Description
Jim Eckles discusses the history of the varied wildlife species that can be found on the White Sands Missile Range. These include African oryx, desert bighorn sheep, feral horses, pronghorn, mule deer, and pupfish. Why are they there? What species have survived, which have flourished, and which have disappeared?
Jim Eckles worked for White Sands Missile Range for 30 years and has been a volunteer there since he retired in 2007. When he retired, he was informally called the “WSMR’s historian.” While at the range, he wrote and spoke extensively about the missile range mission and area history. He arrived early enough at WSMR to meet the pioneers who invented the idea of a missile range.