The range is grazed by beef cattle, sheep, goats, and wildlife. Hay, pasture, and small grain for grazing are the principal crops.
Pecan orchards are on flood plains.
Irrigated cotton and grain sorghum are grown locally. Hunting leases for deer, quail, mourning dove, wild turkey, and javelina are an important source of income. The major concern of management is controlling brush that invades the grasslands. On hills and in plateaus it ranges from 400 to 1,200 m, increasing gradually from east to west. Valleys are narrow to broad and have gently sloping to steep walls and smooth to undulating floors.