Research by wildlife scientists at Texas Tech University focusing on large-scale landscape and environmental changes could bring new hope to getting a better handle on the fate of the fast-disappearing lesser prairie-chicken. Scientists have estimated that the bird has experienced as much as a 97 percent decline in population size from historic levels.
Texas Tech's Natural Resources Management Department groundbreaking 2+2 program is adding up to success. Technically knows as a Bachelor of Science in Conservation Law Enforcement, it's the first of its kind in the region.