Howdy Ags! Hope you have had a good semester! Keep your umbrella handy for these last couple days of classes! Gig 'em!

Delighted to see these two papers come out. They build on my earlier PhD work where we (1) showed that #hybrid songbirds take intermediate routes to pure forms on #migration and (2) mapped migratory orientation to a region on chromosome 4. (1/3)🐦🧬

Howdy Ags! Be on the lookout for some windy and rainy days up ahead. Good luck to our golf, track and field, and baseball team, as they go and BTHO the competition!

Alex Casavant, an ECCB Forest Resources student, recently received @tamu's Outstanding Forestry Student award at the Texas Society of American Foresters meeting. To Alex's left is Dr. Carol Loopstra, an ECCB #forestry professor, and to Alex's right is Joel Hambright, a TAMU '94 forestry graduate

Last seminar of Spring 2024! We're pleased to host Dr. Katy Gonder, ECCB department head and EEB core faculty member, on Monday, 4/22 at 4pm. Zoom available.

Junyeong Choi, a Ph.D. student of Dr. Jianbang Gan, recently won outstanding presentation at the International Society of Forest Resource Economics's 2024 symposium. Congrats Jun!

His talk was titled, “Socioeconomic drivers of emerald ash borer invasions in the United States.”

Great week to be out in the field

ECCB's Climate Committee would like you to know: finals are stressful, but you'll make it through! And, to help, the committee has snacks to fuel up on. Pick up a care package on Monday, April 29, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the WFES lobby -- and BTHO finals!

We’re getting temperature creep, but it’s still nice conditions for getting out in the field. (Take advantage because summer is coming …)

Skyler Nix ‘27 is a sophomore in TAMU Ecology & Conservation Biology who launched the Lights out, College Station! program. Since childhood, Nix has had a love for nature and a desire to immerse himself in a culture where his love for the environment could grow. Full interview: tx.ag/SkylerNix!

A professor in the TAMU Ecology & Conservation Biology and Texas A&M BAEN, is leading a team to develop a modeling tool that can forecast potential cropping conditions and economic results for producers. agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2024/04/04/new…

Happy Monday Ags! Skies are looking better for eclipse viewing this afternoon, but be weather aware! Storms will move in the area this afternoon so plan accordingly. With rounds of storms expected today and tomorrow, be safe. Remember, 'Turn around, don't drown'.

New manuscript finally published! Phylogeography, systematics, and conservation status of pocket mice (Chaetodipus) of the Sonoran–Sinaloan thorn forest Am Soc Mammalogists #mammalwatching #mammals EEB at TAMU TAMU Ecology & Conservation Biology academic.oup.com/jmammal/advanc…

D’oh! Hopefully the weather cooperates on Monday

While humans have spent months gearing up for the April 8 total eclipse, wildlife & domestic animals will be caught off guard by the premature darkening of the sky. So, how do they respond? 👉tx.ag/WildlifeEclipse #TotalEclipse #Eclipse #Wildlife #Eclipse 2024

Regularly updated resources for helping Texans impacted by the #wildfires in the Texas Panhandle can be found at tx.ag/WildfireRelief.