The agencies are testing three different fence designs created to keep protected species like the Houston toad and Louisiana pine snake out of construction zones.
From left: Dr. Kentaro Inoue, Dr. Charles Randklev and Michael Hart with the Texas hornshell, the state’s first freshwater mussel to be listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. (Gabe Saldana/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) By Gabe Saldana, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences In February…