Texas Natural History: A Century of Change

by David J. Schmidly

Book Overview

Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial AwardOne hundred years ago, Texas was very different. A rural population was spread thinly across the eastern and central parts of the state, and vast lands in the western regions were still undisturbed. Wolves, both gray and red; black bears; black-footed ferrets; cougars; and many other species of wildlife that are now reduced or extinct were common then.In 1905, Vernon Bailey, chief naturalist for the U.S. Biological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896724697
• ISBN13: 9780896724693
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 10.2"