The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership Federal Coordinating Committee (FCC) is thrilled to announce three significant milestones: the 2022 Sentinel Landscapes Accomplishments Report, the designation of the South Carolina Lowcountry Sentinel Landscape, and the partnership’s 10-year anniversary. The 2022 Sentinel Landscapes Accomplishments Report below outlines how the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership enables the…

Soil Carbon 101 Quick Resource Check out this new handout to help landowners and managers determine if soil carbon storage markets are right for you. Thank you to our partners at the Noble Research Institute, Texas Grazing Lands Coalition, the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, the Texas Agricultural Land Trust and AgriLife Extension for your support in developing this resource. Click to expand the handout to fullscreen or tap the download button to print or share with your neighbors.

Written by Dan O’Brien On the Great Plains the business of sustaining oneself usually ends up having something to do with agriculture, and agriculture usually means cattle grazing. The problem is that cattle grazing is not subject to generally accepted business practices. For example, once every year or so I…

Texas A&M AgriLife faculty, staff and students were recognized for their academic contributions and expertise in wildlife conservation and management at the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society meeting recently in Houston. The Wildlife Society is an international non-profit scientific and educational organization serving and representing wildlife professionals in wildlife…

Our director, Dr. Roel Lopez, recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Wildlife and Natural Resources Seminar at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. This series of seminars is hosted by the Rodeo’s Wildlife & Natural Resources Committee in partnership with the East Foundation. The topic of the…

In its best form, education equips others to make the best and most informed decisions-it requires preparation and constant adaptation to the environment and levels of engagement, sometimes in the very moment. Encompassing a myriad of learning styles, our focused, field-based learning approach facilitates hands-on experiences where natural resource managers…

by David Stone, Our Town Temple Some folks call them horned frogs, others know them as horny toads, and the scientific community refers to them as horned lizards, which is the correct terminology. But whatever the name, most people over 40 remember the flattish spiked lizard fondly. …

Thanks to a unique partnership with Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base, biologists with the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute have found that, perhaps unsurprisingly, the fable of the tortoise and the hare also applies to tortoise conservation and recovery. The foundation of this collaboration is the Natural Resources Institute’s Military…

The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a keystone species found in the southeastern United States that was listed as threatened in the western part of its range in 1987 and warranted for listing as threatened in the eastern part of its range in 2011, primarily due to the destruction and…