Opportunities to learn more about the natural world around us . . .
Advanced Training
Travis Audubon Society
Grasses – Oct 8, 15
Austin Butterfly Forum
http://austinbutterflies.org/calendar
Butterfly Workshop
Botanical Garden
October 24 – Meeting: Urban Landscapes – Peg Wallace
Center for Environmental Research
Austin Water – TheUniversityofTexas–TexasA&MUniversity
A Partnership for Urban Ecology and Sustainability: Community, Ecology, Research
located at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant
2210 South FM 973,Austin,Texas78725
Website: www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/cer2.htm
CER Events October 2011
Oct 5 WEDNESDAY – NOON AT WALLER CENTER
- · CER Monthly Lunchtime Lecture by Kevin M. Anderson
- · Downtown at Austin Water Headquarters – [WallerCenter, 625 East 10th St - between Red River and I-35 Room 104]
- · The Weeds and the Wild: Invasive Species and Urban Ecology
- · Last month, I discussed how the varieties of possibility for urban nature are defined by narratives of nature and the city. Most of these narratives characterize urban nature and urban ecology as problems to be solved. Urban ecology and a scientific approach to evaluating urban nature hold the potential of an objective, neutral attitude towards organisms which flourish in the city. However, we will see that urban ecology inAmericais caught in a struggle between advocates of a crusade to eliminate nonnative invasive species from cities and advocates of a focus on urban ecosystem functionality rather than species purity. Join me for a look at the weeds and the wild in urban ecology.
- · FREE – bring a lunch and learn!
Oct 8 Saturday 7am-11am and 4pm to dark meet at CER
- · Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory Monthly Bird Survey
- · The HBBO Bird Survey is open to all levels of birder interested in intensive monitoring, although this is not a field trip. In the morning, we have teams covering different areas of the Hornsby Bend facility, and they count numbers of all birds seen. It is 4 hours of hard hiking and counting, but lots of fun along the way. We meet again around 11amto tally up the species. The afternoon involves looking around for species missed that morning, and we go until sundown. More information about the CER HBBO program at www.hornsbybend.org
Oct 15 Saturday – 730am – 11am
- · HBBO/Travis Audubon Society – Hornsby Bend Monthly Birding Fieldtrip – FREE!
Meet at the CER 730am, no registration needed – all levels of birder welcomed, an easy morning of walking and learning the birds of Hornsby Bend. Bring binoculars and some water if the weather is warm. More information at www.travisaudubon.org and www.hornsbybend.org
Oct 29 Saturday 9am – 1pm at the CER
- · Ecological Literacy Volunteer Day – Help maintain Hornsby Bend Trails! Did you know that all the Hornsby Bend Trails, habitat gardens, and kiosks were built and are maintained by volunteers? If you enjoy birding or walking along theColorado River here, please join us in maintaining these amenities and supporting public access at Hornsby Bend.
• We do three hours work and one hour of learning about the ecology of theColorado Riverand Hornsby Bend – Wear work clothes and work shoes, bring water and binoculars if interested in birds.
• New! POTLUCK LUNCH AND More ECOLOGICAL LEARNING – Bring food for our potluck lunch afterwards at1pm and learn more at a presentation on ecology during lunch.
Project WILD
http://beta-www.tpwd.state.tx.us/calendar/project-wild-growing-up-wild-workshops
Many trainings scheduled, but none are really close.
The Facilitator Training requires prior attendance at a Project WILD program
