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Archive for October, 2007

rollin’ on the river

Posted: Monday, October 29th, 2007 in nature and environment | 2 Comments »

“You watch them big rocks in Post Oak Bend.”
That was the advice given to John Graves as he launched his canoe on that historic trip down the Brazos .
It will be fifty years this November since he took that trip. But as the book says, October is the right time. So Saturday and Sunday […]

friday fire blogging

Posted: Friday, October 26th, 2007 in blogging and technology | 1 Comment »

Pax Nortona has some of the best coverage of the California fires. If you have been following that subject go have a look.

posted

Posted: Friday, October 26th, 2007 in land stewardship | 1 Comment »

Last week some friends came by with canoes and  and we fished for awhile on the lake. While we were there I noticed a young woman and a child sitting on the shore. They waved and I waved back.
From the water the shoreline all looks the same to me and I can’t […]

symposium

Posted: Monday, October 22nd, 2007 in places | 4 Comments »

Just got back from a three-day symposium on native plants and prairies in Georgetown, Texas, jointly sponsored by the Native Plant Society of Texas and the Native Prairie Association of Texas. Over 400 people attended the event which was chock-full of great speakers and great ideas, about which I will have more […]

stealing Christmas

Posted: Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 in nature and environment | 3 Comments »

You may never have heard of the Christmas Mountains. They are located northwest of Big Bend National Park. A 9300-acre tract of land there was donated to the state of Texas in 1991 by the Conservation Fund and the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
Now Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson wants to sell that land […]

 

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