Historically, Texas has been viewed and appreciated around the world as a land of vast, wide-open spaces and large cattle ranches. The reality, however, is that over the past 30 to 50 years, the average size of ranches in Texas has been shrinking dramatically. Multitudes of Texans in towns and cities have been and are continuing to buy small, subdivided tracts of Texas rangeland at a very rapid rate. In fact, during the 1990s, more than a quarter-million acres of Texas rangeland were lost per year to subdividing and the annual loss of mid- and large-size Texas ranches has been increasing ever since. NOW, before everything that remains is cut-up into little pieces and gone forever, efforts must be made to find which expanses of Texas rangeland can be saved from the destructive effects of habitat fragmentation and countryside development. These practices, as well as other forms of rangeland abuse, threaten the existence of spacious areas of original landscape, necessary habitat for many species of wildlife, and the vocation of rangeland agriculture in Texas.