Assessing population decline in keystone gopher tortoise species
Understanding and proactively strategizing to slow the population decline of the gopher tortoise
Wildlife Conservation
Our Wildlife Conservation and Mitigation Program conducts problem-driven research addressing today’s challenging wildlife and habitat management questions. We promote stewardship of wildlife populations, including game, nongame, endangered and threatened species, and their habitats, through the application and translation of sound science and outreach efforts.
Species Status Assessments
Compiling the best available science that will serve as the basis of ESA decisions from listing, delisting and downlisting.
Monitoring for white-nose syndrome
Determining the impacts of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome
Texas freshwater mussel research
Increasing the fundamental knowledge of freshwater mussels ecology in Texas
Conservation assessment and population connectivity for spot-tailed earless lizard
Surveying the spot-tailed earless lizard to develop a comprehensive conservation and management plan