Diario del proyecto Flora and Fauna of Ellis and Navarro counties, Texas

Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist Program
Monday August 22, 2016

Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room

· 7:00 PM - Program FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN
Presented by Ricky Linex – Wildlife Biologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Ricky Linex will provide a Photo Presentation – FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN - of 50 common to rare native plants - about 90% forbs and a few grasses and a woody or two – all that will grow in north central Texas

Ricky Linex, a wildlife biologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service headquartered in Weatherford, works 51 counties in north central Texas covering the Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, Blackland Prairie and Post Oak Savannah vegetational regions. He has worked 34 years with NRCS in Goldthwaite, Snyder, Abilene and the past 14 years in Weatherford. Ricky is the author of Range Plants of North Central Texas, A Land Users Guide to Their Identification, Value and Management, a plant identification book for Texas. This book has 324 grasses, forbs and woody plants of the area. A valued addition with this book are the detailed browsing, grazing and seed values of each plant for cattle, sheep, goats, deer, dove, quail, turkey and pollinators. Range Plants of North Central Texas was recognized in 2015 as an outstanding publication by the Texas Chapter-The Wildlife Society, the Native Plant Society of Texas and the Texas Section-Society for Range Management.

Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The Mission …to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and
service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within
their communities.

This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com

Monday – September 26, 2016

Indian Trail Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist Program
Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room

7:00 PM - Program by Tina Hendon - Watershed Program Manager, Tarrant Regional Water District

Tina Hendon is the Watershed Program Manager for Tarrant Regional Water District. She has over 25 years of experience in aquatic resources and watershed protection. Previously, she worked in the Nonpoint Source and Water Quality Standards programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in environmental consulting, and applied research on the effects of land use practices on Texas waterbodies.

Tina will present a program on Water Resource Management in the Richland-Chambers Reservoir watershed, including a hands-on demonstration of “how streams work” using the Water District’s stream trailer.

Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com