The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in the process of creating another version of the hardiness map using new mapping technology and an...
Mike Quinn
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Who lives in the Houston area? I shall be in Houston this week to formulate a plan to plant trees in a gated community off 290 and Beltway 8. It would be...
Here is some news from the Natural Areas Preservation Association (NAPA), another Texas land trust, including new conservation easements protecting native...
Who lives in the Houston area? I shall be in Houston this week to formulate a plan to plant trees in a gated community off 290 and Beltway 8. It would be...
... One suggestion: Much of Houston lies in the Gulf Prairies and Marshes ecoregion of Texas, and thus much of the area was native tallgrass prairie with...
To give you an idea how incredible a coastal prairie garden could look, Carolyn Fannon sent some terrific coastal prairie photos as examples. Carolyn's photos...
Hi Harriet, I'm part of the Gulf Coast Master Naturalist Plant Propagation Program. We propagate and rescue native plants and foster them until someone wants...
This email came to me this morning on another group and I have copied and pasted their message to explain it. Then if you go past their message and link you...
Kathy, that's good. We should each write our own version.......though emails help, personal phone calls and letters work better. Also we should contact our...
Help Preserve Rock Creek Ranch Prairie NPAT <http://www.texasprairie.org/> member Brian Rowe sent the following update about the effort to protect the Rock...
We can also email our state representatives and senators, which we can look up and email via this state web page: http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/ Here is...
Jason, this sounds good. Can anyone on here tell me what is contained in HB 6? I know it deals with funding, with restoring some of the huge cuts made by the...
For those who want to take action to help our state parks, here is an easy-to-use and quick online form provided by Environment Texas to email the Legislature:...
Thanks, Jason, I hope I'll see a lot of you in Austin on Wednesday Jan 24th in Austin, 6:30 PM, I think, at 601 N. Lamar as well as at the meeting that Jason...
Yes, I believe 601 N Lamar Blvd (the address of the downtown REI store) is the old location of Whole Foods. Here is Google Maps link to display a map of the...
Hi everyone, I thought you might enjoy some photos of Quebe Prairie, a Blackland Prairie remnants in the Fayette Prairie region near Brenham in Washington...
Wonderful photos, Jason. What steps are they taking to erradicate the Johnson grass.....we used to fight it very hard in crop land and it always returned....
... I don't know the specific steps Charlotte is taking against the Johnsongrass, but she is aware of it and planning to take care of it. At Granger Lake Gene...
FYI - from the Plant Conservation native plants listserve. ... _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song. Get...
Sounds wonderful, Suzanne. Have been intending to go to Marfa for a while to see some houses that San Antonio's Flato has been remodeling. The Marfa plateau...
That article appeared in the Dallas Morning News Home section on January 12th in case anyone still has the paper hanging around. Kathy ... From: "Suzanne...
Hi, I am trying to find out if the business Return of the Native is still operating and if so, how I contact them? Does anyone know this business? I want to...
sometimes there is no right way ...found this on insidebayarea.com Endangered beauty A rare wildflower has gained a loyal following among gardeners. But in...
For anyone who hasn't research HB6, it contains more funding issues than just State Parks. The bill creates separate accounts for local park funding in large...
The bill requires that 100% of revenues from sales tax of sporting goods be given to parks in Texas as was promised when the tax was first proposed. As I...
