DESERT TRACKS
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2023
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Fall
Featured Article: Predicting Habitat Overlap Between Montezuma Quail and Feral Pigs
Maya Vaughn, Ryan S. Luna, and Justin T. French
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Summer
Featured Article: Effects of Cattle Grazing on Forb Biomass and Nutrition in Pronghorn
Habitat in the Trans-Pecos, Texas
Leanna S. Morin, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Justin T. French, Louis A. Harveson (BRI) & Shawn S. Gray (TPWD)
2022
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Assessing Pronghorn Restoration Success: Movement and Acclimation
Erin C. O’Connell, Justin T. French, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Louis A. Harveson, Shawn S. Gray , L. Cody Webb
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SPRING
Featured Article: The Economics of Stewardship: Big Game Hunting in the Trans-Pecos
Kelley Mundy, Louis A. Harveson, Stacey S. Dewald, Patricia M. Harveson and Billy Tarrant
2021
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FALL
Featured Article: Development by Design: An Update from Respect Big Bend
Billy Tarrant
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Influence of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs on Vegetation and Cattle Movement
Cullom Simpson, Louis A. Harveson, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Whitney Gann
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SPRING
Featured Article: Wintering Birds’ Early Response to Shrub Removal in West Texas
Alejandro Chávez Treviño, Mieke Titulaer, Carlos Gonzalez, and Louis A. Harveson
2020
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FALL
Featured Article: Eyeworm and Cecal Worm Abundance in Trans-Pecos Quails
Rachel E. Bittner, Joshua G. Cross, and Ryan S. Luna (BRI)
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SUMMER
Featured Article: West Texas Mountain Lion Movement Patterns and Home Ranges
Dana L. Karelus and Patricia Moody Harveson (BRI)
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SPRING
Featured Article: Cattle Grazing: A Tool to Promote Pronghorn Habitat
Jacob C. Locke, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Justin T. French, Louis A. Harveson (BRI) & Shawn S. Gray (TPWD)
2019
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WINTER
Featured Article: Desert Bighorn Sheep: A Comparison of Translocation Methods
Taylor Daily, Carlos Gonzalez, Louis Harveson & Froylan Hernandez
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Overwinter Habitat Use of Baird’s and Grasshopper Sparrows in the Marfa Grasslands
Fabiola Baeza-Tarin & Mieke Titulaer
![Spring 2018](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/v12i1_Quail_image_11-570x570.jpeg)
SPRING
Featured Article: Ecology of Two Desert Quail Species
Ron Jankowiak & Ryan S. Luna
2018
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WINTER
Featured Article: Scavenger Ecology of the Davis Mountains, Texas
Michael Stangl & Patricia Harveson
![Fall 2018](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/v11i2-570x570.jpg)
FALL
Featured Article: Desert Bighorn Restoration
Carlos Gonzalez, Louis A. Harveson, Roel R. Lopez, and Froylan Hernandez
![Spring 2018](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/v11_1-570x570.jpg)
SPRING
Featured Article: The Cryptic Montezuma Quail
Elizabeth Oaster and Ryan Luna
2017
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FALL
Featured Article: Wintering Grassland Birds in West Texas
Denis J. Perez-Ordonez, Mieke Titulaer, Russell Martin (TPWD), and Louis A. Harveson
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Effects of Age on Home Ranges of Mule Deer Bucks
Louis A. Harveson, Thomas S. Janke, and Andy James
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SPRING
Featured Article: Combating Woody Encroachment of Western Honey Mesquite Using Sendero® Herbicide
James D. Eddy, Ryan S. Luna, and Dewey Stockbridge (TPWD)
2016
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FALL
Featured Article: Mitigating Habitat Disturbance from Oil and Gas Development in West Texas
By Colin Shackelford, Jameson Crumpler, and Louis A. Harveson
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Evaluating the Potential for Mountain Lion-Human Conflict in BBNP
By David Price Rumbelow and Patricia Moody Harveson
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SPRING
Featured Article: The Role of Rainfall in Scaled Quail Reproductive Success
By Ernesto Garcia-Ortega and Ryan S. Luna
2015
![Fall 2015](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fall2015B-570x570.jpg)
FALL
Featured Article: Understanding Diets of Pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos
By Justin French, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Shawn Gray (TPWD), and Louis A. Harveson
![Spring 2015](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/summer2015B-570x570.jpg)
SUMMER
Featured Article: Black Bear Activity Patterns in Big Bend National Park
By Skyler Stevens, Cameron Goebel, Patricia Moody Harveson, and Raymond Skiles (BBNP)
![Spring 2015](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spring2015b-570x570.jpg)
SPRING
Featured Article: BRI Research Accelerates Desert Bighorn Restoration
By Thomas S. Janke, Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Joshua Cross, Louis A. Harveson, and Froylan Hernandez (TPWD)
2014
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FALL
Featured Article: Using VLSA to Assess Vegetation in Desert Grasslands
By Megan Boatright, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Corey Moffet (Noble Foundation)
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Understanding Mountain Lion-Prey Dynamics
By Patricia Moody Harveson, Katie Dennison, Louis A. Harveson
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SPRING
Featured Article: A Quail of Many Names: The Mysterious Montezuma
By Curtis Greene and Louis A. Harveson
2013
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FALL
Featured Article: Pronghorn Restoration 2013: The Marathon Experience
By Taylor Garrison, Louis A. Harveson, and Shawn Gray
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Effects of Supplemental Feed on Mature Mule Deer Bucks
By Andy James and Louis A. Harveson
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WINTER
Featured Article: Monitoring Scaled Quail Productivity through Drought
By Richard Temple, Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jack Turney, and Louis A. Harveson
2012
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FALL
Featured Article: Introducing the Trans-Pecos Native Plant Materials Initiative
By Colin Shackelford, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Forrest Smith
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SPRING
Featured Article: Assessing Mountain Lion Predation in the Davis Mountains
By Colin Shackelford, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Forrest Smith
![WINTER 2012](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/winter2012b-570x570.jpg)
WINTER
Featured Article: Restoring Bighorn Sheep to Big Bend Ranch State Park
By Thomas S. Janke and Louis A. Harveson
2011
![FALL 2011](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fall2011b-570x570.jpg)
FALL
Featured Article: Understanding Hummingbird Ecology in the Big Bend
By Patricia Moody Harveson, Dauna Jo Hodnett, and Josette Delgado
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SUMMER
Featured Article: Effects of Wildfire on Flora & Fauna of the Big Bend
By Bonnie J. Warnock
![SPRING 2011](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spring2011B-570x570.jpg)
SPRING
Featured Article: Evaluating the Success of Pronghorn Restoration
By Bonnie J. Warnock
2010
![FALL/WINTER 2010](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fall-winter2010b-570x570.jpg)
FALL/WINTER
Featured Article: Identifying Potential Black Bear Corridors
By Cherie New and Patricia Moody Harveson
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SPRING/SUMMER
Featured Article: Using Fire and Herbicide to Control Whitebrush
By Iric Burden and Bonnie J. Warnock
2009
![FALL/WINTER 2009](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fall-winter2009b-570x570.jpg)
FALL/WINTER
Featured Article: Movements and Habitat Use of West Texas Elk
By Brendan Witt and Louis A. Harveson
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SPRING/SUMMER
Featured Article: Site Fidelity of Translocated Mule Deer in Mexico
By Jose de la Luz Martinez Garcia and Louis A. Harveson
2008
![FALL/WINTER 2008](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bri.sulross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fall-winter2008b-570x570.jpg)
FALL/WINTER
Featured Article: Evaluating Movements of Mature Mule Deer Bucks
By Misty L. Sumner and Louis A. Harveson
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SPRING/SUMMER
Featured Article: Assessing Pronghorn Movements Using Genetic Techniques
By Renee Keleher and Louis A. Harveson