NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS

Kerrville Chapter

Website:  www.npsot.org/kerrville

 DECEMBER  NEWSLETTER - 2004

 NATIVES ON THE GROW

Dedicated to the understanding, preservation and enjoyment of the native flora of the Hill Country

                  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK:

A NATURALIST’S DREAMLAND

The program for our meeting on Tuesday, December 7^h will be given by Bill Lindemann .The title of the talk is “Big Bend National Park: A Naturalist”s Dreamland”  It will concentrate on the plants of the Big Bend area as opposed to other aspects covered in a previous talk for the general public.

Bill was born in Gonzales County, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas with a Masters degree in geology He retired in 1994 to Fredericksburg where he writes a weekly birding column for the Fredericksburg Standard Radio-Post  and the Kerrville Daily Times. He is the former President of the Native Plant Society of Texas and was awarded the Nancy Benedict Memorial Award by the Native Plant Society of Texas for establishing the Fredericksburg Nature Center and the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center Organization. He is the President of the Board of Directors for the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center.He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Hill Country Historical Foundation and the Hill Country Land Trust

The Kerrville Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas holds monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month (September through June) at 2:00PM usually at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Francisco Lemos St. in Kerrville.  These meetings are free and open to the public.  If you have any questions about the Native Plant Society of Texas or this program, please call June Hartley at 896-5191. 

Calendar

December 7 at 2 PM: Big Bend National Park: a Naturalist’s Dreamland by Bill Lindemann  Bill is past president of the Native Plant Society of Texas . (see article above).

 January 4 at 2PM : Robert Howells: Native and Introduced Aquatic Plants. Robert is a Fisheries Scientist and Aquatic Ecologist

With Texas Parks and Wildlife at Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center

DOOR PRIZES

Our door prizes are returning at our Decmber meeting.  Each member or visitor who signs in at the Welcoming table receives a free ticket for the door prize drawings of native plants.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Jim and Betsy Winn

REFRESHMENTS!

Refreshments for our December  meeting will be provided by Edna Platte and Janey Crum

Please send any suggestions or comments on this newsletter to the Editor: Julia Campbell jbcbell@ktc.com