This chapter is dedicated to Ira T. Burns (1891-1976), a homesteader on the Rio Grande Plain. As a bee-keeper, he had a different perspective on woody vegetation than ranchers of the region. I was fortunate to have been his grandson and student.

This paper was presented by Lawrence E. Gilbert to:

Tamaulipan Biotic Province

A Symposium

Resources, Management, Conservation

28-30 October 1982 Corpus Christi, TX

Co-Sponsored by

• Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
• Welder Wildlife Foundation
• Texas A & I University
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• National Park Service
• Texas Good Neighbor Commission

Co-ordinators

David H. Riskind TPWD

4200 Smith School Rd.

Austin, TX 78744

Gene W. Blacklock

Welder Wildlife Foundation

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512-364-2643

Unfortunately this volume was never published.