CLIMATE CHANGE:  Help researchers understand the 
impact climate change has on wildlife…07 [“…species was 
found.”] we tell you how …ahead on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Texas wildlife has a stake in the climate change lottery.

06—Climate change is going to affect species that are found – 
and breed – in backyards here in Texas. 

Former TPW biologist, Cullen Hanks, says models that 
predict impacts of climate change on wildlife vary, so we 
need baseline information on each species.

33—To be able to document change, we need to know where 
things are before they change. And, this highlights the need of 
documenting the distribution of species that we have today in 
Texas. And, there aren’t enough biologists to do all of that. 
And so, what we do is we reach out to citizens. That’s exactly 
right!  Texas is a big state with a lot of species, and the 
community of naturalists and citizens interested in wildlife in 
Texas can play a huge part in documenting wildlife in Texas.

Monitor backyard species, and then share your 
observations online.

17—ebird, a citizen science platform, created by the Cornell 
laboratory of Ornithology is a great way to maintain your 
checklist of birds. In addition, iNaturalist is a really useful 
platform for documenting your wildlife sightings of any species 
-- not just birds. 

TPW has various projects on iNaturalist. Just go to the 
Texas Nature Trackers page on the TPW website for 
details.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.







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