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Gambel's quail are among the most striking of West Texas birds. They're richly patterned in gray, brown and white. And the male is crowned with an…

As every schoolchild learns from Johnny Appleseed, bringing plants to the people is good work. Since 2002, the Big Bend's Native Plant Society has been…

Hueco Tanks State Park, east of El Paso, contains an ancient rock art legacy unlike any in West Texas, or in North America. Thousands of painted images on…

The low deserts of the Big Bend near the Rio Grande are the most forbidding of West Texas landscapes. They're at the lowest elevations in the Chihuahuan…

Prickly pear and cholla cactus are among the most recognizable of West Texas plants. They're part of the "opuntioid" subfamily of cactus. In a recent…

As every school child learns from Johnny Appleseed, bringing plants to the people is good work. Since 2002, the Big Bend chapter of the Native Plant…

It's a cold February morning at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area, 25 miles south of Alpine. A 30-person crew stands at attention at…

When it comes to the rivers of the Southwest, tamarisk, or salt cedar, has long been public enemy number one. Introduced for erosion control, the…

West Texans know it as one of the region's signature back-country experiences. Ranch Road 2810 – Pinto Canyon Road – crosses 60 miles of Presidio County,…

Near Langtry, Texas, in January 2017, the Texas Archeological Society hosted the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Academy. It was an immersion in new research into…