"The West Texas pronghorn population has crashed"................ "In the 1980s, there were approximately 17,000 animals"................ "Drought, habitat fragmentation, and a nasty parasitic worm combined into a lethal concoction that devastated the herd to a 2013 low of only 3,000 animals"............. "The Borderlands Research Institute, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and private landowners have teamed up to revive (these) dwindling populations"............. "In the words of Wildlife Biologist Louis Harveson, we drew a line in the sand not to watch this species diminish on our watch"........ "In January of 2016, they set out to capture over 100 pronghorn from an abundant herd in the Texas Panhandle and translocate them 500 miles to revive a dwindling herd near Marfa",..............."There was a 5% mortality rate(in the translocation), the lowest yet for the Texas pronghorn team, and spirits were high"................... "Abundant rainfall has given West Texas a bountiful supply of forage and release conditions are the best in years"................. "But the work is far from done"................ "(Biology) students at Sul Ross University (will conduct) ambitious research projects that will yield crucial data on (the) pronghorn's movement, survival rates (and) forage habits"............"(This will) hopefully pave the way for more translocations in the future"....................And from my perch, once the new Pronghorn populations are established, hopefully Texas Wildlife Officials will seek to restore Wolves and Pumas to the same regions, truly setting the stage for optimum biodiversity and health of the land

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PRONGHORN REVIVAL IN WEST TEXAS