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Habitat Appraisal Guide for Rio Grande Wild Turkey
(2007-09-04)
The Rio Grande wild turkey habitat appraisal guide gives landowners and managers a standardized, systematic way to evaluate current habitat conditions. It can be used to identify limiting factors. It also contains suggestions ...
Controlling Pocket Gopher Damage
(2007-03-13)
Pocket gophers can seriously damage cultivated farming areas, rangelands, orchards, tree farms and lawns. Mechanical control by probing and chemical control by hand baiting and using fumigants are explained.
Controlling Rats and Mice
(2007-03-13)
House rats and mice eat and contaminate human and animal food, and they damage and destroy property. This leaflet explains how to identify rats and mice by their droppings, runways, food crumbs and noises. Various control ...
Controlling Armadillo Damage
(2007-03-13)
Armadillos are beneficial because they eat insects and other invertebrates, but they can damage lawns, gardens and structural foundations. They also are believed to transmit leprosy to humans. This leaflet focuses on control ...
Controlling Opossum Damage
(2007-05-23)
Opossums are omnivores that can become a nuisance when they eat pet food, fruit on trees, pecans, seeds in bird feeders and garbage in trash cans. They also carry murine typhus and can transmit the disease to people and ...
Controlling Nutria Damage
(2007-03-13)
Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents resembling beavers or muskrats. They eat desirable vegetation, girdle trees and burrow into banks and dams. The biological, reproductive and behavioral characteristics of nutria are ...
Controlling Ground Squirrel Damage
(2007-03-13)
Ground squirrels do not normally cause extensive damage in urban areas. However, they do feed on flowers and vegetables in gardens. In rural areas, they can damage cropland and pastureland extensively. Chemical, cultural ...
Controlling Mole Damage
(2007-03-13)
Moles can cause much damage to crops and livestock. This leaflet explains the proper way to set shocker loop traps and harpoon traps. Cultural controls and habitat modifications are discussed. Moles also can be controlled ...
Linking Water Conservation and Natural Resource Stewardship in the Trinity River Basin
(2007-09-04)
Water conservation is a critical issue in Texas today. This publication explores the relationship between ecosystem health and land stewardship in the Trinity River Basin. It also describes how responsible land stewardship ...
Feral Hogs in Texas
(2007-03-19)
Feral hogs are found in almost parts of Texas. They are prized by hunters but despised by landowners who suffer from their damage. This publication is a comprehensive look at feral hogs, from their history and identification ...