For the Public:

Field Trips

 

Title...................................."Wildflowers Field Day."

 

Description........................A day outdoors in the fields and woods finding,

                                          identifying, photographing and collecting

                                          wildflowers. You will press some in a notebook for

                                          reference and collect/press others for the ranch's

                                          herbarium. Topics will include plant families,

                                          butterfly and bird gardening, showy native

                                          wildflowers for gardening, and wildlife uses for

                                          wildflowers and "weeds."

 

Target

Audience...........................General public.

 

Cost...................................$15

 

Location............................Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 2341 Blue Ridge

                                          Drive, Johnson City, Texas.

 

Dates/Times………………..Contact sponsor for dates. Time 8:30 a.m. to noon.

 

Special

requirements....................Dress for weather and outdoor activity. Some hiking

                                         involved. Bring your lunch.

 

Sponsor/POC…………......Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 2341 Blue Ridge Drive,

                                         Johnson City, Texas 78636. Tel. 830-868-2630. Fax

                                         (830) 868-4638. E-mail brp@tstar.net. Website for

                                         registration and schedule:

                                         http://www.bambergerranch.org.

 

Other Notes………..…......Selah is a 5,500 acre ranch described as the largest

                                         habitat restoration project on private land in Texas.

                                         Includes dinosaur tracks, a man-made bat cave

                                         ("Chiroptorium"), and world's largest herd of

                                         endangered Scimitar-Horned Oryx.