Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses

Published by University of Texas Press 1998

Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses

Edited by: Raymond C. Telfair

https://doi.org/10.7560/781597

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About this book

Natural habitats for wildlife in Texas and the many species they support are dwindling at an alarming rate as an ever-growing population continues to develop the land for commercial, industrial, and agricultural uses. To take stock of our current wildlife and land resources, identify challenges facing them, and offer strategies for future management and conservation, this book presents over twenty-five essays by experts from a wide range of governmental and private organizations involved in wildlife policy and management.

Modeled on the proceedings of a 1982 wildlife symposium published by the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, this book updates and expands the issues involved in wildlife and land use. The chapters are grouped into five sections-perspectives on Texas wildlife resources, future expectations in land use, the public and future demands for wildlife, wildlife management and research, and wildlife management on public lands. The diverse and sometimes competing viewpoints presented here will be important reading for everyone concerned with managing land for wildlife.

Author / Editor information

Raymond C. Telfair II is a conservation scientist with the Wildlife Habitat Assessment Project, Wildlife Division, of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Ecological Regions of Texas: Description, Land Use, and Wildlife Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. PERSPECTIVES ON TEXAS WILDLIFE RESOURCES
1. The Need for a Texas Land Ethic Pete A. Y. Gunter and Max Oelschlaege Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
2. Urban Growth and Environmental Values in Texas Robin W. Doughty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
3. Texas Wildlife— Fourteen Years Later James G. Teer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
II. FUTURE EXPECTATIONS IN LAND USE
4. Status of the Forest Resource in Texas Bruce R. Miles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. Agricultural Development and Sustainability Don E. Albrecht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6. Water for Texas: An Overview of Future Needs Tommy R. Knowles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
7. Extraction of Coal and Uranium Resources Melvin B. Hodgkiss and William S. Chovanec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
8. Transportation and the Environment William F. Hood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
9. Wildlife Diversity Issues John Herron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
10. Human Dimensions Research in Texas: Past Efforts and Future Needs Clark E. Adams and John K. Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
11. Landowners' View of Wildlife and Wildlife Users Deborah Slator Gillan and Bart J. Gillan Iii Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
12. The Implications of the 1995 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan on Wildlife Use and Demand James A. DeLoney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
IV. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
13. Wildlife Management Programs, Goals, and Issues: The State Perspective, 1990 Ted L. Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
14. Wildlife Extension and Technical Assistance: Programs, Goals, and Issues Milo Shult and Don Steinbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
15. Texas— A Private Lands State Kirby L. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
16. Nuisance Wildlife and Land Use Murray T. Walton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
17. Wildlife Research in Texas, 1981-1990 Fred S. Guthery and Nova J. Silvy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
V. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLIC LANDS
18. Texas General Land Office Spencer L. Reid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
19. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Andrew Sansom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
20. University Lands F. Stephen Hartmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
21. Texas Department of Transportation Craig A. Steffens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
22. National Park Service James E. Walters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
23. National Wildlife Refuges Joseph P. Mazzoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
24. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers John L. Steele Jr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
25. National Forests and Grasslands Larry H. Bonner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
26. U.S. Department of Defense Dennis M. Herbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Prognosis Joe C. Truett and Daniel W. Lay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
Appendixes
Appendix A. Conservation Organizations in Texas Lee Ann Johnson Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Appendix B Plants Cited in the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Appendix C Animals Cited in the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Appendix D. Texas Threatened and Endangered Species, November 199 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 416

eBook

Published: June 9, 2014
ISBN: 9780292767959