  We describe the TEXES survey for mid-IR H2 pure rotational emission from
young stars and report early successes. H2 emission is a potential tracer of
warm gas in circumstellar disks. Three pure rotational lines are available from
the ground: the J=3=>1, J=4=>2, and J=6=>4, transitions at 17.035 microns,
12.279 microns, and 8.025 microns, respectively. Using TEXES at the NASA IRTF
3m, we are midway through a survey of roughly 30 pre-main-sequence stars. To
date, detected lines are all resolved, generally with FWHM<10 km/s. Preliminary
analysis suggests the gas temperatures are between 400 and 800 K. From the work
so far, we conclude that high spectral and spatial resolution are critical to
the investigation of H2 in disks.
