Wildlife Conservation 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 Conservation Webinar Series, please contact Paul Crump at Paul.Crump@tpwd.texas.gov

• July 16, 2025 - Assessment of South Texas Loma Habitat for Texas Tortoise (Sandra Rideout-Hanzak) 
• August 20, 2025 - Population genomics of the Western Chicken Turtle (Andrew DeWoody)
• September 10, 2025 - Tricolored bat hibernation (Katie Haase)
• October 15, 2025 - Effects of Range Management on the Plateau Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Katie Steffan)
• November 19, 2025 - Conservation genomics and disease ecology of the Texas tortoise (Shawn McCracken)
• December 17, 2025 - Distribution and Activity of Summer Bats in Texas (Sarah Fritts)
• January 21, 2026 - Reproductive biology and seed ecology of Zapata bladderpod (Brenda Molano-Flores/Janice Coons)
• February 18, 2026 - Guadalupe fescue augmentation (Andrew Barton & Helen Poulos)
• March 18, 2026 - Texas Cave Invertebrate Phylogenomics and Databasing
• May 20, 2026 - Mobilizing TAMU Insect Collection Resources to Improve Texas Insect SGCN Assessments

Archived videos are available for viewing on the Wildlife Conservation Webinar Series YouTube channel.

• 6/18/25 - Texas poppy mallow distribution (Ben Skipper)
• 5/21/25 - Demography of Alligator Snapping Turtles Along a Fishing Gradient (Luke Micek)
• 4/16/25 - Distribution, status assessment, and population ecology of Cagle’s map turtle (Jesse Meik)
• 12/18/24 - Habitat Suitability Modeling for the Houston Toad (Toby Hibbitts)
• 11/20/24 - East Texas Seep Forests and Texas Screwstem (Sharandeep Singh Chahal)
• 10/16/24 - Populations genetics of Crawfish Frogs (Russell Pfau)
• 08/21/24 - Post-delisting Monitoring of Black-capped Vireo in Texas (Jim Giocomo)
• 07/17/24 - Digitizing Texas’ Botanical Legacy: the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (Tiana Rehman)
• 06/19/24 - Integrated Disease Management System Approach to Reduce White-Nose Syndrome Mortality in Texas (Samantha Leivers)
• 05/15/24 - Assessing Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity in the Western Hognose Snake (Corey Roelke)
• 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 (Shannon Fehlberg & Paula Williamson)
• 01/19/22 - Accelerating Maturation of Thornscrub Habitat for Ocelots )Sandra Rideout-Hanzak)
• 12/15/21 - Recovering Blackland Prairie in Ellis County, TX (Tim Siegmund)
• 11/17/21 - Conservation of Beach-nesting Birds along the Texas Gulf Coast (Kristen Vale)
• 10/20/21 - Chasing Black Rails in Coastal Texas (Amanda Haverland)
• 09/15/21 - Survey123 for Wildlife Data Collection: A Loggerhead Shrike Nest Monitoring Example (Anna Matthews)
• 06/16/21 - Texas Terrestrial Gastropods (Katheryn Perez)
• 05/19/21 - Black Bears of West Texas (Krysta Demere)
• 04/14/21 - Kit Fox Distribution and Status in Texas (Matthew Hewitt)
• 03/17/21 - Activity and Habitats of the Western Chicken Turtle in TX (Brandon Bowers)
• 02/17/21 - On the Trail for Texas Screwstem...Elusive, Tiny, Screwy (Kim Taylor)
• 01/20/21 - Status of Texas Pocket Gophers (Michaela Halsey)
• 12/16/20 - Status of Nelson’s Pocket Mouse in South Texas (Jessica Light)
• 12/02/20 - Snake Fungal Disease in the Brazos Basin; Implications for the Status of the Endemic Brazos Water Snake (David Rodriguez)
• 11/18/20 - Texas Kangaroo Rat Dispersal and Movement (Joe Veech)
• 10/21/20 - Bat Winter Roosts in Texas (Melissa Meierhofer)
• 10/07/20 - Rough-footed Mud Turtles (Andrew Gluesenkamp)
• 09/16/20 - Status of Swift Fox in Texas (Donelle Schwalm)
• 08/19/20 - Taxonomic Status and Occurrence of the Rio Grande Siren (Richard Klien & Drew Davis)
• 07/12/20 - Conserving Genetic Diversity of Big Red Sage (Sean Hoban)
• 06/17/20 - Strategies to Reduce Impacts of Wind Energy on Bats (Sara Weaver)
• 05/20/20 - White-nose Syndrome Invasion Dynamics in Texas (Kristin Jonasson)
• 04/15/20 - Big-tooth Maple in Central Texas (Bill Van Auken & Donna Taylor)
• 03/18/20 - Home Range and Habitat Associations of the Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Danielle Walkup)
• 01/06/20 - Red-crowned Parrot Research (Simon Kiacz & Donald Brightsmith)