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KINGSVILLE (March 26, 2019) — Dr. Michael Tewes has been studying the elusive ocelot for 35 years. During that time, several ideas have come forward from various agencies and private landowner on how to protect their small number.
Tewes will present the 37th Annual Faculty Lecture at 4 p.m., Monday, April 8, in the auditorium at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center. His program is entitled Conservation Status and Recovery of the Endangered Ocelot in the United States—A 35-Year Perspective.
Texas Native Seeds receives prestige award.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality revealed the winners of the prestigious Texas Environmental Excellence Awards today. Governor Greg Abbott and TCEQ commissioners jointly selected the ten winners—based on recommendations from a Blue-Ribbon Committee—in nine categories.
The 27th annual edition of these awards include efforts to use less water or energy, to educate the public about natural resources, and to reduce pollution.
Click here to view Janel Ortiz's article entitled "Wild Birds in the Classroom: Evaluation of Student Affinities, Perceptions, and Attitudes in Response to an Experiential Curriculum".
Presentations are now available online. Please click here to view the pdfs of the presentations given at the meeting.
Hixon was instrumental in preserving Government Canyon State Natural Area. He passed away on July 18 at age 81.
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DALHART — Over the last decade or two, pronghorn antelope numbers in the Texas Panhandle have been on the rise.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s pronghorn program leader Shawn Gray, the population has basically doubled over the last 20 years.
It’s a great success story, in part because in the 1960s TPWD had to restock the Panhandle with pronghorns from West Texas. Now pronghorns from the northwestern part of the Panhandle are being used to restock the dwindling West Texas population.
CKWRI researcher, Dr. David Wester, was featured in a radio interview with The Texas Standard on his tanglehead research. To listen to the interview, go to http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/a-native-species-gets-pushy/.
The land of Texas is wide and plentiful, and has a host of different terrains. Through the years, it has proven to be a prime location for farming, ranching, hunting and producing energy. Its sheer size gives the uninformed an impression that its land would always have something to give us, without much back from us in return. Owners and users of Texas land knew better though, as did Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (CKWRI)—conservation and restoration are essential.
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SAN ANTONIO — Drones are growing in popularity. While many use these unmanned aerial vehicles for recreation, the growth is really in commercial applications.
SAN ANTONIO — The first phase of a 10-year study investigating the impact of white-tailed deer densities and supplemental feed has yielded results which were presented at the recent Deer Associates meeting here.
The study was conducted by a team of researchers at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. It addresses the impact of supplemental feed on vegetation health, the nutritional health of the deer, and population dynamics such as impacts on antler size, growth rate and adult and fawn survival.