RESEARCH REPORTS

Borderlands Research Institute is committed to providing up to date information based on our ongoing research projects to landowners and natural resource managers. Below is a list of some of our more recent research reports. If you would like to request a hard copy of one of these publications, please email us at bri@sulross.edu.

2024

2024 Conservation Biology Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

2023

2023 Game Bird Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

2023 Habitat Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

2022

2022 Big Game Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

2021

Texas Land Trends Report
2021 Habitat

2021 BRI Habitat Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

Texas Land Trends Report
2021 Conservation Biology

2021 BRI Conservation Biology Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

2020

Texas Land Trends Report
Water for Wild Birds

Water for Wild Birds: Tools for Arid Landscapes
By Trans-Pecos Bird Conservation, Tierra Grande Master Naturalists, & Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

Texas Land Trends Report
2020 Game Bird

2020 BRI Game Bird Research Report
By Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University

2019

Texas Land Trends Report
Texas Land Trends

Texas Land Trends Report: Trends in Land Ownership Along Texas Borderlands
By Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute in collaboration with Borderlands Research Institute

2017

Pronghorn Research Report - 2017
PRONGHORN

Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Restoration and Research Report
By Whitney J. Gann, Louis A. Harveson, and Shawn S. Gray

Gambel's Quail - 2017
GAMBEL'S QUAIL

Gambel’s Quail in Texas: Biology and Management
By Ryan S. Luna, Richard S. Temple, Michael R. Sullins, Louis A. Harveson, Robert Perez, Alfonso Ortega-Sanchez, and Michael T. Gray

2016

Native Seeds - 2016
NATIVE SEEDS

A Report From West Texas Native Seeds
By Colin Shackelford, Jameson Crumpler, and Louis A. Harveson

Mountain Lion - 2016
MOUNTAIN LION

Mountain Lion Ecology and Predator-Prey Dynamics in the Davis Mountains
By Patricia Moody Harveson, Catherine Dennison, Bert Geary, Dana Milani, David Rumbelow, and Louis A. Harveson

2014

Mountain Lion - 2014
MOUNTAIN LION

Evaluating Potential for Mountain Lion-Human Conflict in Big Bend National Park
By Patricia Moody Harveson, Louis A. Harveson, Catherine Dennison, David Rumbelow, Sky Stevens, Bert Geary, and Dana Milani

Pronghorn - 2014
PRONGHORN

A Research Report on the Restoration and Management of Pronghorn in Trans-Pecos, Texas
By Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Taylor Garrison, Justin French, Louis A. Harveson, and Shawn Gray

2013

Desert Quail - 2013
DESERT QUAIL

A Research Report on Desert Quail Ecology and Management
By Ryan S. Luna, Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Richard Temple, Brenda Gallegos, Ron Jankowiak, Ernesto Garcia, Curtis Greene, Jack Turney, and Louis A. Harveson

2012

Pronghorn - 2012
PRONGHORN

Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Restoration and Research Report
By Louis A. Harveson, Shawn Gray, Billy Tarrant, James Weaver, and Justin Hoffman

Desert Mule Deer - 2012
DESERT MULE DEER

A Report on Mule Deer Research in the Chihuahuan Desert
By Louis A. Harveson, Andy James, Shawn Gray, Reagan Gage, Justin Hoffman, Jose Martinez de la Luz, Alfonso Ortega-Sanchez, and Ryan Walser

Mountain Lion - 2012
MOUNTAIN LION

Ecology of Mountain Lions in the Davis Mountains
By Ron Thompson, Patricia Moody Harveson, Louis A. Harveson, Dana Miliani, and Katie Dennison

Desert Bighorn Sheep - 2012
DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP

Restoration and Management of Desert Bighorn Sheep in Texas
By Froylan Hernandez, Louis A. Harveson, Thomas S. Janke, Reagan T. Gage, Clay E. Brewer, Justin Foster, and Shawn Locke