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Project | University | Summary of tasks covered by funded research | Due date/Report Completed and Available | Contact at Comptroller's office for more information |
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Alligator Snapping Turtle Distribution Macrochelys temminckii |
University of Houston – Clear Lake EIH |
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March 31, 2023 |
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Alligator Snapping Turtle Repatriation and Movement Macrochelys temminckii |
Stephen F. Austin State University |
Track reintroduced alligator snapping turtles in East Texas through radiotelemetry and document survivorship and movement. |
December 31, 2023 |
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Black-spotted Newt Notophthalmus meridionalis |
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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December 31, 2022 |
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Bluehead Shiner Pteronotropis hubbsi |
Sam Houston State University |
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Final Report: Current Status, Critical Habitat and General Ecology of the Bluehead Shiner (Pteronotropis hubbsi) in Texas, by Chad W. Hargrave and Kaitlen P. Gary. March 29, 2018. |
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Delaware River Aquatic Surveys |
Texas State University |
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Final Report: Aquatic Surveys of Delaware River of Texas, by Timothy H. Bonner and Bradley M. Littrell. June 21, 2018. |
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Desert Grassland Habitat Assessment for Desert Massasauga and Spot-tailed Earless Lizard |
Texas Tech University |
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March 15, 2022 |
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Desert Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii |
University of Texas at Tyler |
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Final Report: Integrated Conservation Biology of the Desert (Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii) and Western Massasauga (S. c. tergeminus) at the Species and Population Level: Combining Ecological Niche Modeling with Genetic and Radio-Tracking Data, by John S. Placyk, Jr., Josh A. Banta, Richard A. Seigel, Marsha G. Williams, Mitch Barazowski, Steven R. Hein, Grace Herrington, and Neil B. Ford. January 4, 2017. |
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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus arenicolus |
Texas A&M University |
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Final Report: Translocation of Dunes Sagebrush Lizards (Sceloporus arenicolus) to Unoccupied Habitat in Crane County, Texas, by Mickey R. Parker, Wade A. Ryberg, Toby J. Hibbitts, and Lee A. Fitzgerald. December 31, 2019. |
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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus arenicolus |
Texas State University |
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Final Report: Alpha Texas Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Habitat Model, by Thomas Hardy, Jennifer Jensen and Michael Forstner. September 2018. |
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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus arenicolus |
Texas State University |
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Final Report: Frac Sand Facilities and Their Potential Effects on the Groundwater Resources of the Monahans-Mescalero Sand Ecosystem, Permian Basin, Texas, by Robert E. Mace. January 2019. |
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Eastern Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis |
Texas State University |
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Final Report: Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis), by Amanda A. Moore. December 29, 2017. Final Report: Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) Supplement, by Amanda A. Moore. November 2018. |
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Edwards and Trinity Aquifers eDNA |
University of Texas |
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February 29, 2024 |
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Freshwater Mussels (Central and West Texas) |
Texas A&M University |
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Final Report: Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae): Central and West Texas, by Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources. April 28, 2017. |
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Freshwater Mussels (Central Texas - Colorado, Brazos, Guadalupe) |
Texas State University |
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Final Report: Multiple Freshwater Mussel Species of the Brazos River, Colorado River, and Guadalupe River basins, by Timothy H. Bonner, Edmund L. Oborny, Bradley M. Littrell, James A. Stoeckel, Brian S. Helms, Kenneth G. Ostrand, Patricia L. Duncan, and Jeff Conway. February 28, 2018. Supplemental Report: Multiple Freshwater Mussel Species of the Brazos River, Colorado River, and Guadalupe River basins, by Timothy H. Bonner, Edmund L. Oborny, Bradley M. Littrell, James A. Stoeckel, Brian S. Helms, Kenneth G. Ostrand, Patricia L. Duncan, and Jeff Conway. August 31, 2018. |
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Freshwater Mussels (East Texas) |
University of Texas at Tyler |
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Final Report: Endangered Species Research Projects for Freshwater Mussels, Region 2, East Texas, by Neil B. Ford, Lance Williams, Marsha G. Williams, Josh Banta, John Placyk, and Harmonie Hawley. February 5, 2017 Final Report: Endangered Species Research Projects for Freshwater Mussels, Region 2, East Texas: Extension for Pigtoe Genomic Research, by John S. Placyk, Jr., Ava Laszlo, Ashley Broadbent, Kate L. Hertweck, Lance R. Williams, Marsha B. Williams, and Joshua A. Banta Final Report: East Texas Threatened Mussels, by Lance Williams, Neil Ford, Marsha Williams, and Sara Rumbelow. April 5, 2019. Final Report: Endangered Species Research Projects on the Distribution and Abundance of the Texas Heelsplitter (Potamilus amphicaenus) and Louisiana Pigtoe (Pleurobema riddellii), by Joshua Banta, Lance Williams, Neil Ford, Katrin Kellner, Marsha Williams, Sarah Reeder and Jared Dickson. January 31, 2020. |
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Freshwater Mussels Potamilus amphichaenus |
Texas State University |
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May 31, 2023 |
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Freshwater Mussels Surveys and Tolerances Potamilus amphichaenus |
Texas State University |
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February 28, 2025 |
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Louisiana Pine Snake Pituophis ruthveni |
Texas A&M University |
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Final Report: Endangered Species Research Projects for the Louisiana Pine Snake, by Toby J. Hibbitts, Josh B. Pierce, Wade A. Ryberg, and D. Craig Rudolph. December 2016. |
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Matagorda Bay Ecosystem Assessment |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
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January 15, 2023 |
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Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus |
Sam Houston State University |
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Final Report: Pilot Study on the Potential Role of Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) on Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Reproductive Recruitment in Northeast Texas, by Jeff Kopachena. July 7, 2016. Final Report: Evaluation of the Status of the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, With an Emphasis on its Current Populations, Host Plant Availability, and Disease Threat in East Texas, by Jerry L. Cook, William B. Godwin, and Tamara J. Cook. 2017. |
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Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus |
Texas A&M University Commerce |
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Final Report: the Potential Effects of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) on Survivorship of Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Eggs and Larvae in Northeast Texas, by Jeff Kopachena and Bukuo Ni. September 13, 2018. |
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Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus |
University of Texas at San Antonio |
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Final Report: State Comptroller Contract CMD #15-5773LV, by Janis K. Bush. December 17, 2018. |
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Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus |
Texas A&M University |
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Final Report: Investigations on Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Texas Using a Spatially Explicit Functional Connectivity Approach, by Robert N. Coulson, Kristen A. Baum, Tuula Kantola, James L. Tracy, and Michael A. Quinn. December 31, 2018. |
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Plains Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius interrupta |
Angelo State University |
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Final Report: Conservation Status of the Plains Spotted Skunk, Spilogale putorius interrupta, in Texas, with an Assessment of Genetic Variability in the Species, by Robert C. Dowler, J. Clint Perkins, Alexandra A. Shaffer, Brad D. Wolaver, Benjamin J. Labay, Jon Paul Pierre, Adam W. Ferguson, Molly M. McDonough, and Loren K. Ammerman. October 6, 2017. |
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Plains Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius interrupta |
Angelo State University |
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August 31, 2022 |
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Prairie Chub Machrybopsis australis |
Texas State University |
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,Final Report: Endangered Species Research Projects for the Prairie Chub, by David S. Ruppel, V. Alex Sotola, Ozlem Ablak Gurbuz, Noland H. Martin, and Timothy H. Bonner. July 31, 2017. |
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Rio Grande cooter Pseudemys gorzugi |
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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Final Report: Development and Application of a Novel Suite of Field Survey Methods to Inform Conservation of the Rio Grande Cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi), by Drew R. Davis, Amy P. Bogolin, Md Saydur Rahman, Richard J. Kline, and Abdullah F. Rahman. December 31, 2019. |
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Smalleye and Sharpnose Shiners Notropis buccula Notropis oxyrhynchus |
University of North Texas |
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February 28, 2026 |
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Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia lacerata Tamaulipan spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia subcaudalis |
University of Texas at Austin |
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Final Report: Collaborative Research on the Natural History of the Enigmatic Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) in Texas, by Travis J. LaDuc, Brad D. Wolaver, Jon Paul Pierre, C. Michael Duran, Benjamin J. Labay, Wade A. Ryberg, Toby J. Hibbitts, Corey E. Roelke, Matthew K. Fujita, Ian M. Wright, Gautam Surya, Cody J. Shank, Paul Holloway, John R. Andrews, Svetlana A. Ikonnikova, Guinevere McDaid. May 7, 2018. |
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Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia lacerata Tamaulipan spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia subcaudalis |
University of Texas at Austin |
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Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia lacerata Tamaulipan spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia subcaudalis |
Texas A&M University |
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June 30, 2023 |
Chelsea Jones |
Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii |
Texas A&M University |
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Final Report: Evaluation of Sprague’s Pipit’s Conservation Status on their Wintering Grounds in Texas, by Ashley Long, Brian Pierce, Kevin Skow, Amanda Dube, Addie Engling, and Roel Lopez. September 25, 2015. |
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Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii |
Texas State University |
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Final Report: Sprague’s Pipit Research Project, by Joseph A. Veech. January 22, 2017. |
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Texas Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys elator |
Texas Tech University |
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Final Report: Endangered Species Research: Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator), by John D. Stuhler, Michaela K. Halsey, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, David A. Ray, Robert D. Bradley and Richard D. Stevens. December 31, 2019. |
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Texas Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys elator |
Texas Tech University |
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March 31, 2023 |
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Western Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia miaria |
Texas A&M University |
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Final Report: Habitat Modeling and Conservation of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) in Texas, by Wade A. Ryberg, Brad D. Wolaver, Heather L. Prestridge, Ben J. Labay, Jon Paul Pierre, Ruth A. Costley, Connor S. Adams, Brandon C. Bowers, and Toby J. Hibbitts. August 5, 2016. |
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Western Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia miaria |
University of Houston – Clear Lake |
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March 31, 2023 |