2012 Statewide Land Conservation Conference
Each year, the Texas Land Trust Council hosts the premier land conservation conference in Texas. The Statewide Land Conservation Conference offers three days of concentrated training and education on a wide range of topics relevant to the Texas conservation community, as well as fabulous opportunities for collaboration and networking.
Keynote speakers and session leaders from all over the United States and Texas offer updates and perspective on numerous Texas conservation issues. Experts offer in-depth workshops on conservation easements and stewardship, organizational capacity building and fundraising, and other topics geared for conservation professionals, interested landowners and members of the general public.
Opening night receptions and a networking dinner are part of the event. Come join nearly three hundred land conservation professionals and landowners at the Texas Land Trust Council’s annual Statewide Land Conservation Conference!! Register today at the
Texas Land Trust Council website!
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Date:
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - Friday, February 24, 2012
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Location:
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Hilton Austin Airport Hotel
9515 Hotel Drive
Austin Texas, 78719
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Cost:
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$95 - $245
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Water Conservation Conference & Xeriscape EXPO
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND TOPICS:
Doug Bennett, Southern Nevada Water Authority –
A Memoriam to Scott Varner
William DeBuys, Author and Advocate for Wild Places
Judy Mielke, Author and Designer for Logan Simson Design –
Moveable Deserts
Karlis Viceps, House Designer with Positive Energy Alternative/Integrated Homes – House and Site Integration
Nate Downey, Permaculture Designer– Patterning
Nan Sterman, Author and Landscape Designer – Edible Landscapes
Miguel Santistevan, Acequia Advocate – Adaptive Agriculture
Catherine Hart & Daniel Wallach – The Greensburg Kansas Story
Clayton Chapman, Chef. Grey Plume - The Most Sustainable
Restaurant in North America
Kathy Wolf, Univ. of Washington – Human Responses to Urban Trees
Dave Gutzler, The Climate Report
Danielle Pieranunzi, Sustainable Sites Initiative – A Sustainability Update
For more information, visit the conference website
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Date:
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 - Friday, February 24, 2012
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Location:
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Crowne Plaza
Albuquerque, NM
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Cost:
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$100 - $200
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Native Plant Spring Symposium 2012
H2O: More Than a Chemical FormulaThe State of Water in Texas
Presented by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT). The 11th annual Spring Symposium will focus on a critical concern for all of us – water conservation challenges and landscape use. The current and forecast weather conditions in Texas are dire – high temperature and low precipitation records are being made across the state, surface reservoirs and aquifer levels are reaching critically low levels, and with a return and forecasted strengthening of the La Niña climate phenomenon, the Texas drought is expected to persist through at least the summer of 2012. Come learn what you can do to prepare for water shortages now and in the future.
For registration information, visit the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website
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Date:
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 - Sunday, February 26, 2012
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Location:
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Ave
Austin, Texas, 78739
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Cost:
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$60/$75 + $10 for each workshop
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Get Outdoors
Join the San Antonio River Authority and National Park Service San Antonio Missions National Park for Get Outdoors! 2012. Learn about how you and your family can take advantage of outdoor recreation in our area through:
Exhibits from over 50 organizations and businesses
Hands on activities
Prizes given away throughout the day
Presentations
FREE Explorer Backpacks loaded with goodies will be given away to the first 1,500 kids over the age of 3. A special Radio Disney performance is also scheduled.
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Date:
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Time:
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10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Location:
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Mission San Jose
6701 San Jose Drive
San Antonio, TX
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Cost:
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Free
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Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA) 2012 Annual Convention
State Representative Jim Keffer, Chair of the House Committee on Energy Resources, and a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, kicks off the water laws session on Wednesday afternoon with a discussion of activities in the Texas House. The water laws session will also include presentations on ethics and groundwater management. The water quality session that follows will include presentations on how the drought has affected surface water quality in Texas and on sea-water desalination.
TCEQ Executive Director Mark Vickery will speak on Thursday. Thursday’s panel session will focus primarily on how the drought has affected water management, but will also include a presentation on changes to groundwater law. State Representative Allan Ritter, Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, has been invited to attend the dinner on Thursday evening as an honored guest.
State Senator Craig Estes, Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, highlights Friday morning’s general session. Friday’s program will also include presentations on climate, the Bastrop fire, and activities of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
For more information, visit the TWCA website.
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Date:
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Wednesday, March 7 - Friday, March 9, 2012
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Location:
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Sheraton Hotel
400 N. Olive Street
Dallas, TX 75201
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Cost:
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$400 - $500
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Rainwater Harvesting
Northside Independent School District presents an overview of rainwater harvesting.
Our most precious commodity is water yet we seem to know so little about conserving it. Texas Rainfall Catchment is helping people design and build affordable rainwater systems so we can use this scarce resource 'water' in an environmentally friendly way. An overview will be given on rainwater harvesting, water conservation, different grades of water and what types of containers can be used for catching rainwater.
For more information, visit the NISD Adult Education website.
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Date:
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Thursday, March 22,2012
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Time:
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6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Location:
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Northside Learning Center
6632 Bandera Rdn on the corner of Bandera Rd and Grissom
San Antonio, TX 78238
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Cost:
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Free
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Rainwater Harvesting Hands-On
Northside Independent School District presents a workshop on how to build a rain barrel.
Rainwater is something we take for granted. This past year has been one of the worst droughts. What if you had a rainwater harvest system at your home so when it did rain you were able to use that resource to it fullest? Texas Rainfall Catchment program will show you how to make a rain catchment system out of a recycled food grade 55 gallon barrel. You can have a try at drilling a hole for the fittings and installing them onto a barrel. Handouts and instructions will be provided. Depending on the interest level you may be able to order rain barrels at a fee of $95 each.
For more information, visit the NISD Adult Education website.
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Date:
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Saturday, March 24,2012
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Time:
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10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Location:
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Northside Learning Center
6632 Bandera Rdn on the corner of Bandera Rd and Grissom
San Antonio, TX 78238
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Cost:
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$10
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Texas Rainwater Catchment Association Conference
The following information is a work in progress. Speakers,topics and schedule are incomplete.
Partial list of speakers:
J. David Bamberger, Keynote Speaker, founder of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve (BRP), known as “Selah”. The ranch is in the Hill Country near Johnson City, Texas. In 1969 he bought what the locals called “The worst piece of real estate in Blanco County”, 5,500 acres of badly managed, degraded ranch land. He has spent the last 43 years restoring the ranch to health and productivity. It has been described as the largest habitat restoration project on private land in the state of Texas. His work has been featured in newspapers, magazines and television across the country and most recently, he was honored with the prestigious Aldo Leopold Award for conservation by the Sand County Foundation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Rick & Stephanie Ertel, The energy saving cost of collecting rainwater and 2010 National Energy Value Housing Award
Brent Clayton, Texas Extension Program Specialist
Ashlynn Stillwell, PhD Candidate, University of Texas - The water/energy Nexus
James Beauchamp, Special Assistant, Public Drinking Water Section - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Jim Bateman, Attorney/Counsel - Texas Water Development Board
Dr. Hari J. Krishna, P.E., Commissioner, City of Austin RMC, ARCSA Founder/Past President and IRHA Vice President
Michelle Bertelsen, Ecosystem Design Group, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center University of Texas at Austin - Project Manager for Turfgrass
Abigail Webster, Conservation Program Associate, Austin Water
Byron Hardin, State of water in Texas
For more information, visit the Texas Rainwater Catchment Association website.
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Date:
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Friday, March 30 - Sunday, April 1,2012
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Location:
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Embassy Suites San Marcos Hotel, Spa & Conference Center
1001 E. McCarty Lane
San Marcos, TX 78666
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Cost:
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$150
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