Texas Parks & Wildlife Department hosting landowner meetings

The Texas Kangaroo Rat has been proposed to be listed as a federal threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act, because of its declining numbers due to multiple factors, including habitat loss. The range of the species in Texas includes all or portions of 11 counties: Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Montague, Motley, Wichita and Wilbarger Counties. T…