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Yes – It’s you who can make the difference in a lot of ways. Read on. Thanks. db
* Railroad Park watering – try it for a month and see if you can work this into your schedule. Our NPSOT plot is really beautiful and getting more-so as plants mature. We’ve had 1.75 inches of rain in the past two days – so sometimes nature intervenes and does your job for you. Other times, the plants are grateful for your twice monthly interventions. Takes about 30 min on site twice a month. Let me know asap, please.
* Programs are something we can all contribute to – the wisdom is in the room when it comes to creating programs that teach and enlarge our appreciation for our beautiful Big Bend and its ecosystems. You’ll be amazed what a difference you can make. Please get back to me so we can get to planning for the fall and spring program year.
* Some important things to know:
- Who doesn’t need to know about water?
Event: State of Drought: Conversations on the Future of Water in TX
Date and Location: July 13, Alpine, Come and Take It BBQ, 6-9pm
“America’s Future Is Texas,” a recent New Yorker article by Lawrence Wright proclaimed. As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux?
Join Observer editor Forrest Wilder, rural reporter Christopher Collins, environmental reporter Naveena Sadasivam and McGraw for a series of conversations about Texas’ convoluted and outdated water policy. For more information and to register for this event: https://bit.ly/2zdIQdc
- For the Birds – the Hummingbird Festival in Fort Davis – next month Aug 23 and 24. Contact the FD Chamber to volunteer info@fortdavis.com
- Sierra Club news – BB chapter president Lori Glover is doing a fantastic job of breathing life (and fire) into the BB chapter. Two recent post from her:
- “There are currently more than 28,000 megawatts of solar projects planned for the territory covered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, which covers 90 percent of Texas. Another 34,000 megawatts of wind are under study, while nearly 14,000 megawatts of natural gas generation is under review or development.”
https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Canadian-company-plans-to-build-largest-solar-13046478.php - One on plastics: Rethinking the future of plastics https://newplasticseconomy.org/publications/report-2016
- “There are currently more than 28,000 megawatts of solar projects planned for the territory covered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, which covers 90 percent of Texas. Another 34,000 megawatts of wind are under study, while nearly 14,000 megawatts of natural gas generation is under review or development.”
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