SFA graduate student monitors species recovery in post oak savanna restoration
(WorldNews Environment)

SFA graduate student monitors species recovery in post oak savanna restoration May 22, 2017 - Sarah Fuller The vast landscape of Texas has experienced myriad changes since Anglo-American colonization began in the 19th century. From the loss of bottomland habitat to the extirpation of native wildlife species, alterations in land use and management have produced far-reaching effects across the state`s 10 ecoregions that span from the Piney Woods to the Trans Pecos. `Post oak savannas are considered among the most threatened vegetation types in North America,` said Courtney McInnerney, a graduate student in Stephen F. Austin State University`s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and...