About Us

Bonnie J. Warnock

Dr. Bonnie J. Warnock is a Professor and serves as Dean of the College of Agriculture, Life, and Physical Sciences. Bonnie teaches the range and soils courses and advises students within the Range Management and Agribusiness Management concentrations. She also serves as an advisor for the Student Chapter of the Society for Range Management. Her research interests are focused on restoration and its tie to sustainable ranching, with projects in grassland restoration, riparian restoration, grazing, and fire.

Bonnie received her PhD in Soil Science from Texas A&M University, where her dissertation focused on restoring saline soils utilizing halophytic plants. She received her MS in Range and Wildlife Management from Sul Ross State University where she studied banded grassland vegetation. She also completed her BS in Range Science from Sul Ross State University.

Bonnie is also actively involved in production agriculture through her and her family’s ranches.

Courses Taught

1. NRM 2404 Soils
2. NRM 3301 Fire Ecology
3. NRM 3302 Forest Ecology
4. NRM 3401 Range Ecology
5. NRM 4314 Range Watershed and Hydrology
6. NRM 4405 Range and Wildlife Habitat Management
7. NRM 4406 Range Inventory and Analysis
8. NRM 5302 Seminar in Range and Wildlife Management

Selected Publications

• • Warnock, B. J. 2009. Restoring a riparian corridor: The Duff Springs story. Texas Wildlife. May 2009.
  • Warnock, B. J. and W. F Juett. 2008 How do you retain moisture in the desert? Cattleman. March 2008.
  • Warnock, B. J. and W.F. Juett. 2008. Restoring grasslands in the Chihuahuan Desert: The Burlap Wattle Technique. Texas Wildlife. November 2008.
  • Warnock, B. J. and W. F. Juett. 2006. Cotton Burs and burlap used to create wattles for erosion control (Texas). Ecological Restoration 24(4) pp 280-281.

Warnock, B. J. 2006. Restoration of the Duff Springs riparian area and the associated upland grasslands to increase pronghorn habitat. pp 65-69 IN: Proceedings Pronghorn Symposium 2006. Warnock, B. J. 2003. Bioaccumulation of Salts by Halophytes as a Means of Reclaiming Saline Soils. Dissertation, Texas A&M University. 243 pp.