The Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University in Alpine is working to preserve parts of West Texas in the Chihuahuan Desert.

KRLD's Mitch Carr speaks to Dr. Louis Harveson about their work. Dr. Harveson is the Associate Provost of Research and Development at Sul Ross and the Dan Allen Hughes, Jr., Endowed Director of Borderlands Research Institute.

Image: The Rio Grande as viewed from the Rio Grande Village Nature Trail in Big Bend National Park, Texas (Getty Images)