The Texas Horned Lizards are awake after their winter hibernation and they’re comfortable to know that this yr marks the seventy fifth Anniversary of the U.S. Air Drive. Conservation performs a giant function in what the Pure Sources crew does right here at Tinker Air Drive Base, Oklahoma, however within the case of caring for a lizard inhabitants, it takes a village. Tinker AFB has partnered with the Oklahoma Metropolis Zoo and the College of Oklahoma to review and shield the dwindling inhabitants of the Texas horned lizards. The Oklahoma Division of Wildlife Conservation considers the Texas horned lizards a species of particular concern, so the partnership with the zoo and OU is important to make sure the inhabitants of Texas horned lizards at Tinker proceed to thrive. (Air Drive photograph by Kimberly Woodruff)