Marfa Public Radio featured the Borderlands Research Institute in a Nature Notes episode.
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Dec2022
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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.
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Oct2022
Dr. Louis A. Harveson, the founder and director of the Borderlands Research Institute, has been named the Associate Provost of Research and Development at Sul Ross State University.
03
Oct2022
The 2022-2023 academic year marks the 15-year anniversary for Borderlands Research Institute (BRI), which was launched at Sul Ross State University (SRSU) in the fall of 2007. Since then, the organization has been a key player in collaborative wildlife research in the Trans-Pecos while offering meaningful graduate projects for students ... Read More
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Sep2022
Seven graduate students at the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University have been selected to receive $46,500 in scholarships from seven different sources, including the first ever scholarship awarded from the Wes and Victoria Bannister Scholarship and the Wayne and JoAnn Moore Endowed Scholarship.