About WildComply

WildComply is a mobile and web application designed for Texas property owners who maintain a wildlife management tax valuation — commonly called a "wildlife exemption" — under Texas Tax Code §23.521. The app provides a structured system for tracking the wildlife management activities required to maintain this valuation and generates the annual compliance report (PWD-888) that must be filed with the county central appraisal district.

What WildComply Does

Texas property owners with an approved TPWD wildlife management plan (PWD-885) must perform at least 3 of 7 wildlife management practices each year and document those activities in an annual report filed with their county appraisal district. The report — the 1-D-1 Open Space Agricultural Valuation Wildlife Management Annual Report, known as the PWD-888 form — requires detailed descriptions of each activity, including dates, locations, personnel, hours, acreage affected, and supporting evidence such as photographs.

Most property owners currently track these activities using paper notes, spreadsheets, email threads, or collections of photos stored on their phones. This approach makes it difficult to produce a complete, well-documented annual report — particularly when multiple people contribute to management activities on the same property throughout the year.

WildComply replaces this fragmented process with a purpose-built mobile app. Users log each wildlife management activity directly from their phone, attaching GPS-tagged photographs that automatically capture the timestamp and geographic coordinates. Activities are categorized by practice type, associated with the correct property, and stored in a centralized system accessible to all authorized users. When filing season arrives (January through April), the app compiles all logged activities into the PWD-888 format.

Core Capabilities

Activity Logging. WildComply tracks all seven TPWD-approved wildlife management practices: Habitat Control, Erosion Control, Predator Control, Supplemental Water, Supplemental Food, Supplemental Shelter, and Census Counts. Each activity log captures the date, practice category, specific activity type, description, personnel involved, hours, acreage, and attached photographs with GPS metadata.

Compliance Dashboard. A real-time dashboard displays the property's overall compliance status, including how many of the 7 practices have been documented, the total number of activity records, and a compliance score. Property owners can see at a glance whether they're on track for the year or have gaps that need attention.

PWD-888 Report Generation. The app generates the annual report directly from logged activities. All activity descriptions, dates, personnel, and practice categories are formatted into the PWD-888 structure. The resulting report is ready for submission to the county appraisal district — either digitally or in print, depending on the county's requirements.

Multi-Property Management. Landowners with multiple tracts can manage all properties from a single account. Each property maintains its own activity log, compliance score, and annual report. This is particularly valuable for families who own several parcels across different counties.

Multi-User Collaboration. Property owners can invite ranch managers, wildlife consultants, family members, or hired hands to log activities on their property. Each user can document their own work directly from their phone, and all contributions are aggregated into a single property record. The property owner retains full visibility into all logged activities.

County Directory. WildComply maintains information for all 254 Texas county appraisal districts, with links to the Texas Comptroller's county directory for current contact information, mailing addresses, and filing details.

The Problem WildComply Addresses

The wildlife management tax valuation program provides significant financial benefit to Texas landowners. Properties under this valuation are taxed on agricultural productivity value — typically $0.50 to $5.00 per acre — rather than full market value, which may be $3,000 to $50,000+ per acre depending on location. For a 200-acre property near a growing Texas metro area, the annual tax savings can exceed $30,000.

However, this benefit is contingent on ongoing compliance. The county appraisal district has the legal authority to revoke the wildlife management valuation and impose rollback taxes — typically 3 to 5 years of the tax difference plus 7% annual interest — if the property owner fails to demonstrate adequate wildlife management activity. For many properties, a rollback tax assessment exceeds $50,000 and can reach $200,000 or more.

The most common compliance failure is not a lack of management activity, but a lack of documentation. Property owners who actively manage their land for wildlife but don't maintain organized records struggle to produce a convincing annual report when the appraisal district requests one. WildComply is designed to close this documentation gap by making year-round activity logging as simple as taking a photo and filling in a few fields on a phone.

Pricing

Regulatory Background

The wildlife management tax valuation is authorized under Texas Tax Code §23.521, which allows land previously qualifying for agricultural (1-D-1) open space valuation to transition to wildlife management use while maintaining the same reduced tax rate. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) establishes the qualifying practices, ecoregion-specific intensity guidelines, and reporting forms. County central appraisal districts administer the program locally, including reviewing annual reports and determining continued qualification.

The PWD-888 form was created by TPWD as a standardized reporting format. While not all counties require it annually, the Texas Administrative Code (34 TAC §9.2003(g)) gives appraisal districts the authority to require annual reports and to request documentation for the previous five years. WildComply recommends that all property owners file an annual report every year regardless of whether their county currently requires it, as this creates an unbroken compliance record that protects against future audits.

Company

WildComply is developed by Knomatic Software, a Houston, Texas-based company that builds configurable operational software platforms for industrial, logistics, and field-based businesses. Knomatic's core mission is digitizing workflows that currently run on spreadsheets and paper — and the wildlife exemption compliance process is a clear example of a paper-intensive workflow that benefits from structured digital tools.