Bexar Audubon Society

is a chapter of the
National Audubon
Society. Its primary
goals are to promote

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species and habitat
conservation and envi-
ronmental education
Volume XXIV, No. 4

in the community.
August-October 2006

For the latest news & updates, see http://www.bexaraudubon.org & http://www.sa-naturecenter.org

Thursday, September 14 • 5:30 PM & Saturday, September 16 • 8:30 AM

Thursday at Palo Alto College (see map, p. 2) • Field trip on Saturday • Registration form on page 7
Managing to Make a Living — Soil Stewardship
Get the latest dirt on soil at this workshop geared toward both urban dwellers and the farming and
7t h A nnua l Sout h Tex a s Fa r m & Ra nge For um

ranching community in South Texas. Topics to be covered in the Thursday evening program at Palo Alto
College include learning how to understand soils: their composition, nutritional value, and quality; how
to keep soil on your land; how to improve what you have and assistance available to do that; soil eco-
nomics; the many ways to compost; and soil’s importance to wildlife. Saturday’s half-day field trip will
demonstrate these concepts and provide opportunities for on-site learning and discussion.

Thursday, October 12 • 6:30PM gathering; 6:45 announcements; 7:00 program OCTOBER IS

Trinity Univ. Cowles Life Sciences Bldg. Rm. 336 (see map, p. 2) • Free; open to the public FAIR TRADE MONTH
Birdsong & Coffee: A Wake Up Call
Coffee drinkers may be astonished to learn that they hold in
their hands the fate of farm families, farming communities,
and entire ecosystems in coffee-growing regions like Costa
Rica. Trinity University professor of sociology, Meredith
McGuire, will show the video, “Birdsong & Coffee: A Wake
Up Call,” promoted by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird
Center, and share with us her experiences in several Latin
American countries.
She will discuss not only fair-trade, shade-grown, bird-
friendly coffee, but also the idea of using eco-tourism to pro-
mote environmental protection, economic sustainability, and
social justice. The film features experts, students, coffee
lovers, bird lovers, and coffee farmers themselves. We learn
how their lives and ours are inextricably linked, economical-
ly and environmentally.
McGuire is an avid birder and amateur naturalist. Those
interests intersect in her research on how the gross inequali-
ty, poverty, and injustice befalling the vast majority of people
living in developing countries is having concrete negative
effects on the natural environment. Her travels in Mexico,
Costa Rica, and (most recently) Nicaragua have yielded vivid
first-hand experiences. This new film provides North
American viewers a clear image of why we should care.
She explains, “I spent my Spring Break this past March vis-
iting one of the relevant coffee-producing cooperatives in
Nicaragua, where I spent five glorious days birding with a
local guide in the cloud forest (and its watershed). The coop-
erative includes more than 300 families, who live in this very
sensitive region and rely heavily on getting a fair price for
their high-quality organic coffee. These families subsist
below the poverty line, with no electricity or running water.
Nationally, Nicaragua is a place of desperate poverty (espe-
cially in recent years, since the end of the Contra war)—and
now is poorest of all countries in the hemisphere, with about
70 percent trying to subsist on less than the equivalent of $2
per day!
“The cooperative has organized folks in the Miraflor to
develop (in addition to coffee) organic vegetable production
(including worm composting and organic pesticides), medic-
inal plants, small-scale eco-tourism, community mutual-help
projects for education and health, local busses, and basic
roadworks. It was amazing how much they had accom-
plished with NO government help (but some foreign NGO
help). The birding was spectacular, but it heightened my
awareness of how fragile the environment is and how depen-
dent our North American neo-tropical migrants are upon
having adequate habitat for those winter months each year.”
We hope faculty and students from Trinity and other col-
leges will also join us for this fascinating and eye-opening
program on a complex, but timely, subject.
To learn more about the film go to:
www.olddogdocumentaries.com/vid_bsc.html m

Welcome new board members, Kara Ryf and
Amy Whitley, and thanks to departing member,
Joe Orr. Joe has left San Antonio to go back
to school at Sul Ross.
Kara comes to San Antonio from the far
northwest. She is returning to school for a
career change and brings a fresh perspective
to our board.
Amy has been in San Antonio for seven years.
Her home town is Uvalde. She earned a B.S.
in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas
A&M and a B.S. in Geology from UT Permian
Basin in Odessa. Amy works with a local
environmental consulting firm.
WHERE & WHO
W h o’ s W ha t ?
Pr es id ent , To ny W o od — 210-492-4684 — tonywood@sbcglobal.net
VP & W ebmaster, Har ry Noyes — 210-490-3124 — harrynoyes@satx.rr.com
Tr ea s u r er, Ca r y l Swa nn — 210-653-2860 — cjswann1@earthlink.net
Secr eta r y, Ji l l Son deen — 830-980-2377 — jls2003@gvtc.com
A t - l a r ge: Dean B ib l es — 210-698-9264 — dbibles@aol.com
K ar a Ry f — 503-803-2856 — kararyf@hotmail.com
A my L . W hi t ley — 210-340-0114 — nueces66@yahoo.com
Edi to r, Sus a n Hugh es — 210-862-1150 — editor@bexaraudubon.org
Pr ogr ams /Out i ngs , Pa tt y Pa s z t or —210-824-1235—pasztor@ix.netcom.com

Palo Alto Community College

www.accd.edu/pac/htm/
16

Palo Alto College From I-35S or South 410, exit

South Texas Farm & Range

Hwy 16. Turn east on W. Villaret

way
Thursday evening, 9/14

Blvd. Campus is on the right.

High

Go to: ROOM 100A


Performing Arts Center
Forum Location,

410 South

Bexar Audubon Program M a p t o Cowl es Li f e S cie nce s Bui l di ng , Tr ini ty Uni v er s it y, w es t of Hig hwa y 281
Meeting Location, 10/12

San Antonio “State of the

Environment” Conference
Yielded Great Information
and Conversation
Thanks to BAS VP Harry Noyes for
Chapman

organizing the second annual “State of

the Environment” conference, held
Library Laurie

August 5. San Antonio River Authority

Cowles

once again provided the perfect meet-

ing space. Other expenses were cov-
ered by a generous grant from the
Audubon Council of Texas and
EarthShare of Texas. Appreciation to
everyone who participated, particular-
ly our keynote speakers, Dr. Char
Miller and Chance Ruder.
Cowles is just uphill from the Laurie Auditorium
and adjacent to the Library and the Chapman
Graduate Center. Handicapped parking is across
from Cowles. Park by the Laurie or in lots or on
streets to the west. Call Patty for additional
directions (824-1235) or see additional map at
bexaraudubon.org/map.jpg

Enjoying the summer’s butterflies?

Here’s a great photo library for identifying these beautiful creatures:
http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/
Wondering about those butterflies that hatched in droves and headed
north after the last all-too-brief rain? American snouts.
www.texasento.net has lots of resources on butterfly ID, plants to
attract butterflies, and butterflies you could find at various Texas sites.
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Insights from the Wood,
enroute to the desert:
Maybe I’m getting older, but I’ve been
wondering a lot about the future. Now,
as I await a flight back into Baghdad, oil
has hit $80 per barrel. I wonder about
my place in humanity and humanity’s
place on this planet, about the future,
and how our age will be perceived.
Some answers may lie in the book I’ve
been reading on my way over here.
I want to thank Mike Mecke, who
introduced me to the thoughts of Eric
Pianca, a University of Texas professor,
recently elected Distinguished Scientist
of the Year by the Texas Academy of
Science. After a brief e-mail dialog with
Dr. Pianca, he recommended that I read
The Party’s Over by Richard Heinberg. It
hasn’t changed my life (yet), but it has
focused my thoughts on my place in
the grander scheme of things. If you are
a scientist, environmentalist, conserva-
tionist, teacher, parent, grandparent, or
anyone with a concern for your descen-
dants, I challenge you to read this book.
August-October 2006
Heinberg starts with a comprehen-
sive exploration of how humanity fits
into the earth’s ecological setting with
a clear discussion of energy, nature,
and society: the energy and economic
cycles at play today and historically
and how we came to be where we are
now. Each change has resulted in bet-
ter opportunities for humans to cap-
ture and convert energy. He predicts
future generations will define ours—
especially of Americans—by its opu-
lent lifestyle, which will have come to
an end.
I have long felt that I live in the best
of times over the entire course of
humanity and am supremely blessed to
be an American. My children live well
too, and so did my parents. In the last
week I have traveled to three conti-
nents; in my life I have been to six.
Although we are middle class by Ameri-
can standards, every person in my fam-
ily has a car, food is plentiful, and we
cook at the touch of a button. Heinberg
observes it would take the energy of
five humans to keep a 150-watt light
bulb burning, and that each American
today consumes energy equivalent to
the output of 150 “energy slaves.”
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We have seen the most pervasive use
of the cheapest energy of any genera-
tion. He gives us a glimpse of how much
humanity will have to endure to survive
beyond a few more generations. Most of
us who have lived this generation as
conservationists will read this book and
hope that our children and grandchil-
dren are survivors.
We must realize, however, that today
really is the first day of the rest of our
lives. And the wake-up bell has tolled.
— Tony Wood
[The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate
of Industrial Societies. New Society
Publishers; 2Rev Ed (6/1/05), ISBN:
0865715297]
Earth Share of Texas represents
the Audubon Foundation of
Texas and the National
Audubon Society in payroll
deduction plans for charitable
giving. For information,
call 800-GREENTX or e-mail
estx@earthshare-texas.org

New Predator Control Policy
Deadline Extended: Written com-
Proposed by US Forest Service
ments due September 20th!
View the proposed policy
online: http://a257.g.aka-
maitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan
20061800/edocket.access.gpo.
E-Mail comments to:
gov/2006/E6-8839.htm
PDM@ fs.fed.us (must capitalize
PDM) or Fax to (202)205-1145
According to the Wilderness
Society, “The Forest Service is
proposing to change their rules
on predator control to expand
trapping, poisoning, and aerial
gunning of bears, bobcats, coy-
otes, foxes, mountain lions,
wolves, and other animals in
Wilderness and Research Natural
Areas. The proposed rule would
expand opportunities to use
motorized and mechanized
equipment in wilderness in order
to perform predator control activ-
ities and, for the first time ever,
permit dangerous, hidden
sodium cyanide traps within
wilderness.
“These actions threaten the safe-
ty of anglers, hunters and other
visitors to wilderness and
degrade wilderness values.”
“The changes proposed in this
new policy are so major and sig-
nificant that the full analysis of
an EIS is needed prior to adopt-
ing these changes as national pol-
icy,” Great Old Broads for
Wilderness opines.
Sources:
http://www.greatoldbroads.org/
PredatorControlAlert.html &
http://action.wilderness.org/
wilderness/alertdescription.tcl?
alert_id=2253073
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ISSUES & ACTIONS
Keep Active — Stay Aware San Antonio Tree
The Audubon Action site has been
Ordinance Updates
enhanced and updated along with the
Advisory and Alert Center. Please take a
For the latest news and updates,
few minutes to visit it and keep your
record updated — http://audubonac-
log onto: www.treecoalition.org
tion.org/audubon/
U.S. Agency for International
Development Reorganization
Early in 2006, Secretary of State Rice
announced plans for a new strategic
framework for the U.S. Agency of
International Development (USAID)
and all other areas of U.S. foreign assis-
tance. The Secretary has called for the
development of a new government
An Understory Book
Bexar Audubon has received a
division, the Office of the Director of
grant from the City of San
U.S. Assistance, which will house all
Antonio to develop a field hand-
foreign assistance. Ambassador Randall
book for use in distinguishing
Tobias, currently the head of the
understory vegetation types and
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief, has been appointed to head the
species/varieties on construction
work sites.
new division.
It is hoped that providing such
U.S. foreign assistance efforts often
information in an easily used,
directly or indirectly involve natural
easily understood, non-technical
resources and energy production,
format will help make identifica-
including the management of water,
tion and protection of understo-
air, forests and land resources.
ry easier and, overall, improve
Until this month, the State Department
vegetative diversity in areas
did not solicit non-governmental partic-
undergoing construction.
ipation for this reorganization process.
This should also reduce
National Audubon Society’s
instances in which developers
Washington D.C. Policy Office has now
incur penalties for violating rules
become involved and will monitor this
and regulations related to site
sweeping agency change closely.
a preparation and protection of
understory.
Elections Are Just around Protecting understory will
increase animal biodiversity, as
well, and should improve the
the Corner — Vote Smart!
general ecosystem health of new
Project Vote Smart is a non-partisan
construction sites.
research center that works to provide
Coordinating with developers
accurate, relevant information about
and site managers will help us
political campaigns. It’s free for you to
develop the most appropriate
use. You’ll find issue positions, perfor-
mance evaluations, voting records,
campaign finance data, biographical tools that will achieve our goals.
Many resources are already
backgrounds, and contact information.
available. Will you help with
Special materials are available for
this project? Contact Susan
teachers, journalists, and libraries, too.
Hughes (210)532-2032.
Call 1-888-Vote-Smart or visit
www.vote-smart.org
4 August-October 2006
 MORE EVENTS
Also see www.sa-naturecenter.org/ September 13-15 — 6th Annual Texas October 12 — Renewable Energy
conservation/conservation.html Plant Conservation Conf – Exploring the Workshop. UT Austin Thompson Conf.

R
Mi tch el l La k e Au du b o n Cen te r
10750 Pleasanton Rd. (on the left, 0.7
miles south of Loop 410 at exit 46,
Moursund Blvd.) Sat. & Sun. 8AM-4PM,
weekdays by appt. Regularly scheduled
guided birding tours: 8AM on 2nd Tue
and 3rd Sun with Helen Rejzek and
Georgina Schwartz, 4th Sat with Ernie
Roney; also every Tue afternoon. Call
(210)628-1639 or visit
www.tx.audubon.org/mitchell.htm
Big Bend. Rare plant conservation
around the SW. Speakers include
Cathryn A. Hoyt, Exec. Director of the
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute;
botanical illustrator Lotus McElfish;
Kathy Rice, Desert Botanical Garden;
and Dr. Jim Zech, Sul Ross State Univ.
Public: $55. Flo Oxley (512)292-4200,
ext. 160, or oxley@wildflower.org
https://www.wildflower.org/?nd=tpcc
Registration deadline 9/8.
F October 19-22 — Native Plant Society
Ctr. 8AM-4PM. $65 by 9/28. (512)471-
5231, grady@mail.utexas.edu or
www.utexas.edu/cee/tcc/wre
g
October 14 — Mitchell Lake Fall Festival
and Native Plant Sale. 9AM-4PM. BAS
will have a booth. If you would help,
contact harrynoyes@satx.rr.com
e

p September 14 & September 16 — 7th

Second Saturdays — SA Audubon
Society’s Beginners’ Birdwalk, 8AM.
Visitors welcome. Binoculars to lend.
Meet at Judson Nature Trail next to
Alamo Heights Swimming Pool on
Viesca St. From 5900 blk of Broadway,
turn west on Ogden to Greely St.; turn
left one block, then right again to park-
ing lot on the left. (210)342-2073.
D Cleanup at sites along the Texas Coast.
September 2 — Crownridge Canyon.
1st Sat. Interpretive Walk, SA Natural
Areas. Reservations: (210)698-1057.
x September 30 — “Starry, Starry Nights.”
September 8 — What’s on Tap for
South Central Texas—A Water for People
and the Environment Conf. Trinity Univ.
Chapman Auditorium. 9AM-3:30PM. $20
before 9/5. (Student waivers available.)
(512)477-1729 www.texas.sierraclub.org
• Overview by Char Miller
• What’s Ahead for the Edwards Aquifer?
• Will the Colorado River Flow to San
Antonio? the LCRA/SAWS project
• Desalination with a Grain of Salt
• Is the Carrizo Aquifer an Option?
• Aquifer Storage and Recovery
• Drought Management
• Whooping Cranes, Freshwater Inflows
a bezanson@texas.net
September 9 — “Welcome to my Web,”
Second Saturday Program, Eisenhower
Park, 7-9PM. Dr. Cary Guffey, OLLU. A
lively hike to learn about the wonderful
world of spiders and other arachnids.
Bring flashlights. (210)698-1057.
I k
of Texas Annual Symposium — Conver-
gence and Diversity: Native Plants of
Annual South Texas Farm & Range
South Central Texas. Marriott Northwest,
Forum. CEs available. See pages 1 & 7.
San Antonio. (210)733-0034. Nature in
c Bexar County, local restoration projects,
September 23 — Cedar Management guided tours, learn to cook native
Workshop, Dietez/Ressel Ranch, Hill plants. CEs available, silent auction,
Country Land Stewards. Call (830)249- awards banquet. www.npsot.org
4616 for information and registration.
j
C October 19 — 4th Annual Sunset Cele-
September 23 — Adopt-A-Beach Fall bration. Bexar Land Trust. (210)222-
8430, info@bexarlandtrust.org
For more information: 1-877-TX-COAST,
www.texasadoptabeach.org
l
October 21 — Fairchild Center Bike
H Expo and Campout. BAS will have a
booth. If you would help out, contact
Stargazing and astronomy with the SA Harry at harrynoyes@satx.rr.com
Astronomical Assoc. Telescopes out-
doors and a slide show in the visitor
n
October 27-November 19 — Great Old
center. Bring chairs/blankets to sit on.
Broads for Wilderness 2nd annual Wild
Free; reply suggested (210)628-1639.
for Wilderness online auction fundraiser.
B Visit www.greatoldbroads.org
October 7 — Walker Ranch Historic
Park. 1st Sat. Interp. Walk, SA Natural
m
November 1-5 — El Cielo Biosphere
Areas. Reservations: (210)698-1057.
Reserve Nature Festivals. All inclusive
J birding/butterfly watching trips depart-
October 7 — TCONR Annual Meeting. ing from the Texas Valley. The northern-
Staton Family Center near Jacksonville. most cloudforest in the American
Visit the new Neches River NWR. Texas Continent; 397 species of birds, e.g.,
Committee on Natural Resources. Solitary Eagle and Ornate Hawk-Eagle.
www.tconr.org (512)327-4119, Local guides. Also February 18-22,
2007. Call 011-52-81-8378-5926, write
elcielofestival@gmail.com or visit
z www.elcielofestival.com
October 7 — Cibolo Celebration Gala,
7PM, Cibolo Nature Center. (830)249- 7
4616 or kimabernethy@gvtc.com November 4 — Friedrich Wilderness
Park. 1st Sat. Interp. Walk, SA Natural
Areas. Reservations: (210)698-1057.

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Second Saturday Reports
Super Serpents presented by Jeff
and Marie Dominguez of the South
Texas Herpetological Association,
Eisenhower Park, July 8. Twenty youth
and 27 adults attended this informa-
tive program on local snakes.
Participants learned about the natural
history of both non-venomous and
venomous snakes, were able to view
20 species and got a chance to touch a
few of the snakes, including a large
ball python (not native, of course). For
many, this was their first opportunity
to meet these reptiles up close and per-
sonal and to learn of their value in
local ecosystems, including our own
backyards!
Fossils! Despite the 100 degree heat
of the August 12 evening, 7 children
and 32 adults attended a fossil presen-
tation by Clayton Nye, president of
P.A.S.T. Mr. Nye included many fossils
in his program, starting with the snails
and clams of the local Cretaceous
deposits. Dinosaurs are always popu-
lar; a skull model and a jaw model,
models of several teeth and a model of
one of the footprints from Glen Rose,
Texas received much attention. Of
course, the model of Archaeopteryx
led to a discussion of the connection
between dinosaurs and modern birds.
Participants were able to examine all
the materials and had ample time to
pose their questions to Mr. Nye.
Our sincere thanks to Peggy Spring and our
Second Saturday Programs co-sponsor, San
Antonio Parks & Recreation Natural Areas.
Models of Dinosaur Teeth
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TIDBITS
Chi cha r r a Gr a nde!
The giant cicada has expanded its
range into central Texas. See Mike
Quinn’s vastly extensive website on
the life history of this most amazing
insect. (photo by Charles Bordelon)
http://texasento.net/Cicada.htm
X Texas Wildscapes Information
DROUGHT—It’s Where We Are!
Want to Learn More?
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/
DATA/DROUGHT/drought_toc.asp has
history, forecasts, how-to-deal with it
ideas, and a wealth of other information.
e A May 31, 2006, Associated Press story
You Don’t H a v e t o Gues s !
How do you know when your land-
scape needs watering? Visit
www.saws.org and follow the Seasonal
Irrigation Program (SIP) advice. You
can register online to receive a weekly
e-mail or phone message with SIP
advice personalized for your grass
type, sun exposure, and watering day.
6 August-October 2006
And remember — convert your turf-
grass to a watersaver, wildlife-friendly
landscape for even more benefits!
SAWS still offers REBATES for water-
saver landscape conversions.
http://www.saws.org/conservation/
h2ome/landscape/index.shtml
SA VE WATER • SA VE M ON EY
P ROTECT OU R A QUI F ERS & STR EA M S
E L I M I NATE P ESTICI DES
GIVE W I L DL I F E A HOM E
E N R ICH TH E B E A UT Y OF YOUR
GA RDEN W ITH BI RDS & BUT TERF LI ES
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/
wild/wildscapes/certification/tx_wild-
scapes/#application
Study Finds Global Warming
Boosts Poison Ivy
reported research that indicates poison
ivy grows “faster and bigger as carbon
dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise.”
http://enn.com/today.html?id=10575
Rio Bravo del Norte
Natural Monument
A June 6, 2006, story by AP reporter
Mark Stevenson, discussed that
Mexico is developing “an environmen-
tal reserve about 30 feet wide and 600
miles long on the Texas border, a
‘green wall’ to protect the Rio Grande
from the roads and staging areas that
smugglers use to ferry drugs and
migrants across the frontier.”
And it means millions of acres great
for wildlife! http://www.enn.com/
today.html?id=10616
Have a Good Idea?
Through the Community Budget Input
Dropbox, c-BID, citizens can offer sug-
gestions on how the City of San
Antonio can increase efficiencies, gen-
erate new revenues, and make effec-
tive changes to service delivery. Ideas
that are quantifiable and achievable
could be recommended for inclusion
in the 2007 proposed budget. E-mail
c-BID@sanantonio.gov
 SOIL STEWARDSHIP
The Seventh Annual South Texas Farm & Range Forum
September 14 & 16, 2006
Palo Alto College, Costanzo and Verstuyft Farms, and
Medina River Natural Area
Thur s da y, September 14, 2006
Pa l o A l t o Col l ege Performing Arts Bldg., Room 100A
5:30 pm – Registration & Refreshments
6:00 pm – Welcome & Introductions
6:05 pm – Why Is Soil Important? Larry Allen, USDA-NRCS
6:50 pm – Soil Tests – What Do They Mean?
Dr. Sam E. Feagley, Texas A&M University Soil. One of our most precious natural
7:35 pm – Break – Refreshments resources. The basis for human and
7:50 pm – Maintaining Soil Health, Malcolm Beck (invited) animal survival. We’ll look at how
8:35 pm – Home Composting Options, Susan Hughes we can keep the soil we have
9:00 pm – Adjourn and ways to improve it.
Sa t ur da y. September 16, 2006
8:30 am – Registration & Refreshments – Costanzo Farms “While the farmer holds the title
9:00 am – Tour and visit with the owners to the land, actually it belongs
10:00 am – Travel to Verstuyft Farms to all of the people because
10:15 am – Tour and visit with the owners civilization itself rests upon the soil.”
11:15 am – Travel to Medina River Natural Area -Thomas Jefferson
11:45 am – LUNCH
12:15 pm – How To Keep What You Have, Dr. Robert K Lyons, Texas Cooperative Extension
12:45 pm – Walking tour of Medina River Natural Area
1:30 pm – Adjourn official program — Continue walking tour of MRNA on your own

Speakers and schedule subject to change (8.11.06)

Recommended attire: Country casual. Saturday’s events will be outdoors and will involve walking on
trails, so cool clothing, hats, and comfortable walking shoes are highly recommended!
Questions? Call (210)826- 2904, (800)TEX - W I L D, or email h_hol ds wor t h@t ex a s - wi l dl i f e.or g
Sponsored by: Alamo Area Quail Unlimited, Bexar Audubon Society, Edwards Region GLCI, Texas Cooper-
ative Extension-Bexar County, Texas Wildlife Association, & USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.
The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

Please register by September 12. Early registrations help us plan. PRINT LEGIBLY and mail or fax.
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NAME: __________________________________________ AC/PHONE: ____________________________
FARM/RANCH/ORGANIZATION: _____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ CITY/ZIP: ________________________
EMAIL: _______________________________________ PAY BY: ____ Check (payable to TWA)
Thursday only: _____ @ $15/person _____MasterCard ____Visa____AmEx
Saturday only: _____ @ $15/person Card # __________________________Exp __/___
Both days: _____ @ $25/person Signature __________________________________
MAIL TO: Helen Holdsworth, Texas Wildlife Association
2800 NE Loop 410, Ste. 105, San Antonio, 78218 or FAX TO: 210-826-4933

Student waivers available. CEUs available for 2-day attendees. Indicate here if you wish to receive CEUs:_______________
August-October 2006 7 Bexar Tracks
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The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. —Tim Wirth

Organization
newsletter of the Bexar Audubon P.O. Box 6084 U.S. Postage Paid
San Antonio, TX
Society, a Chapter of the National San Antonio, TX 78209-0084 Permit #590
Audubon Society. The Chapter’s
primary goals are to promote
species and habitat conservation
and environmental education in
the community.
Introductory memberships to
National Audubon Society (NAS),
including a subscription to
Audubon magazine, are $20. This
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took the time to reply.) Though not a statistically significant sam-
ple, most respondents favored eliminating the hard-copy version.
And the Survey Said . . .
In the previous issue of Bexar Tracks we asked a few questions of
our readers to help us make choices about how our limited oper- Remember, Bexar Tracks is for you. If it is useful or of interest to
ating budget is spent. One cost-saving option is to quit publishing you, or if there’s some way we could make it meaningful to you,
the newsletter in paper format and sending it through the U.S. please let us know. If not, the board needs to consider eliminating
Postal Service. The newsletter is already available on the Bexar Bexar Tracks or going to e-mail or web-only publication of chapter
Audubon website. Only 5 responses w e r e r e c e i v e d from news. E-mail editor@bexaraudubon.org or call (210)532-2032
among some 1500 newsletter recipients. (Thanks to those who and leave a message. skh

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