Dr. Nelson and undergraduate students Elizabeth Watson and Mark Nelson (along with colleague Dr. Goetze at Laredo Community College) are pleased to announce that their research on the state threatened Texas kangaroo rat has been accepted for publication.

Nelson, A. D. , J. R. Goetze, E. Watson, and Mark Nelson. 2009.
Changes in vegetation patterns and its effect on Texas kangaroo rats
(Dipodomys elator). Texas Journal of Science.

Sara Harsley has just started a job with TPWD at the Possum Kingdom Fish Hatchery. She will be conducting algae counts and assessing water quality. Sunni Taylor finished her Masters degree at Texas State University and is now working on a PH.D. there. She is looking at hybrid speciation in irises that occur in Louisiana. Cassie Cox is park interpreter at Ray Roberts Lake SP for TPWD and is considering graduate school.