Lyon Center for Gamebird Research News
Lyon Center Student Researcher Named G. W. Allen Gamebird Research Fellow
Recent East Texas A&M graduate Jilian Hudson made her way from Colorado to the Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research, where she works as a quail research technician in the Reyna Laboratory for Upland Gamebirds. She just graduated…
Lyon Center for Gamebird Research Advisory Board Ready to Support Landmark 2026 Initiatives
Following its induction at the Wing Ranch in Montana, the Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research advisory board is gearing up for a transformative 2026. With construction of the Lyon Center's new state-of-the-art facility in Commerce nearing completion,…
Lyon Center Collaboration at 2025 Kansas Governor’s Ringneck Classic Spurs 2026 Momentum
The Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research at East Texas A&M University showed up big at the 2025 Kansas Governor's Ringneck Classic hunt in Colby, Kansas. Dr. Kelly Reyna, founding director of the Lyon Center, fielded a hunting…
Recent ETAMU Master’s Graduate Selected as First Lyon Center Full-Time Laboratory Manager
Originally from Winthrop, Arkansas, Grace James earned her bachelor's in biology from Texas A&M University-Texarkana, while working in a pharmacy to support her schooling. Afterward, she made the move to East Texas A&M University, to obtain her master’s degree and…
A&M System Leaders Experience ETAMU’s Expanding Research Impact
East Texas A&M hosted the Texas A&M System’s Chief Research Officers fall meeting, highlighting groundbreaking research in gamebird conservation, cancer treatment, agriculture, astronomy, and human performance.
Saving the Quail: The Lyon Center for Gamebird Research at East Texas A&M is Restoring a Valuable Texas Resource
The Lyon Center for Gamebird Research at East Texas A&M University is poised to tackle the gamebird population crisis head-on.
Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research Highlighted in Premier Conservation Journal
The Quail Forever Journal article highlights the Lyon Center’s efforts to secure sustainable game bird populations in Texas and beyond.
Renowned A&M-Commerce Quail Professor Quoted in Texas Monthly
Dr. Kelly Reyna provided insight on efforts to save the popular gamebird.
A&M-Commerce Hosts Luncheon to Celebrate Lyon Center for Gamebird Research
Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Hilton hotel in Rockwall, Texas, on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate the university's planned Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research.
A poster commemorates the Lyon Center project. Photo by Matt…
TAMUC’s ‘Quail Professor’ Discusses Sustainable Quail on Upland Nation Podcast
Dr. Kelly Reyna, associate professor and director of the Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research at Texas A&M University-Commerce, is featured on a recent episode of the Upland Nation podcast.
In the episode, Reyna and host Scott Linden…
TAMUC Professor Discusses University’s Quail Repopulation Efforts in Article
A&M-Commerce associate professor Dr. Kelly Reyna is featured in an article by the Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, where he discusses the critical issue of declining quail populations in Texas and across the country. The Ted and Donna Lyon Center for…
Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research Planned for Texas A&M University-Commerce
Texas A&M University-Commerce will soon be home to an innovative gamebird research and education facility, thanks to a historic gift from alumnus Ted B. Lyon and his wife, Donna. Construction of the Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research…
TAMUC Leads Quail Research and Collaborative Restoration Efforts
A&M-Commerce Associate Professor Kelly Reyna presented at the Texas House Sportsman’s Caucus in Austin on March 20 about the state’s declining quail population and the university’s ambitious Texas Quail Restoration Plan.
Reyna and university representatives—including President Mark Rudin, College of…
A&M-Commerce Researchers Publish Groundbreaking Record of Quail Chick Development
A quail research team at Texas A&M University-Commerce has published the first record of California valley quail chick development. Their research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, will accelerate new opportunities for quail management and conservation.
Kelly Reyna, Ph.D., is…
TAMUC Looking to Revolutionize Gamebird Research at New Ag Facility
Texas A&M University-Commerce is poised to become a national leader in gamebird research with the future completion of the proposed agricultural education complex.
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp expressed optimism for the potential of the complex's facilities that…
A&M-Commerce Experiencing Success with Vital Quail Translocation Effort
With Texas’ native Bobwhite Quail population down for another quail season, the path to a more sustainable quail population in Texas is underway thanks to efforts by The Quail Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
The final report for the…
A&M-Commerce “Quail Professor” Says Temps Could Decimate Texas Quail Populations
Texas’ favorite game bird, the Bobwhite Quail, is in steep
decline and a new research study finds that as little as four days of high
Texas heat could crash Texas quail populations.
It is widely known that if it rains…
A&M-Commerce Professor Coordinates California Quail Translocation from Idaho to Northeast Texas
Assistant Professor and Director of Wildlife and Sustainable
Agriculture Dr. Kelly Reyna is well-versed on quail, having studied the species
for more than 20 years. In March, Reyna and his team successfully coordinated a
translocation of 250 wild California Quail…
A&M-Commerce Office of Sponsored Programs Hosts Leo Talks
The Office of Sponsored Programs at A&M-Commerce is hosting Leo Talks during Spring 2019. The lectures are “TED-like” talks that last about 20 minutes and feature presentations from two A&M-Commerce professors per event.
“The goal of the series is to…
Dr. Jill Carroll speaks
An engaging, lively and yet profound speaker, Dr. Carroll gave two lectures on campus: first she addressed an audience of A&M-Commerce students from the Gender Studies program and later she presented the plenary talk at the Model Arab League. Her…