Bexar tracks : the newsletter of the Bexar Audubon Society, Vol. 11, No. 10

• Main Author: Bexar Audubon Society
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: San Antonio, Tex. : Bexar Audubon Society, 1993
• Subjects: Birds > Conservation > Texas > Periodicals.; Ornithology > Texas > Periodicals.; Nature conservation > Texas > Periodicals; Clubs and Organizations; Science and Technology; Austin; Bali; Canada; Davey; Emerson; Ferguson; Grande Valley; High Island; Hoskins; Kathleen; Marcos; McMahon; North Star; Oliva; Omni; Orleans; Randall; Reeves; Sheraton; Swann; Alaska; Skrei; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://digital.utsa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15125coll10/id/8168

Bexar Tracks began with Vol. 4, no. 1 (January 1986). It continues Newsletter (Bexar Audubon Society). §racRs 21 0·822·4503 OCTOBER 1993 BEXAR AUDUBON SOCIETY CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY The Chapter's primary goals are to promote species and habitat conservation 11nd environmental education In the community. Inside Tracks Bats Are Friendly October Topic • Beyond Borders: regional conference schedule­September 29-0ctober 3- register today • Volunteer opportunities & thanks to volunteers • Butterfly watch · • Ancient forest action • What is "takings"? • "All Species Day" debuts • Auction items still needed • AV gear & ice chest alert President's Letter Beginning September 29 and running through October 3, Bexar Audubon Society will host the Southwest Regional Conference of the National Audubon Society. Topics include "Birds in the Balance," environmental aspects of NAFTA, culturally diverse community alliances, private landowner/rangeland issues, and Audubon high-priority cam­paigns (population, wetlands, and the Endangered Species Act, among others). Speakers include Peter A. A. Berte, National Audubon Society president; Susan Roney Drennan, Audubon vice president of science information and edi­tor of American Birds; state senator The October general meeting of BAS will be held at 7:30pm, . October 21, at the Ruble Center. The meeting is free and open to · · the public. Refreshments will be served. · The program, which will begin promptly at 7:30, will feature Kim Hoskins, special activities director of the education department the San Antonio Zoo. An avid bat fan and member of Bat · Conservation International, Hoskins has participated in field studies on bats found in Costa Rica's tropical forests. The Ruble Center is at 419 E. Magnolia, at the intersection of . Carleton, south of Mulberry, east of McCullough; VIA Route 5 (St. · Mary's/McCull h/North Star Mall) stops two blocks from the Ruble Center. . Conservation Committee at 6:30pm Come to the Ruble Center early for the Conservation Committee meeting. Issues coordi-nators are needed. No experience necessary. Dmwings hy Christine S/ener, from Dovid J. Sdrmidly, The Bats ofT exas (TexfiS A&M Univ hiSS, 1991.} Carlos Truan; Peter Emerson of the Environmental Defense Fund, and Audubon issues experts and sanctuary managers. At press time, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Carol Browner is making final determinations regarding her schedule, but is expected to deliver a keynote address on US/Mexico border issues. There are opportunities for attendees to participate both in pre-conference work­shops and in the concurrent sessions scheduled Saturday and Sunday. The program includes an auction, a banquet, and pre- and post-conference outings for birding and to other natural sites. A three-day trip to the Rio Grande Valley with seasoned guides is also offered. All Bexar Audubon Society members, your guests, and others interested in conservation issues are cordially invited and encouraged to register for and attend any or all of this conference's programs and events. More program information is included within this issue. Please provide a hearty welcome to our guests to San Antonio and take advan­tage of this excellent program. Regional conferences are held every other year­so there won't be another in SA soon! Thanks are due to Susan Hughes and the conference committee for planning and organizing this event. Please call her at 696-6868 for information, reserva­tions, or if you would like to volunteer. - Walter G. Barfield [ij PageZ I" Jblunteers Recognized & r Thanks Delivered The regional conference committee will be fully recognized after the conference. Meanwhile-thanks for the great work! There was an impressive group of volun­teers gathered to mail 20,000 flyers for the regional conference: Walter Barfield, Leta Bien, Richard Camilli, Valerie Call}illi, Claire Drenowatz, Marge Flandermeyer, Bruce Hughes, Susan Hughes, Carol Lavelle, Thelma Nungesser, Patty Leslie Pasztor, Dick Pipes, Anita Reeves, Susan Rust, Bill Sain, Sandra Skrei, Caryl Swann, Tom Wilson, and Bill Woller. Julia Camilli and Valerie Camilli helped with a supplemental mailing at the post office! Walter Barfield and Susan Hughes joined Sierra Club volunteers to insert a confer­ence flyer into the Sierra Club newsletter. Thanks to the Alamo Group of the Sierra Club for their support Michael McMahon and Tom Wilson have been doing a great job with PR. Leta Bien has worked hard on vendor and auction donations. Patty Leslie Pasztor and Dick Pipes have put together an outstanding selection of outings-complete with all the logistics. Susan Rust has coordinated the Audubon store volunteers and other details. Barb DeLuca did the original task lists that helped us scope the project. Regional staff have been great in pulling together a terrific program and handling many details of organization. And it's not over yet. This is only a par­tial list of our workers for the conference. Stay tuned . and add your name! Tatjana Terauds baked cookies for the September meeting. AV Equipment, Water Coolers, & Ice Chests Needed for Conference We'd like to borrow some items for the Southwest Regional Conference. If you have: • a slide projector (with remote), • a slide projector with cassette deck interface, • a projection screen, • an overhead projector; • an easel (for sign display), and/or • a flip-chart easel-and if it could be used for the conference all or part of the time between Sept 29 and Oct 3, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact Susan Hughes, 696-6868. Your support will be appreciated. Ice chests and water coolers are needed for the outings. Please contact Patty Leslie Pasztor at 824-1235. Audubon All Species Day October 30 can be an even more exciting day than usual this year if your children celebrate All Species Day! The project is part of the Endangered Species Campaign, designed to help strengthen the Endangered Species Act through public education and grassroots activism. "A recent Weekly Reader survey of 86,000 schoolchildren found that environ­mental protection was their number one issue of concern," according to Daniel Garrett, writing in the July/August '93 Audubon Activist. With All Species Day information packets, children learn about endangered species, and are provided instructions for making costumes, orga­nizing events, and attracting participants. A list of prizes available from Audubon is Butterfly Watch also included. Creative implementations of All Species Take part in a butterfly watch being spon- Day are virtually unlimited. sored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife For an information packet, write to: Department The peak migration of~li!~f Endangered Species Program, National monarch butterflies occurs in Audubon Society, 666 Pennsylvania Ave, late September or early '"""""'"-~ SE, Washington, DC 20003. October. A tagging pro-gram is being directed by Texas coordinator Dr. William Calvert. Contact him at 512/ 326-2231. /llustration by Joanne Strentzsch. Auction Items Still Needed Arts, crafts, birding and other nature­related items, books, etc. are still needed for the silent auction on October 2. Please call Susan Hughes if you have a donation. BEXAR TRACKS, October 1993 Ancient Forest Protection The comment period on the forest plan ends October 28. Write to James Lyons, Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment,~USDA, Room 2173 North Bldg., Washington, DC 20250. Demand a plan that establishes a real and permanent ancient-forest reserve system, with no sal­vage logging or thinning; sets a sustain­able level of logging; sets high viability standards for the ecosystem and salmon; includes the Eastside forests and the Sierra Nevada; and eliminates raw log exports. Send a copy to the Clinton adminis­tration, c/o Kathleen McGinty, Director, Office of Environmental Policy, Room 350, Old Executive Bldg., Washington, DC 20501. What Is 11Taltings? Some businesses and other groups and individuals, under the guise of protecting private property rights, are seeking to limit the public's ability to carry out rea­sonable public health and environmental regulations. The apparent strategy is very simple: to demand that taxpayers pay financial compensation to property own­ers far more frequently than the Constitution requires, in the hope that government will be required to abandon or roll back existing regulations that would otherwise become too expensive. Proponents of this strategy have advanced their radical new interpretation of property rights in order to challenge a wide variety of reasonable and necessary government programs, e.g.: • The State of Alaska has filed a lawsuit seeking $29 billion from the US because Congress' decision to establish wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, and other protected areas in Alaska supposedly reduced the State's profits from mining activities. Protecting these wild areas of Alaska not only preserves a national trea­sure, but also brings in tourist dollars. • A public lands rancher in Nevada has claimed a "taking" when the US Bureau of Land Management revoked his permit to graze cattle on federal public lands. Common sense would argue that the graz­ing permit is a privilege, not a right, extended by the federal government to pri­vate ranchers. • A mobile home developer claimed a "taking" when the State of Virginia denied him a permit to fill 2 acres of wetlands of a 43 acre parcel. Clearly, the developer did not lose the economic use of his land, one of the tests in determining a taking. BEXAR TRACKS, October 1993 II BORDERS Wednesday, September 29 7:30am, Registration open 8-11:30am, Birding at Mitchell Lake 1-Spm, Cibolo Wilderness Trail 1-6pm, Endangered Species & San Marcos River 5-8pm, Birding at Mitchell Lake 7-lOpm, Hospitality Suite Thursday, September 30 8-9am, Registration open 9am-4:45pm, Building Culturally Diverse Alliances Workshop "You wouldn't believe the things I found when I started with the Texas Water Commission," John Hall, Commissioner, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission Robert Tejeda, Environmental Liaison, Bexar County Commissioners Court "National Audubon Society and National Environmental Issues," Tanya Thomas, Grassroots Coordinator, National Audubon Society Population Program "Comparing and contrasting civil rights approaches and traditional environmental approaches," Reggie James, Consumer Union "Networking successes and opportunities" "Identifying barriers to forming alliances" "Common issues; Strategies for success" "Commitments for success" 4-Spm, Registration open 5-9pm, Bracken Bat Cave 7-lOpm, Hospitality Suite Friday, October 1 7:30-8am, Registration open 8am-2pm, Ranchland Issues Tour (pre-conference) 1-8pm, Registration open 1-6pm, Audubon bookstore open 2-Spm, Ranchland Issues Discussion/Workshop 6-8pm, Audubon Council of Texas 8-lOpm, Plenary session "Feathers in the Wind," Dr. Susan Roney Drennan, VP for Science Information, National Audubon Society; Editor­in- Chief, American Birds NAS video previews: Backlash-The "WiSe Use" Movement Saturday, October 2 7:30am-8pm, Registration open 8:30-lOam, Plenary session Welcome "National Audubon Society: Today and Tomorrow," Peter A. A. Berte, NAS President and CEO Reports on pre-conferences lOam, Exhibits open (until 6pm), break poolside Page3 [iJ BEYOND BORDERS National Audubon Society Southwest Regional Conference Holiday Inn Airport • San Antonio, Texas September 29- October 3, 1993 10:30-11:30am, Plenary session "Beyond Borders-Birds in the Balance, Audubon's New Migratory Bird Program," Dr. Susan Roney Drennan "Beyond Borders-The Environment and the North American Free Trade Agreement," Kathleen Rogers, NAS Wildlife Counsel 11:30am-12:30pm, Press conference 11:30am-1:30pm, Buffet lunch served 11:30am-1:30pm, Audubon store open 11:30am-5:30pm, Concurrent sessions 11:30am-1:00pm, Chapter Leadership Workshop, John Borneman 11:30am-12:25pm, Audubon Issues I "Audubon's 1993-94 Priority Programs (Endangered Species Act reauthorization, wetlands protection, pro­tecting migratory birds & ancient forests) & how they are all threatened by 'takings' legislations," Liz Raisbeck, Senior VP, NAS "Western Hemisphere Convention: Does this ignored 1945 treaty hold the key to protecting & preserving national parks & refuges from Canada to Tierra del Fuego?," Kathleen Rogers 12:30-1:25pm, Birds in the Balance "Borderless Opportunities," Susan Drennan "Forming International Partnerships," Sandra Skrei, SW Regional Representative 'Western Hemisphere Convention" (repeat) l:00-1:25pm, Audubon Electric! An introduction to Audubon's electronic network," Karen Spragle, NAS Computer Network Coordinator 1:30-2:30, Audubon Issues II "Restoring the Everglades for healthier birds & people," Liz Raisbeck "National Wildlife Refuges: Are they safe? are they safe havens?," Jim Waltman, NAS Wildlife Specialist 1:30-2:30pm, "Understanding NAFTA: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly" "The Binational, Grassroots View," Mary Kelly, Texas Center for Policy Study "TheEl Paso-Juarez Clean Air Project," Dr. Peter Emerson, Environmental Defense Fund 'What's an Auduboner to Do?," Kathleen Rogers 1:30-3:30pm, Environmental Education Forum I "Audubon Education, Now & into the 21st Century," David Henderson, Randall Davey Audubon Center "International Youth Alliance: High school students united across the Rio Grande River to work on bi­national environmental issues," Marisa Oliva, IYA mem­ber, Texas A&M University [iJ Page4 "Community Funding for Audubon Adventures," Lorraine Schulte, Mesi11a Valley Audubon Society 3:00-S:OOpm, Audubon Issues III "Endangered Species Act Reauthorization," Jim Waltman "Priority Programs," Liz Raisbeck (repeat) "Public Lands in Peril: Texas parks need your help," Dr. Dede Armentrout, NAS Southwest Region VP "Saving Wetlands through the Clean Water Act," Liz Raisbeck 3:00-4:00pm, NAFTA: Local concerns & chapter activities "The Rio Grande River: A river of toxins?," Rose Farmer, Sabat Palm Grove Sanctuary "The Bridge Boom and Wildlife Habitat," Merriwood Ferguson, Frontera Audubon Society "Is NAFTA all Wet(lands)?," Mike Farmer, Manager, Texas Coastal Sanctuaries 3:30-3:55pm, "Audubon Electric" (repeat) 4:00-5:30pm, "Computers, One on One," Karen Spragle 4:00-5:30pm, "On the Road to Cairo: Audubon's Population Program," Tanya Thomas 4:00-5:30pm, "Birds in the Balance, Borderless Opportunities," Susan Drennan, Moderator "Willow Flycatchers in New Mexico," Karen Copeland­Williams, Randall Davey Center "Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens," Charles Fryling "High Island & Other Houston Audubon Initiatives" "Texas Partners in Flight Hummingbird Surveys," Carol Edwards 4:30-5:30pm, "What the Burnout Survey Can Teach Us," Dede Armentrout 5:30-6:00pm, Audubon store open 7:00pm, Cash bar and Silent Auction 8:00pm, Banquet "National Audubon Society Week" Proclamation, Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Ross Speaker: Texas State Senator Carlos Truan Sunday, October 3 7:00-8:00am, Audubon Council of Texas (tentative) 8:00am-12:noon, Audubon store open 8:00-9:00am, Large chapter president's forum 8:00-9:00am, Small chapter president's forum 8:00-9:30am, Environmental Education Forum II BEXAR TRACKS, October 1993 "From Dude Ranch to Environmental Education Center," John Robert Prude "Endangered Species Education Program: Randa11 Davey Audubon Center" "Orleans Audubon Goes to School," Susan Gary/Suzanne Cline 8:00-lO:OOam, Wildlife and Wild Places" "The Lower Rio Grande Wildlife Corridor . not a lot of ocelots," Maurie Haas "Backyard Habitats: Let's cover the southwest," Dede Armentrout "Will the Mexican Wolf Survive?", David Henderson "Atchafalaya Swamp: The forgotten wetland," Charles Fryling 8:00-lO:OOam, Computers, One on One (repeat) 8:00-lO:OOam, Audubon Issues IV "High Priority Campaigns" (repeat) "Endangered Species Act Reauthorization" (repeat) "Restoring the Everglades" (repeat) "National Wildlife Refuges" (repeat) 9:00-lO:OOam, ''Working with the Media," Dede Armentrout 9:00-lO:OOam, "Business of Being Legal: Non-profit ins & outs" !O:OOam, break 10:30am-12:00noon, "Chapter Fundraising: BirdAmerica," Beth Burns, Birdathon Office 10:30am-12:00noon, "South of the Border" "International Youth Alliance" (repeat) "Guanajuato's Santa Rosa Oak Forest; CASA project; eco-refugees; new chapters in Mexico," Susan Porter Smith 10:30-ll:OOam, "Meet Membership" 10:30-ll:OOam, Program chair discussion session 10:30am-12:00noon, Chapter leadership workshop (repeat) 11:00am-12:00noon, "Attracting new members; inspiring inactive members" 11:00am-12:00noon, "Increasing activism: Uniting birders & activists," Cathie Sandell, Mesilla Valley Audubon Soc.; Jim Waltman 12:00noon-1:00pm, Closing plenary session 1-4:30pm, San Antonio Botanical Garden 1-4:30pm, San Antonio Zoo 1-6pm, Honey Creek Preserve 1-9pm, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area & Bat Flight Sunday-Wednesday, October 3-0ctober 6 · Lower Rio Grande Va11ey Excursion • YOU MAY REGISTER FOR ANY EVENT AT THE DOOR, SPACE AVAILABLE, BUT ADVANCE REGIS­TRATION IS ENCOURAGED AND WILL BE APPRECIATED. • TO REGISTER WITH A CREDIT CARD, PHONE THE REGIONAL OFFICE: [phone]. • ONE-DAY REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL DAYS OF THE CONFERENCE. • TO REGISTER WITH A CHECK, FIRST CALL THE REGIONAL OFFICE TO ADVISE STAFF AND DETERMINE THE AMOUNT; THEN PAY WITH YOUR CHECK AT THE REGISTRATION DESK ("NO-SHOWS" WILL BE BILLED). :m:~::::ffJ'i~}::,. • YOU MUST REGISTER AT LEAST 48-HOURS IN ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY LUNCH AND SATUR­DAY EVENING BANQUET DUE TO HOTEL ADVANCE GUARANTEE REQUIREMENTS. • YOU MAY REGISTER FOR THE "BANQUET & AUCTION" EVENT ONLY-$20 PER PERSON. • FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION, PROGRAMS, ETC., CALL SUSAN HUGHES, [phone]. BEXAR TRACKS, Odober 1993 PageS [i] BAS LOOKING FOR •NEw BLOOD" I want to get involved with Bexar Audubon. I'm especially interested in the following committees/activities (please place an "H" by those areas with which you would be willing to help): __ Conservation __ Phone bank __ Issues monitoring __ Education __ Audubon Adventures __ Letter writing __ Hazardous waste program __ Land Fund __ Finance __ Newsletter/writing-illustration __ Newsletter mailing __ Outings __ Publicity __ Legislation __ Programs __ Refreshments __M embership __F und-raising __. A rchives (immediate need) __P ublications __ Attending hearings __ Planning __ Friedrich Wilderness Park/ Adopt-A-Park __ Other interests/expertise you could share or comments? ___________________ _ Are you willing to contact your elected officials regarding environmental issues? --- Special needs NOW-October 4: Regional Conference: call Susan Hughes at 696-6868 today. (additional comments are welcome, or feel free to contact an officer or committee chair, listed on page 8 of this issue) NAME: ______________ DAY PHONE: ______ .FAX.___ _ ADDRESS: EVENING PHONE: FAX.___ _ CITY/STATE/ZIP: DATE: ______ _ Mail to Bexar Audubon Society • POB 6084 • San Antonio, TX 78209 • or phone [phone] or 696-6868 JOHNJ.AUDI.IaOH 1715-U:Sl GRMTBWEHI!.RDN 1986 MONTEREY COUNTY CABERNET SAUVIGNON VI1'fi1!D &c.BOT11J!!.DBYAUDUBON ~. BMX.f!L!Y, CA ALCOHOL 12.5" BY VOLUME • CONI'AJNS :Sl.n.JI't1'ES r --- , Whooping Crane T-shirts have been re- 1 NationaVBexar Audubon Society stocked. If you missed the first printing, I Joint Membership Application now's the time to act!. I 0 $23 introductory membership for myself. ~r --- : --- ~-,11 0 G'ft membe h' s to those I"sted TEXAS HORNED LIZARD T -SHIRT ORDER: -- 1 rs 1 p 1 QUANTITY & SIZE: s M L XL XXL separately ($23 each). TOTAL SHIRTS ORDERED_ x $15.00 = $_.00 WHOOPING CRANE T-SHIRT ORDER: QUANTITY & SIZE: S M L XL XXL TOTAL SHIRTS ORDERED _x $15.00 = $_.oo SHIPPING/HANDLING: $3 minimum for 1 shirt= $ 3.00 $1.50 for each additional shirt • $ _.00 YOUR CHECK FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT $_.00 PAYABLE TO: BEXAR AUDUBON SOCIETY. MAIL TO: 8exa" Audlbon, POB 6084, Sal Antrio 78209. NAME __________________ _ ADDRESS _________________ _ CITY/STATE/ZIP --- AC~HONE ____________________ ___ Payable to: National Audubon Society. Prices indude sales tax. Pre-paid only. Allow 2 weeks. Send this form and your check to: NAME: PHONE: l_j Bexar Audubon Society r--wr~ 1 SHIPPING ADDRESS: p .O.Box 6084 j Local Chapter I CITY/STATE/ZIP: •-Code 7XC~ L --- ~L --- ~ AUDUBON ADVENTURES SPONSORSHIP BAS VIDEO LIBRARY GROWTH DONATION Each school year BAS sponsors sixty or more Audubon Adventures subscriptions for San Antonio area elementary classrooms. Your donation to support this effort will be appre- 0 Yes, I want to help the BAS video library grow. My tax-deductible donation of$ is enclosed. Please purchase this/these video(s) first (see Sept issue):,--,---; --- :-:--:-::­/( this donation is a memon'al or tn'bute, please provide infor-mation for notification regarding the gift on a separate sheet. DONOR NAME ________________________ ___ ADDRESS ____________________________ __ CITY/STATE/ZIP --- PHONE ______________________________ _ Call Betty Minyard for information: 344-6128. Make checks payable to Bexar Audubon Society. Send this form and your check to: Bexar Audubon Society/VIDEO LIBRARY PO Box 6084 • San Antonio, TX 78209 ciated by students, teachers, and the beneficiaries of environ-mentally aware generations to come: all of us. Call Betty Minyard for more information, 344-6128. 0 Yes, I want to support Audubon Adventures. My tax-deductible donation of 0$30 or 0 $ ___ is enclosed. An Audubon Adventures subscription is a fitting memorial or tribute or celebratory recognition. Please provide information for notification regarding gifts on a separate sheet DONOR NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE/ZIP PHONE Make checks payable to Bexar Audubon Society. Mail to: Bexar Audubon Society • PO Box 6084 • San Antonio, TX 78209 til Page 6 BEXAR TRACKS, October 1993 Fall Planning Calendar- Clip and Save 30-0ct 3 Rally '93. Land Trust Alliance. Big Sky, Montana. [phone]. October 1-3 Texas Wildlife Expo, Austin. Free. [phone], ext. 4472. 2 First Saturday Hike at Friedrich Wilderness Park, 9-11am. 3 Work project at Friedrich Wilderness Park. Call698-1057 to volunteer. 10 Flintknapping workshop. Sebastopol SHP.1-4pm. Reservations and conserva­tion passport required. [phone]. ll~ r~A~§~#.!M~m~;q~:Wti@ :mm l 14-15 UT School of Law Fifth Annual Hazardous & Solid Waste Management Institute. Stouffer Presidente Hotel, Houston. [phone]. 15-17 Native Plant Society of Texas Annual Symposium: "The Rolling Plains and Its Many Ecosystems." Holiday Inn, San Angelo. [phone] for information. How Do 9:30am-noon. Friedrich Wilderness Park. $5/individual; $12/family. Reservations, 698-1057. 17 San Antonio Audubon Birder's Garage Sale (books, binoculars, art, etc.). Judson Nature Trails. 5pm-dark. To participate, OFFICERS AND BOARD Walter Barfield President Marge Flandenneyer Vice President Betty Minyard Treasurer or for information, contact James Reveley, 824-4591. 19 Sierra Club. "Indonesia: From Bali to Borneo and the Komodo Dragon." Dr. Patricia Owen. Unitarian Church, 807 Beryl, 7:30pm. 22-24 "Becoming an Outdoors-woman" work­shop. Texas 4-H Center in Brownwood. -$100 per person. Contact TxPWD's Steve Hall or Bill Rutledge at (800)792- 1112, ext 4999 or 4992. 22-28 World Population Awareness Week. The world's population reached 5.5 billion between May and June 1993. 26-28 Restoration techniques for historic structures. Landmark Inn (Castroville). 8-5 daily. $195; lodging extra; reserva­tions required [phone]. 26-28 Texas Agricultural Summit. Trends and issues that will impact agriculture in years to come. Texas A&M Univ., College Station.[phone];fax [phone] CLE International, 3rd Annual Texas Water Law Conference. Omni Hotel, Austin. [phone]. 30 National Audubon Society "Audubon All Species Day." Endangered Species Program, NAS, 666 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003. 30 Halloween Hike, Friedrich Wilderness Park. 6-8:30pm. $5/individual, $12/fam­ily. Register early, 698-1057. 31-Nov. 6 Matagorda Island State Park. Texas Parks & Wildlife Adventure Program (marshland ecology, coastland fisheries). November 1-3 4th National Conference on Pesticides. "New Directions in Pesticide Research, Development, Management, and Policy." Richmond, VA. [phone], fax [phone] for more information. 736-0355 BEXAR AUDUBON SOCIE1Y 657-1665 P.O. BOX 6084 344-6128 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78209 4-6 Cowbird Symposium, Austin, TX. Contact Terry Cook at Nature Conservancy, (512)327 -9472. 10 Wildlife Planning for Tourism Workshop. Sheraton, Corpus Christi. [phone]. 11-13 NationalWatchable Wildlife Conference. Corpus Christi. [phone]. 18-21 Texas Ornithological Society meeting. Longview. 18-21 Bosque del Apache (National Wildlife Refuge) Festival of the Cranes. Near Socorro, NM. For tickets and information call [phone]. 27 Trails and Trackways, 9:30am-noon. Friedrich Wilderness Park. $5/individual; $12/family. Reservations, 698-1057. Ongoing activities Texas Parks & Wildlife Department offers many nature activities for annual Texas Conservation Passport holders. Call [phone] for listing of events. Every Thursday, 1 pm, San Antonio City Council meetings, City Hall. National Audubon Society's Action line. Dial (202)547 -9009; ask for Actionline; after hours, press 4 on a touch-tone phone. Audubon Activist. Free with your commit­ment to make a minimal number of issue-oriented contacts per year. Write NAS, 700 Broadway, New York 10003. Bexar Audubon Society general meetings are 3rd Thursdays at 7:30pm and Conservation Committee meetings at 6:30pm. BAS Board meetings are gener­ally held on the 2nd Thursday at 7:30pm. Outings are usually the 3rd Saturday. COME TO THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE Sept. Z9-0ct. 3 Holiday Inn Airport N~;g;~ A~Ci. PAID SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Caryl Swann SecretaJY 653-2860 Address Correction Requested Permit No. 590 Patty Leslie Pasztor Board Member 824-1235 Anita l Reeves Board Member 308-9254 '~" ~4. Susan K. Hughes Board Member 696-6868 Richard Pipes Board Member 210-569-2452 Bill Woller Board Member 696-3186 ~\)~ COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS ~ott ConseJVation Richard Pipes 210-569-2452 ~\) \)0 Education Betty Minyard 344-6128 \>~ s~ Finance ~\J~ Membership Dan & Krist Davis 210-625-5678 Outings Marge Flan nneyer 657-1665 Programs Thelma Nungesser 824-8199 Publicity Bexar Tracks Editor Susan K. Hughes 696-6868 PO Box 690028, San Antonio, TX 78269-0028•FAX [phone] 'The editor believes the lnformlllion In this publlcallon to be accurate as of September22. We\W!Ioomecontrlbullono of interest tomemb<n.Submisslooa 1lUIY be edited. Deo<:lline Is the day after the general meoth>g. ft Printed with soy-based Ink on acid-free 50 percent r '-.,recycled paper(iJO percent post-consumer waste). _elul