management must become its primary use. A qualifying plan uses at least three of the seven statutory practice categories — we recommend five — at the intensity levels TPWD publishes for your ecoregion. The wizard checks all of this as you go and tells you honestly if something doesn’t fit.
- Is this a consultant or biologist service?
- No. This is software for preparing your own filing. It does not provide legal, tax, or biological consulting advice, and no one here reviews your documents, represents you, or contacts your appraisal district. If your situation is complex, have a qualified professional look over your filing before you submit it.
- Why is everything stamped DRAFT?
- Because you haven’t reviewed it yet. Every generated document carries a DRAFT stamp until you go through the review step and confirm each one — then the final, stamp-free versions are produced for you to sign and file.
For self-preparation only
This software helps you prepare your own wildlife management plan and application documents. It is not legal, tax, or biological consulting advice, it is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney or other qualified professional, and using it does not create any professional relationship. Every document is a draft for your review: you are responsible for verifying it, signing it, and filing it with your appraisal district yourself — this software never files anything or communicates with an appraisal district on your behalf. Whether an application is granted is decided solely by the chief appraiser, and no particular outcome is promised or implied. If your situation is complex, consider having a qualified professional review your filing.
Narrative sections are machine-drafted from your own answers — read and verify them before you attest. Full ground rules: Terms of Service · Privacy Policy.
Get in before the filing window
Applications for a tax year are filed January 1 – April 30. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when the beta cohort opens.
Beta is free for the first cohort. We only use this to tell you when it opens.