Sym - Abstracts - University of Texas at El Paso

FIFTH SYMPOSIUM ON RESOURCES OF THE
CHIHUAHUAN DESERT REGION: U.S. AND MEXICO.
SuI Ross State University, Alpine, Texas
October 7-8, 1999
Thursday, October 7, 1999 - Plenary Session: Marshall Auditorium, Morelock Academic Building.
8:30 - 9:15: Registration.
9:00: Introduction and Opening Remarks.
9:15: Partnerships in Conservation. Conducted by the World Wildlife Fund. Conservation Assessment; Partnerships
for the Conservation of the Mexican Prairie Dog; Partnerships for Resource Management in the Big
Bend.
10:00: United States - Mexico International Programs. Panelist: Jose Luis Perea Gonzalez, Instituto Nacional
de Antropología y Historia, Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico, Alberto Lafon Terrazas, Universidad Autónoma de
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico, and Ramon Olivas, National Park Service, Las Cruces, NM. Moderator:
Sonia Najera Meyer, National Park Service, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
10:45: Break
11:05: Conservation and Research Partnerships for Private Lands. The Davis Mountains Project: a Private
Lands Conservation Initiative of The Nature Conservancy. James King, West Texas Program Manager/Director
of Land Protection, TNC. Conducted by the Nature Conservancy. Davis Mountains; Cuatro Cienegas; Conservation
Easements: a Collaborative Effort in the Davis Mountains. William R. Beavers & Anna Whitfield
Watkins, Conservation Partners with The Nature Conservancy; and The Nature Conservancys Conservation
Efforts in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. Bob McCready, Northeast Mexico Program Manager, TNC.
12:00: Lunch Break.
1:30: Advances in Range Management Practices. Francisco Gonzales, Rancho Campana, Chihuahua, Mexico;
and Jerry Holechek, New Mexico State University.
2:00: Exotic Species in the Chihuahuan Desert Region. Andrew Price and Jackie Poole, Texas Parks & Wildlife,
Austin, TX.
2:30: The Relationship of Arthropod Species Richness to Summer Rainfall in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland.
Gregory S. Forbes and Walter G. Whitford, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
3:00: Break.
3:15: Using Aerial Imaging Systems and Spatial Information Technologies for Detecting and Mapping Plant
Species and Insect Infestations in the Chihuahuan Desert Region. Jim H. Everitt 1 , James V. Richerson 2 , D. E.
Escobar 1 , M. A. Alaniz 1 , John P. Karges 3 , M. R. Davis 1 , and A. Gomez 1 , 1 U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Weslaco, Texas, 2 SuI Ross State University, Alpine, Texas (deceased), and 3 Nature Conservancy of Texas, Fort
Davis, Texas.
5:15 - 6:30: Social at Kokernot Lodge.
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