Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute

In case you missed it—our Fall Sourcebook tells the story of all our latest research. We've had a busy year working on everything from genetic modeling and convolutional neural networks to species translocation efforts and the habitat distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Flip through the Sourcebook here: https://lnkd.in/gfH9zez4 #wildliferesearch #conservation

We are proud of our team members who have worked diligently to create this conservation strategy to protect monarch butterflies and other pollinators across the nation 👍

Unregulated hunting and logging devastated wild turkey population numbers in East Texas in the 1940s and it has been an uphill battle to restore them since. NRI's Dr. Stephen Webb notes in this article from the Houston Chronicle that proper habitat management is necessary to help turkey populations—that's why the good work of private landowners is vital to help our Texas native wildlife. #privatelandstewardship https://lnkd.in/gjc9jUJg

Our long-standing Texas Landowner Survey project was developed to assist landowners and the natural resource professionals who help them—in this new report, we use three datasets to describe Texans, landowners, and their land and wildlife management practices. Although landowners are only 1% of the state's population, they help drive our economy and steward land resources that afford many benefits to all Texans. #OneTexasLandscape https://lnkd.in/gwXe3QJt

Video spotlight on this presentation and panel discussion on small acreage landowners from the 2023 Hill Country Leadership Summit! As the Hill Country becomes increasingly fragmented, we must consider the role of the small-acreage landowner in stewarding natural resources on which we all depend. Learn more about some of the tools, resources, and programs available to support small-acreage land stewardship during this panel with landowners and partner organizations, featuring Dr. Angelica Lopez – Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Christine Middleton – HAYS COUNTY MASTER NATURALISTS, Jared Schlottman – Texas Wildlife Association, & Hill Country landowner Steve Janda. Stay tuned and be the first to see new video resources by subscribing to the Hill Country Alliance YouTube channel! https://lnkd.in/geGYd3P5 #txconservation #landstewardship #texasconservation #landconservation #txhillcountry

Reminder—the Stewardship Series webinar covering the top 2024 agricultural law issues is taking place TOMORROW, December 5 at 12:00 pm CST. Don't forget to register: https://lnkd.in/gaVcW4cy Texas A&M Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

We're back with a brand new episode of The Land Steward Podcast all about the Managed Lands Deer Program and the process of stewarding healthy deer populations on your land 🦌 Our host, BW, has a rainy-day chat with her family about how their decision to join the program became the spring board for a new kind of family partnership & we take you into the blind to give you the full Hill Country hunting season experience. #LandStewardPod Apple Podcasts: apple.co/46yhgT0 Spotify: bit.ly/landstewardpod

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at NRI 🦃 We are thankful for passionate land stewards, collaborative partnerships, and all the wonderful people who work hard to conserve our land and wildlife.

Speciation, the evolutionary process by which populations become distinct species, is often driven by selective processes like those associated with viability, mate choice, or local adaptation. Neutral processes like isolation, bottleneck, and drift are rarely the primary drivers of speciation, especially over short evolutionary timeframes. This year, researchers described the rapid vertebrate speciation of the White Sands pupfish caused primarily by genetic drift. The two evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) of the species likely split only 4-5 thousand years ago, and both ESUs underwent major bottlenecks within the last 2.5 millennia. Read the study online at nri.tamu.edu/publications/. #wildliferesearch

Make sure to sign up for the next Texas A&M Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management Stewardship Series webinar! Join us on December 5 at 12:00 pm CST to hear specialist Tiffany Dowell-Lashmet discuss the top agricultural law issues of 2024. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gaVcW4cy