Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series
This monthly webinar series highlights research and conservation efforts in Texas.
Webinars are usually the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 12 noon to 1PM.
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For questions or more information about the Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series, please contact Paul Crump at Paul.Crump@tpwd.texas.gov
Upcoming Webinars
- May 15, 2024 - Assessing Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity in the Western Hognose Snake
- June 19, 2024 - TBD
- July 17, 2024 - Digitizing Texas’ Botanical Legacy: the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria
- August 21, 2024 - Post-delisting Monitoring of Black-capped Vireo in Texas
- September 18, 2024 - NO WEBINAR
- October 16, 2024 - Populations genetics of Crawfish Frogs
Past Webinars
Archived videos are available for viewing on the Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series YouTube channel.
- 03/20/24 - Restoration of spring habitat occupied by federally threatened Salado Salamanders (Zach Adcock)
- 02/21/24 - Snake entanglement in erosion control materials (Chris Schalk)
- 01/17/24 - Prairie Dog Mapping (Rachel Fern)
- 12/20/23 - Genetics of Texas trailing phlox (Christy Edwards)
- 11/15/23 - Trans-Pecos Riparian Breeding Birds (Clint Boal)
- 10/18/23 - Continued sampling for Louisiana Pine Snakes in Texas (Danielle Walkup)
- 08/16/23 - Testing communication strategies to increase Houston toad Safe Harbor Agreement enrollment (Jared Messick)
- 07/19/23 - Survival and Habitat Selection of the Western Chicken Turtle in Texas (Brandon Bowers)
- 06/21/23 - Reintroduction of the Texas Horned Lizard (Diane Barber)
- 05/17/23 - Post delisting monitoring of Concho water snake (Tristan Vratil)
- 04/19/23 - Invasion Dynamics in Texas of the Fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome in Bats (Emily Almberg)
- 03/15/23 - Ground Truthing the Species Distribution Model of Bachman's Sparrow (Liam Wolff)
- 02/15/23 - Population status assessments of four plant species in Big Bend National Park (Carolyn Whiting/Norma Fowler)
- 01/18/23 - Post oak savanna restoration at Gus Engeling WMA (Kyle Brunson)
- 11/16/22 - Population genetics of southern Texas hill country salamanders (Chris Nice)
- 10/19/22 - Plant, lichen, and moss surveys on state lands (Taylor Quedensley)
- 09/21/22 - Distribution, occupancy, and mercury bioaccumulation of Alligator Snapping Turtles in Texas (David Rosenbaum)
- 08/17/22 - Thornscrub Conservation Partnership (Jon Dale)
- 07/20/22 - Respect Big Bend (Billy Tarrant)
- 06/15/22 - Texas Longleaf Team (Jenny Saunders)
- 05/18/22 - Repatriation of illegally collected Alligator Snapping Turtles back to Texas waters (Chris Schalk)
- 04/20/22 - Sneaky snakes: Detection adventures with a Texas endemic (Jessica Yates)
- 02/16/22 - Black lace cactus in South Texas
- 01/19/22 - Accelerating Maturation of Thornscrub Habitat for Ocelots
- 12/15/21 - Recovering Blackland Prairie in Ellis County, TX
- 11/17/21 - Conservation of Beach-nesting Birds along the Texas Gulf Coast
- 10/20/21 - Chasing Black Rails in Coastal Texas
- 09/15/21 - Survey123 for Wildlife Data Collection: A Loggerhead Shrike Nest Monitoring Example
- 06/16/21 - Texas Terrestrial Gastropods
- 05/19/21 - Black Bears of West Texas
- 04/14/21 - Kit Fox Distribution and Status in Texas
- 03/17/21 - Activity and Habitats of the Western Chicken Turtle in TX
- 02/17/21 - On the Trail for Texas Screwstem...Elusive, Tiny, Screwy
- 01/20/21 - Status of Texas Pocket Gophers
- 12/16/20 - Status of Nelson’s Pocket Mouse in South Texas
- 12/02/20 - Snake Fungal Disease in the Brazos Basin; Implications for the Status of the Endemic Brazos Water Snake
- 11/18/20 - Texas Kangaroo Rat Dispersal and Movement
- 10/21/20 - Bat Winter Roosts in Texas
- 10/07/20 - Rough-footed Mud Turtles
- 09/16/20 - Status of Swift Fox in Texas
- 08/19/20 - Taxonomic Status and Occurrence of the Rio Grande Siren
- 07/12/20 - Conserving Genetic Diversity of Big Red Sage
- 06/17/20 - Strategies to Reduce Impacts of Wind Energy on Bats
- 05/20/20 - White-nose Syndrome Invasion Dynamics in Texas
- 04/15/20 - Big-tooth Maple in Central Texas
- 03/18/20 - Home Range and Habitat Associations of the Spot-tailed Earless Lizard
- 01/06/20 - Red-crowned Parrot Research