Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas & Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

 
 
 

This trip will take us into the canyonlands of Texas where we will see rugged terrain and visit short-grass prairie, scarp woodlands, badlands, and canyon woodlands.  We will arrive late afternoon on Friday and head immediately out into the field with park naturalist to explore the flora and fauna and learn about wildlife management at the site.  On Saturday, we will take an all day hike that takes us through a number of the park's ecosystems including short-grass prairie, scrub and canyon woodlands.  On Sunday, we will head home via the "Grand Canyons of Texas" with a stop in Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.  Here we will see grasslands and look for prairie dogs, bison, and Rocky Mountain elk.
 
 
 
 

Introduction

Schedule

Relevant References Updated list on web October 17

Reprints available in Biology 440 folder

Common Plants:  see Biology 440 Caprock folder for plant line drawings

Maps:

Caprock Canyons State Park map
Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge map

General Information on Caprock Canyons State Park:

1. Caprock Canyons State Park brochure (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
2. Land of the Inverted Mountains: Chapter 1 of Caprock Canyonlands by Dan Flores (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
3. Plants of Caprock Canyons State Park: checklist (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
4. Birds of Caprock Canyons State Park: checklist (there are enough copies in Caprock folder for everyone)
5. Mammals of Caprock Canyons State Park (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
6. Chihuahuan desert (xerox with general description; copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
7. Short grass prairie (xerox with general description; copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)

General Information on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge:

1. Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge brochure (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
2. Birds of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
3. The Spirit Trail: a brief chronicle of the Wichita Mountain Region (copy available in Biology 440 Caprock folder)
 

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