Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide
288Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781623494032 |
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Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press |
Publication date: | 06/14/2016 |
Series: | Myrna and David K. Langford Books on Working Lands |
Edition description: | Travel Guides |
Pages: | 288 |
Sales rank: | 492,377 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword Carter Smith xi
How to Use This Book xv
Introduction 1
Big Bend Country
1 Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta at Franklin Mountains State Park 5
2 Chihuahuan Desert Gardens 7
3 Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center 10
4 Davis Mountains State Park 12
5 El Paso Desert Botanical Gardens at Keystone Heritage Park 15
6 Franklin Mountains Poppies Celebration 17
7 McDonald Observatory's Rebecca Gale Telescope Park and Visitors' Center 20
8 McKittrick Canyon Fall Foliage 22
9 Rio Bosque Wetlands Park 24
10 Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River at Big Bend National Park 27
11 Wilderness Park at El Paso Museum of Archaeology 30
Gulf Coast
1 Armand Bayou Nature Center 37
2 Boat-Based Wildlife Watching 40
3 Brazos Bend State Park / George Observatory 43
4 Corpus Christi Hawk Watch 47
5 Fennessey Ranch 49
6 Galveston Island FeatherFest 52
7 Gulf Coast Bird Observatory 55
8 HummerBird Celebration 58
9 Jesse H. Tones Park and Nature Center / NatureFest 60
10 King Ranch Nature Tours 62
11 Migration Celebration 66
12 Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival 68
13 Sabal Palm Sanctuary 70
14 Sea Turtle, Inc. 74
15 Smith Oaks Rookery 76
16 South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center 81
17 Waugh Drive Bat Colony 84
18 Welder Wildlife Refuge 88
19 Whooping Crane Festival 91
Hill Country
1 Balcones Songbird Festival / Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge 97
2 Block Creek Natural Area 99
3 Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park 103
4 Cascade Caverns 105
5 Caverns of Sonora 108
6 Cave Without a Name 111
7 Congress Avenue Bridge Bat Viewing 113
8 Eaton Hill Nature Center and Preserve 116
9 Frio Bat Flight 119
10 Hill Country Adventures and Nature Center 122
11 Inner Space Cavern 126
12 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 129
13 Lost Maples State Natural Area 131
14 The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment 134
15 Natural Bridge Caverns 137
16 Purple Martin Parties 140
17 Vanishing River Cruises 142
18 Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center 145
19 Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival 148
20 X Bar Ranch Nature Retreat 151
Panhandle Plains
1 Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument 157
2 Bar H Working Dude Ranch 160
3 Canadian Fall Foliage Festival 162
4 Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway 165
5 Fort Griffin State Historic Site 170
6 Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area 173
7 Hummer House 177
8 Palo Duro Canyon State Park 179
9 River Bend Nature Center 182
10 San Angelo Nature Center 185
11 Sibley Nature Center 187
12 Wildcat Bluff Nature Center 190
Piney Woods
1 Caddo Ramsar Wetland of International Importance 195
2 Daingerfield State Park's Fall Foliage 199
3 Eastex Canoe Trails 202
4 East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society 206
5 East Texas Wildflower Trails 209
6 Fall Foliage Driving Tour 212
7 Pineywoods Native Plant Center 215
8 Northeast Texas Bluebird Trails 218
9 Walker County Monarch Festival 220
10 Watson Rare Plant Preserve 222
11 Wildflower Trails of Texas 225
Prairies and Lakes
1 Acton Nature Center 231
2 Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge 234
3 Blackland Prairie Raptor Center's Photography Day 237
4 Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Prairie Day 239
5 Eagle Fest 241
6 Ennis Bluebonnet Trails 245
7 Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge 248
8 Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary 251
9 McKinney Roughs Nature Park 254
10 Prairie Fest at Tandy Hills / Tandy Hills Natural Area 257
11 River Legacy Living Science Center 260
12 Trinity River Audubon Center 263
South Texas Plains
1 Dos Venadas and Campos Viejos Photo Ranches 268
2 Edinburg Scenic Wetlands 271
3 Estero Llano Grande State Park 275
4 Laguna Seca Ranch 278
5 Laredo Birding Festival 281
6 National Butterfly Center 284
7 Quinta Mazatlan 287
8 Roma Bluffs World Birding Center 290
9 Santa Clara Ranch 292
10 Santa Margarita Ranch 296
11 Valley Nature Center 299
Index 303
Interviews
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