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BEG mapped a 5 km × 20 km portion of the Coryell Creek watershed near Crawford, Texas,
in March 2004. The lidar survey was done in collaboration with the UT Center for Space Research
and the Texas A&M Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department as part of the Leon River
Restoration Project (LRRP). LRRP is a program to encourage landowners and land managers in the
Leon River watershed to apply conservation measures to improve the quality and quantity of water
by providing technical and financial assistance. The project also helps establish land-use
guidelines for treatment of Ashe Juniper and improvement of wildlife habitat and
populations. The goal of the lidar mapping was to generate data about topography and vegetation
that would help characterize habitat for two endangered bird species, the golden-cheeked warbler
and the black-capped vireo.
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