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Big Thicket Day

Saturday, October 11, 2008

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When Oct 11, 2008
from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm
Where Field Research Station, Saratoga, Texas
Contact Name Linda Brindle
Contact Email
Contact Phone 936-274-1181
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PROGRAM FOR 2008 BIG THICKET DAY

9:00     General Membership and Board of Directors Meeting

 

9:30     Big Thicket Day Program

           

President's Report                    Dr. Bruce R. Drury

Presentation of Awards  

  • Thomas Lubbert Superior Achievement—Deanna Boensch, Fire Ecologist, Big Thicket National Preserve
  • R.E. Jackson Conservation Award—Wendy Ledbetter, Southeast Texas Project Director, The Nature Conservancy/ BigThicket/Sandylands

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    UPDATES (10 min.)

    Big Thicket National Preserve,           Supt. Todd Brindle

    Thicket of Diversity              Dale Kruse, ToD President     

     

    10:15   Break

     

    10:30   A Bit of History

               

    "What We Can All Do to Preserve Texas History” (10-15 min)

    Dr. J. F. de la Teja, Texas State Historian

                Hardin County Sesquicentennial (5 min.)

    Robert Schaadt, Director, Sam Houston Regional Library & Research Center

    11:00  Some Conservation   

               

                The Scenic Neches River (10 min.)

                            Brent Kartye, Texas Conservation Alliance

                Fish, Hunt, and Vote (10 min.)

                            James Canup, Ex Director, Texas League of Conservation Voters

     

    Ecotourism and Development in Southeast Texas (10 min.)

                            Shaun Davis, Director, Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission

    Connect, Preserve, and Revitalize---H.R 5891 (30 min.)

                            Congressman, Kevin Brady

     

    12:00   Lunch 

     

    1:00     Books Autographed by authors

                Pete Gunter, Big Thicket, an Ecological Re-evaluation

                Howard Peacock, Nature Lover's Guide to the Big Thicket

                Wanda Landrey, Boardin' in the Thicket

                Geraldine Watson, Reflections on the Neches and Big Thicket Plant Ecology

     

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