Communities in the Big Bend are on the frontline of the black bear’s re-expansion into Texas. As such, these residents will set the standard on how to deal with black bears in the state. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hosted a workshop to discuss living with black bear in West ... Read More
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Jan2023
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Jan2023
A comprehensive multiyear study on black bears is underway in far West Texas. The project, Understanding Natural Recolonization of Black Bears in West Texas, is led by the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University.
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Dec2022
If there was a contest for the most interesting man in the world, photographer Tim McKenna would almost certainly be in the running.
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Dec2022
Marfa Public Radio featured the Borderlands Research Institute in a Nature Notes episode.
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Nov2022
Thanks to support from Quail Coalition in Texas, the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University will conduct the first-ever research to determine the population of Montezuma quail in the Davis Mountains of West Texas.
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Oct2022
Dr. Ryan Luna, the chair of the Department of Natural Sciences Sul Ross State University, and the Kelly R. Thompson Professor of Quail Research at Borderlands Research Institute, is the first recipient of the Outstanding Scholar Award. The annual award recognizes outstanding research or artistic achievement.
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Oct2022
Given the importance of Big Bend National Park for biodiversity and habitat protection in the Trans-Pecos ecoregion, the distribution of species in the park has been well-studied. However, it is also important to monitor changes in the distribution of species over time and to gauge what factors within the park ... Read More
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Oct2022
BRI graduate assistant Caitlin Camp has known since she was a child that she wanted to work in a nature-related field.
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Oct2022
The Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) is now accepting applications for its Greater Big Bend Conservation Partnership program. This is a cost share program that will reimburse approximately 50 percent of the overall cost of qualified conservation practices to selected landowners in Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio counties in West Texas. ... Read More
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Oct2022
KRLD's Mitch Carr speaks to Dr. Louis A. Harveson, the Dan Allen Hughes, Jr., Endowed Director of BRI about conservation in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas.
Listen to the full interview here.