Honey Mesquite Control in West Texas
Channel: Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox
Date: 2022-08-05

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area is dedicated to the restoration and management of wildlife populations and their associated habitats in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. Area staff work to facilitate research and demonstrate management techniques applicable to desert ecosystems. Elephant Mountain  Wildlife Management Area has experienced considerable encroachment by woody plants reducing habitat suitability for many grassland dependent wildlife and increasing soil erosion. In partnership with Borderlands Research Institute, herbicide treatments have been utilized to restore desert grasslands to historic conditions. This vegetative transition from woody canopy to herbaceous ground cover improves habitat for an array of indigenous wildlife and aids in the prevention of soil erosion.

August 2nd, 2022 
Presented by Dr. Carlos "Lalo" Gonzalez/Sul Ross University's Borderlands Research Instutute, and Cody McEntire/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.