Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses / / ed. by Raymond C. II Telfair.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Clark E.,; Albrecht, Don E.,; Bonner, Larry H.,; Brown, Kirby L.,; Chovanec, William S.,; Clark, Ted L.,; DeLoney, James A.,; Doughty, Robin W.,; Gillan Iii, Bart J.,; Gillan, Deborah Slator,; Gunter, Pete A. Y.,; Guthery, Fred S.,; Hartmann, F. Stephen,; Herbert, Dennis M.,; Herron, John,; Hodgkiss, Melvin B.,; Hood, William F.,; Knowles, Tommy R.,; Lay, Daniel W.,; Lin, Lee Ann Johnson,; Mazzoni, Joseph P.,; Miles, Bruce R.,; Oelschlaege, Max,; Reid, Spencer L.,; Sansom, Andrew,; Shult, Milo,; Silvy, Nova J.,; Steele Jr, John L.,; Steffens, Craig A.,; Steinbach, Don,; Teer, James G.,; Thomas, John K.,; Truett, Joe C.,; Walters, James E.,; Walton, Murray T.,
• HerausgeberIn: Telfair, Raymond C. II,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ecological Regions of Texas: Description, Land Use, and Wildlife -- I. PERSPECTIVES ON TEXAS WILDLIFE RESOURCES -- 1. The Need for a Texas Land Ethic -- 2. Urban Growth and Environmental Values in Texas -- 3. Texas Wildlife— Fourteen Years Later -- II. FUTURE EXPECTATIONS IN LAND USE -- 4. Status of the Forest Resource in Texas -- 5. Agricultural Development and Sustainability -- 6. Water for Texas: An Overview of Future Needs -- 7. Extraction of Coal and Uranium Resources -- 8. Transportation and the Environment -- 9. Wildlife Diversity Issues -- 10. Human Dimensions Research in Texas: Past Efforts and Future Needs -- 11. Landowners' View of Wildlife and Wildlife Users -- 12. The Implications of the 1995 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan on Wildlife Use and Demand -- IV. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH -- 13. Wildlife Management Programs, Goals, and Issues: The State Perspective, 1990 -- 14. Wildlife Extension and Technical Assistance: Programs, Goals, and Issues -- 15. Texas— A Private Lands State -- 16. Nuisance Wildlife and Land Use -- 17. Wildlife Research in Texas, 1981-1990 -- V. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLIC LANDS -- 18. Texas General Land Office -- 19. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department -- 20. University Lands -- 21. Texas Department of Transportation -- 22. National Park Service -- 23. National Wildlife Refuges -- 24. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- 25. National Forests and Grasslands -- 26. U.S. Department of Defense -- Prognosis -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Conservation Organizations in Texas -- Appendix B Plants Cited in the Text -- Appendix C Animals Cited in the Text -- Appendix D. Texas Threatened and Endangered Species, November 199