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Allender, Michael, and Alan Tennant. The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas. Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series, no. 10. University of Texas Press, 1980. Call no.: XVII ALL

Contents: Acknowledgments, The Photographer's Preface, [10 untitled chapters]. Baxter, David, and Laurence Parent. Nature of the Forest: Temple-Inland's Timberlands in the Twenty-First Century. Temple-Inland, 2002. Call no.: XVII BAX

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. Trees; Chapter Two. Other Plants of the Forest; Chapter Three. Wildlife of the Forest; Chapter Four. Places in the Forest; Chapter Five. Challenges of the Twenty-First Century; Acknowledgements. Bedichek, Roy. Adventures with a Texas Naturalist. Rev. ed. University of Texas Press, 1961. Call no.: XVII BED

Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Fences: Fields and Pastures; 2. Fences: Right-of-Ways; 3. Still Water; 4. The Wing of the Swallow; 5. Killers; 6. A Bird and a Flower; 7. "Co-operatives;" 8. "Co-operatives" (continued); 9. Denatured Chickens; 10. Davis Mountains Holiday: En Route; 11. Davis Mountains Holiday: In Camp; 12. The Golden Eagle; 13. Thy Golden Eagle: Soarer; 14. Nature Lore in Folklore; 15. Folk-Naming of Birds and flowers; 16. The Mockingbird: Character and Disposition; 17. Mockingibrd: Singer; 18. Mockingbird: Does He Mock?" 19. Heronry on Keller's Creek; 20. Nest Hunber; 21. Root and Rock; 22. Cedar Cutter; Errata; the Author's Emendations; Index. Blagg, Dennis. Big Bend Landscapes. Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series, no. 12. Texas A&M University Press, 2002. Call no.: XVII BLA

Contents: Artist's Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, The Art, About the Artist. Blair, William D., Jr. Katharine Ordway: The Lady Who Saved the Prairies. Nature Conservancy, 1989. Call no.: XVII BLAI

Contents: Foreword, Preparation, Devil's Den, The Prairie System, Critical Areas & Endangered Species, Effects, Index. Bock, Carl E., and Jane H. Bock. Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Call no.: XVII BOC

Contents: Part I. Geography and Ecology of a Southwestern Valley; Part II. Biodiversity; Part III. Humans; Appendix1; Appendix 2; Further Reading. Davis, Walt, and Isabel Davis. Exploring the Edges of Texas. Texas A&M University Press, 2010 Call no.: XVII DAV

Contents: Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Prairie Pathfinder; Chapter 2. Island in the Desert; Chapter 3. Walking to El Paso; Chapter 4. Letters from the Ghost Mountains; Chapter 5. Wild and Scenic River; Chapter 6. Border Botanist; Chapter 7. The Great Feather Fight; Chapter 8. Bird Lady of the Texas Coast; Chapter 9. Ivory-Bills on Buffalo Bayou; Chapter 10. Searching for Longleaf Pine; Chapter 11. Exploring Bear River; Chapter 12. Red River Trading Post; Chapter 13. A Singular Object from Texas; Chapter 14. Death in the Redbeds; Chapter 15. Panhandle Petrified Zoo; Chapter 16. From Buried City to Chill Hill; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Doughty, Robin W. Wildlife and Man in Texas: Environmental Change and Conservation. Texas A&M University Press, 1983. Call no.: XVII DOU

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Living Off the Land; Chapter 2. Beautiful, Strange, and Menacing Animals; Chapter 3. Wildlife for Recreation; Chapter 4. Declines in Game and Fish; Chapter 5. Mediterranean Metaphor: Old World Plants and Animals in Texas; Chapter 6. Wild Animal Conservation: Protection and Management; Chapter 7. Twentieth-Century Losses and Gains; Chapter 8. Lone Star Biogeography: Trends and Prospects; Bibliography; Index; Maps; Tables. Francaviglia, Richard V. The Cast Iron Forest: A Natural and Cultural History of the North American Cross Timbers. Corrie Herring Hooks Series, no. 43. University of Texas Press, 2000. Call no.: XVII FRA

Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. "The Natural Curiosities of the Country" A Brief Natural History of the Cross Timbers; Chapter 2. "Through Forests of Cast Iron" The European American Encounter with the Cross Timbers; Chapter 3. "The Destroying Axe of the Pioneer" The Transformation of the Cross Timbers; Chapter 4 "Now We Have the Modern Cross Timbers" The Persistence of a Perceptual Region; Summary and Conclusion "The Delightful Scenery We Have Traversed;" Notes; Bibliography; Index. Free, Montague. Plant Propagation in Pictures: How to Increase the Number of Plants in Your Home and Garden by Division, Grafting, Layering, Cuttings, Bulbs and Tubers, Sowing Seeds and Spores. American Garden Guild and Doubleday, 1957. Call no.: XVII FRE

Contents: Preface; Foreword; I. Seeds and Spores; II. Vegetative or Asexual Propagation; III. Propagation by Cuttings; IV. Bulbs, Corms, Tubers, Rhizomes, Rootstocks; V. Runners, Offsets, Stolons, and Suckers; VI. Layering; VII. Perennial Vegetables; VIII. Graftage; IX. Rooting Mediums and Equipment; Appendix; Index; Acknowledgments. Greene, Jeffrey. Water From Stone: The Story of Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve. Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, no. 41. Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Call no.: XVII GRE

Contents: Acknowledgments, The Grass Trail, The Historical Marker, Pleasant Valley, Hes' Country Store, The Cistern, Jacob's Ladder, Carter Tank, Pioneers of Franchising, The Vermilion Flycatcher at Little Mexico, Grasses and the D6 Caterpillar, Grassmasters and Beef Candy Bars, The Coming of the Scimitar-Horned Oryx, The Center, The Chiroptorium, The Texas Snowbell Story, Hes' Trees, People Ranching, The Relay for Life, Works Cited, Index. Horne, James E., and Maura McDermott. The Next Green Revolution: Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture. Food Products Press, 2001. Call no. XVII HOR

Contents: Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. On Trial: Industrial Agriculture; Chapter 2. The Remedy: Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 3. Down to Earth: Step 1--Create and Conserve Healthy Soil; Chapter 4. Clear, Clean Water: Step 2--Conserve Water and Protect its Quality and Step 3--Manage Organic Wastes to Avoid Pollution; Chapter 5. Think Local: Step 4--Select Plants and Animals Adapted to the Environment; Chapter 6. All Creatures Great and Small: Step 5--Encourage Biodiversity; Chapter 7. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Step 6-Manage Pests with Minimal Environmental Impact; Chapter 8. Power: Step 7--Conserve Nonrenewable Energy Resources; Chapter 9. Money: Step 8--Increase Profitability and Reduce Risk; Chapter 10. Two Roads; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Images for Conservation, Book One. Texas Hill Country Edition. Images for Conservation Fund (ICF), 2006. Call no.: XVII IMA

Contents: Looking Back and Looking Forward, Grand Prize Winners, Ranch/Photographer Teams, Acknowledgments. Longoria, Arturo. Adios to the Brushlands. Texas A&M University Press, 1997. Call no.: XVII LON

Contents: Publisher's Acknowledgment; Preface; Part I. Beginnings; Part 2. The Dark Years; Part 3. Fighting Back; Notes. Madson, John, and Frank Oberle. Tall Grass Prairie. Falcon Press, 1993. Call no.: XVII MAD

Contents: Foreword; I. Introduction; II. The Opening Land; III. The Prairie World; IV. The Far Edge; V. Conclusion; VI. Tallgrass Parks and Preserves. Phelan, Richard. Texas Wild: The Land, Plants, and Animals of the Lone Star State. E.P. Dutton, 1976. Call no.: XVII PHE

Contents: Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Trans-Pecos; 2. The Edwards Plateau; 3. The Llano Uplift; 4. The Staked Plain; 5. The Prairies and Cross Timbers; 6. The East Texas Forests; 7. The Gulf Coast; 8. The Rio Grande Plain; Conclusion: "No Deposit, No Return;" Chapter Notes; A List of Books and Maps; Index. Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World. Random House, 2001. Call no.: XVII POL

Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter1. Desire: Sweetness / Plant: The Apple; Chapter 2. Desire: Beauty / Plant: The Tulip; Chapter 3. Desire: Intoxication / Plant: Marijuana; Chapter 4. Desire: Control / Plant: The Potato; Epilogue; Sources; Index. Reynolds, Richard. Texas. Westcliffe Publishers, 1991. Call no.: XVII REY

Contents: Foreword, Preface, West Texas Mountains and Deserts, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, East Texas Forests and Prairies, Central Texas, High Plains and Rio Grande Plains, Technical Information and Acknowledgemnets. Sansom, Andrew. Water in Texas: An Introduction. Texas Natural History Guides. University of Texas Press, 2008. Call no.: XVII SAN

Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Living with a Limited Resource; 2. The Molecule That Moves Mountains; 3. A Texas Water Journey; 4. The Gulf Shores of Texas; 5. Who's Who in Water; 6. Texas Water Law: A Blend of Two Cultures; 7. Does Texas Have Enough Water? 8. Planning for the Future; 9. What's in Your Water? 10. How Much is Water Worth? 11. Water is Our Legacy; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Skutch, Alexander Frank. Origins of Nature's Beauty. Corrie Herring Hooks Series, no.19. University of Texas Press, 1992. Call no.: XVII SKU

Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Diverse Sources of Beauty; 2. Beauty and the Aesthetic Sense; 3. Beauty That Conceals or Repels; 4. Beauty That Entices; 5. Sexual Selection: A Preliminary Survey; 6. The Courtship of Grouse, The Great Argus Pheasant, and The Ruff; 7. The Courtship of Hummingbirds; 8. The Courtship of Manakins; 9. The Courtship of Cotingas; 10. The Courtship of Birds of Paradise; 11. The Courtship of Bowerbirds; 12. The Courtship of Lyrebirds and Dancing Whydahs; 13. The courtship of Ducks; 14. Mutual Selection in Birds; 16. The Songs of Birds; 17. Butterflies; 18. Do Birds Choose Beauty? Epilogue: Quality in a Sea of Quantity; Bibliogrpahy; Index. Taylor, Raymond L. Plants of Colonial Days. Dover, 1996. Call no.: XVII TAY

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Thompson, Jerry. A Wild and Vivid Land: An Illustrated History of the South Texas Border. Texas State Historical Association, 1997. Call no.: XVII THO

Contents: The Land; Coahuiltecans; Spanish Exploration; Jose de Escandon; Camargo, Reynosa, Revilla, and Mier; Dolores; Laredo; San Patricio, Corpus Christi, and Dolores; Revolutions; Republic of the Rio Grande; Second Texas-Mexico War; Mier Expedition; Mexican War; Steamboats on the Rio Grande; Brownsville; Cortina War; Secession and Civil War; Guerrilla Warfare in the Nueces Strip; Reconstruction; Catarino Garza; Gregorio Cortez; Mexican Revolution; Railroads; Sheep and Cattle Industry; Jovita and Nicasio Idart; Citrus; Oil and Gas; Facon Dam and Reservoir; Notes; Index. Tweit, Susan J. Barren, Wild and Worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert. University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Call no.: XVII TWE

Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Coming to the Chihuahuan Desert; Spadefoot Toads and Storm Sewers; The Disappeared Ones; Weeds; Sanctuary; Terminus; Going South; Further Reading. Wasowski, Sally, and Andy Wasowski. Requiem for a Lawnmower: And Other Essays on Easy Gardening with Native Plants. Taylor Publishing Company, 1992. Call no.: XVII WAS

Contents: Introduction, Going Back to Basics, Zeroing in on Your Own Backyard, Putting It All Together, A Native for Every Niche, Observations, Creating Habitats, Where Do We Go from Here? Wasowski, Sally, and Andy Wasowski. Requiem for a Lawnmower: And Other Essays on Easy Gardening with Native Plants. 2nd ed. Taylor Publishing Company, 2004. Call no.: XVII WAS

Contents: Introduction, Going Back to Basics, Zeroing in on Your Own Backyard, Putting It All Together, A Native for Every Niche, Observations, Creating Habitats, Where Do We Go from Here? About the Authors. Wauer, Roland H. Naturalist's Big Bend: An Introduction to the Trees and Shrubs, Wildflowers, Cacti, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Fish, and Insects. 2nd ed. Texas A&M University Press, 1980. Call no.: XVII WAU

Contents: Preface; 1. Within the Big Bend; 2. Man--A User of the Land; 3. The Living Scene Today; 4. Trees and Shrubs; 5. Wildflowers; 6. The Cacti; 7. Mammals; 8. Birds; 9. Reptiles and Amphibians; 10. Fish; 11. Insects and Other Invertebrates; Bibliography. White, Matt. Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait. Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life, no. 10. Texas A&M University Press, 2006. Call no.: XVII WHI

Contents: Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ingredients; Discovering Dream Land.

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