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Conference on July 20th to Address Parkland and Habitat Conservation
On Saturday, July 20th the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club will host its sixth annual
Conservation Conference at the Armand Bayou Nature Center in Houston. The Nature Center is
located along the banks of Armand Bayou.
The daylong conference will feature an array of speakers on current parkland and habitat
conservation issues facing Texas. The conference will highlight the statewide land &
water conservation plan that is currently being developed by Texas Parks & Wildlife
Department. In addition the conference will feature two of the special places that the
Sierra Club and other organizations are trying to protect in southeast Texas - the
beautiful Katy Prairie and the Trinity River bottomland hardwood forests.
For more information about the conference please check the Lone Star Chapter web site at http://texas.sierraclub.org or contact the Sierra
Club State Conservation Office in Austin at 512-477-1729.
Conservation Conference Speakers
Texas at the Crossroads: A Historical Perspective on the Biological Diversity
of Texas
Dr. David Schmidly, President, Texas Tech University
Statewide Land & Water Conservation Planning
Jeff Francell, Acquisition Director, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Citizen Participation in Land Conservation
The Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair, Texas House State Recreational Resources
Protecting Wildlife Habitat On Private Lands
Julie Shackelford, Field Director, American Farmland Trust
Managing Growth to Protect Open Space
The Honorable Jay Millikan, Commissioner, Precinct 1, Comal County
Conserving Bottomland Hardwood Forest
Stuart Marcus, Refuge Manager, Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
Habitat Conservation on the Katy Prairie
Mary Anne Piacentini, Executive Director, Katy Prairie Conservancy
Conference Information
The pre-registration fee for attending the conference is $15, which will include all
conference materials, and lunch. A vegetarian option is available for lunch. In order to
get this special pre-registration price, the Lone Star Chapter must receive your
registration by Tuesday, July 16. After that the registration fee increases to $25.
Check-in/registration for the conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. on July 20th with the
conference concluding by 4:15 in the afternoon.
Pre-Registration Form
Wide Open Spaces Conservation Conference
(6th Annual Lone Star Chapter Conservation Conference)
July 20, 2002 - Armand Bayou Nature Center, Houston
Name__________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code _____________________________________________________
Phone (including area code) _______________________________________________
E-Mail _________________________________________________________________
Please register _____ persons at $15 per person ($25 per person after July 16)
Please reserve _____ vegetarian lunches (if you prefer the vegetarian option).
_____ Enclosed is my check, payable to "Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club"
or please charge my credit card as follows:
_____ Visa/MC #____________________________________Exp. Date__________
Signature_________________________________________________________
Detach and mail payment to: Conservation Conference
Sierra Club
P.O. Box 1931
Austin, TX 78767
Or fax to: Attn: Jennifer Walker at 512/ 477-8526.
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