WildComply helps Texas property owners with an approved 1-D-1 wildlife management plan track their required activities and effortlessly prepare the PWD-888 annual report for their local appraisal district — all from their phone.
Every year, Texas property owners with a 1-D-1 open space wildlife management valuation (commonly called a "wildlife exemption") must document at least 3 of 7 required wildlife management practices, maintain photo evidence, and submit a Wildlife Management Annual Report (PWD-888 form) to their local appraisal district between January 1 and April 30. Most people still do this with binders, spreadsheets, and shoeboxes of photos.
The PWD-888 annual report is still a paper form. Most appraisal districts have no digital submission option. Assembling a year's worth of records by hand every spring is tedious and error-prone.
The January 1 – April 30 deadline comes fast. Scrambling to gather a year's worth of activity records, photos, and notes under pressure leads to gaps in your documentation.
An incomplete or missed wildlife exemption annual report can trigger 3–5 years of rollback taxes — the difference between your ag productivity value and full market value. That's $5,000–$50,000+ per property.
Built around TPWD wildlife management plan requirements, the seven qualifying wildlife management practices, and the 1-D-1 open space agricultural valuation annual report your appraisal district requires.
Your dashboard shows your overall compliance score, compliant properties, total acreage under management, practices documented, and activity log count — all in one view. At 100%, you know you're ready to file. Below that threshold, you'll see exactly which properties and practices need attention before the deadline.
Log brush management, trail camera checks, predator trapping, water station maintenance, and every other activity with descriptions, dates, property tags, and GPS coordinates. Capture photos directly in the app — each one timestamped and geotagged automatically.
Review your finalized annual report — see the practice count, activities included, photos attached, and overall compliance score. Below that, select which activity records to include. Filter by practice type — Habitat Control, Census Counts, Predator Control, and more — and hand-pick the strongest documentation for your submission.
WildComply compiles your activities into a complete 1-D-1 Open Space Agricultural Valuation Wildlife Management Annual Report — the official PWD-888 form your appraisal district requires. Owner information, qualifying practices, and detailed activity descriptions are all populated automatically. Print, sign, and submit to your county.
Enter your tracts with county, acreage, and ecoregion. Set up your wildlife management plan details.
Document every wildlife management practice with photos, GPS, and notes — even offline in remote pastures.
Select your best records, review your compliance score, and prepare your PWD-888 wildlife exemption annual report with one tap.
Print or submit to your local appraisal district. Your wildlife management compliance history is safely archived.
Your wildlife exemption — the 1-D-1 open space wildlife management tax valuation — protects you from paying full market-value property taxes. WildComply makes sure your annual report is complete, on time, and bulletproof — for a fraction of what you're protecting.
That's less than 3% of the tax savings you're protecting — and far less than one consultant visit.
Whether you manage one property or several, WildComply makes annual reporting effortless.
A "wildlife exemption" is the common name for the 1-D-1 open space agricultural valuation based on wildlife management use. Under Texas Tax Code §23.521, land previously qualifying for an ag exemption can transition to wildlife management use and maintain the same reduced property tax rate. Technically it's a special valuation, not a true exemption — but the result is the same: your property taxes are based on agricultural productivity value instead of market value. To maintain this wildlife tax valuation, you must implement an approved TPWD wildlife management plan and file annual compliance reports with your county appraisal district.
To maintain a wildlife exemption in Texas, property owners must perform at least 3 of 7 approved wildlife management practices each year: Habitat Control, Erosion Control, Predator Control, Supplemental Water, Supplemental Food, Supplemental Shelter, and Census Counts. WildComply tracks all seven with purpose-built logging for each practice type, so you always know which ones you've documented and which still need attention.
WildComply is designed for property owners who already have an approved TPWD wildlife management plan (PWD-885) on file with their county appraisal district. If you're currently converting from an ag exemption to a wildlife management valuation, you can start logging activities in WildComply right away — your records will be ready for your first PWD-888 annual report once your plan is approved.
Your appraisal district can revoke your wildlife management tax valuation and impose rollback taxes — typically 3 to 5 years of the difference between your ag productivity value ($0.50–$2.00/acre) and full market value ($50–$200+/acre). For a 200-acre property, that can mean $10,000–$40,000+ in back taxes plus interest. Appraisal districts also have the legal right to request annual reports for the previous five years, so every year without a documented report is a year of exposure.
Yes. You can log activities and capture GPS-tagged photos in the field without any internet connection. Everything syncs automatically when you're back online. This was a core design requirement — we know most wildlife management happens far from a cell tower.
Absolutely. We offer a Consultant Professional plan built specifically for wildlife management consultants and biologists who manage multiple client properties. Contact us at mike@wildcomply.app for custom pricing and to learn about client management tools, bulk reporting, and team collaboration features.
Your $19.95/month subscription includes one property. Each additional property is $9.95/month. Every property gets its own compliance dashboard, activity log, and annual report — so if your tracts are in different counties, each one can be managed and reported on independently.
Your property data, activity logs, and photos are encrypted at rest and in transit. We follow SOC 2 security practices and never share your information with third parties. Your compliance records are yours — we're just the tool that helps you organize them.
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