Editing Jeff Davis County, Texas (section)

===Protected areas===
[[File:Gator Lodge (5055657254).jpg|thumb|Indian Lodge at [[Davis Mountains State Park]]]]
The county has parks and preserves maintained by federal and state park services, in addition to the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute and [[the Nature Conservancy]] of Texas. In addition to the properties listed below, the Nature Conservancy has been instrumental in the creation of conservation easements protecting an additional {{convert|69600|acre|ha}} of private property surrounding its preserve.<ref name="TNC acre">{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/texas/placesweprotect/davis-mountains-preserve.xml|title=Davis Mountains Preserve|author=Staff|publisher=The Nature Conservancy|access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!scope="col"|Park or preserve
!scope="col"|Maintaining authority
!scope="col"|Area
!scope="col"|Year established
|-
|[[Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and Botanical Gardens]]
|[[Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute]]
|{{convert|507|acre|ha}}<ref name="CDRI acre">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.cdri.org/about-us.html|author=Staff|publisher=[[Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute]]|access-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref>
|1978<ref name="CDRI acre"/>
|-
|[[Davis Mountains State Park]]
|[[Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]]
|{{convert|2709|acre|ha}}<ref name="TPWD">{{cite web|url=http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/davis-mountains/park_history|title=Davis Mountains State Park, History|author=Staff|publisher=[[Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]]|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>
|1933<ref name="TPWD"/>
|-
|Davis Mountains Preserve
|[[The Nature Conservancy]] of Texas
|{{convert|33075|acre|ha}}<ref name="TNC acre"/>
|1997<ref name="TNC year">{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/texas/multimedia/davis-mountains-fact-sheet.pdf|title=Davis Mountains Preserve, Saving a 'Sky Island' in the Wilds of Far West Texas|author=Staff|date=February 5, 2013|publisher=[[The Nature Conservancy]]|page=1|access-date=April 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120115404/http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/texas/multimedia/davis-mountains-fact-sheet.pdf|archive-date=November 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fort Davis National Historic Site]]
|[[National Park Service]]
|{{convert|523|acre|ha}}<ref name="NPS acre">{{cite web|url=https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/National|title=Listing of Acreage (Summary)|author=Land Resources Division|date=December 31, 2014|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|page=5|format=PDF|access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>
|1961<ref name="NPS year">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/foda/fortdavisfrontierpost.htm|title=Fort Davis: Frontier Post|author=Staff|date=March 31, 2015|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>
|}