4 Responses to “News and Notes”

  1. Jessica Strickland March 29, 2012 at 1:38 pm #

    Hello, My name is Jessica Strickland and I am the invasive species program coordinator at the LBJ Wildflower Center. I am conducting several workshops all around Texas over the next couple of months about invasive pests and plants. The majority of the workshop hosts and attendees are Master Naturalists. Is it possible to get these on a group-wide events calendar or out in an email on the list serve? I have attached the info below. Thanks!

    Sentinel Pest Network & Invasive Species Workshops
    These workshops supplement the Invaders of Texas program by training citizen scientists to identify and report invasive pests of regulatory concern like Emerald Ash Borer and the Cactus Moth while they are out looking for invasive plants. The morning session will cover non-native, invasive pests, and the afternoon session will be a refresher course on non-native, invasive plants that occur in our area.

    Thursday April 12, 2012
    Location: Big Bend National Park (Big Bend, TX)
    Contact: Jane Brown (Jane_Brown@NPS.org)

    Tuesday April 17, 2012
    Location: Trinity River Audubon Center (Dallas, TX)
    Contact: Dana Wilson (dwilson@audubon.org)

    Saturday April 21, 2012
    Location: Fort Bend County Agriculture Center (Rosenberg, TX)
    Contact: Ft. Bend County Master Gardeners (mmcdowell@ag.tamu.edu)

    Saturday May 12, 2012
    Location: Livingston, TX
    Contact: Piney Woods Lakes Chapter Master Naturalists
    (sgtullos@livingston.net)

    Thursday May 17, 2012
    Location: Brazoria County AgriLife Office (Angleton, TX)
    Contact: Cradle of Texas Chapter Master Naturalists
    (djbrandes@comcast.net)

    Saturday May 19, 2012
    Location: Aransas County AgriLife Extension Facility (Rockport, TX)
    Contact: Kris Kirkwood (kris_kirkwood@wildblue.net)

  2. mhaggerty April 12, 2012 at 9:07 am #

    Hi Jessica!

    I will post your info to our TMN Listserv!

    Thanks for thinking of us!

    Mcihelle Haggerty
    TMN Program Coordinator

  3. Robert Ressl April 26, 2012 at 1:46 pm #

    Do you talk about how conservation and population growth and growth in consumption of natural resources relate?

  4. mhaggerty April 26, 2012 at 1:50 pm #

    Hi Robert:

    Yes that information is covered throughout our training.