TLC Fall/Winter Newsletter 2015

texas land conservancy FALL/ WINTER 2015

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าบ ART & THE LAND าบ NATURE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE าบ TENDING TO TANGLEWOOD

texas land conservancy FALL/WINTER 2015

COVER STORY ART & THE LAND

Connecting to Nature through Artistic Expression This season, we are focusing on the connection between art and nature; how we appreciate the natural world through art, and how we can become more aware and knowledgeable about the environment by experiencing it through many different lenses.

Throughout the magazine, you will find photographs taken by our volunteer photographers at some of our protected properties. These photos are marked by the Polaroid picture frame.

Want to share your experiences in nature? Tag us on instagram (@texaslandconservancy) or send your photos to info@texaslandconservancy.org.

ON THE FRONT

Our travelling art journal that has roamed around the state gathering nature-inspired artwork

ON THE BACK

One of Texas’ great predators, the American alligator created by our Artist in Residence, Maximilian QuÊripel

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Linda Gober

Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella) Sandylands Ranch, Blanco County

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FEATURES

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Image courtesy of Bart Soutendijk, TLC Landowner

Nature is good for us and our creativity it is our intellectual resource.”

MAXIMILIAN QUÉRIPEL TLC ARTIST IN RESEIDENCE

BLACK CAPPED VIREO...................................................6 Our Vanishing Songbird

NATURE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.......................10 Exploring the Beauty of Native Species On & Off the Page

TENDING TO TANGLEWOOD ................................12 Stewarding Our Prairie in Lee County

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DEPARTMENTS

President Travis Phillips, Austin

FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ................................................5

Vice President Earl Matthew, Rockport

LAND FOR WATER.....................................................................................6

Treasurer Wayne Graham, Austin Secretary Pat Y. Spillman, Jr., Houston Past-President P.Michael Jung, Dallas Michael Grimes, Austin Jason Hill, Austin Scott Moorhead, Austin Adam Jochelson, Dallas Eileen McKee, Dallas Janell Morgan, Dallas Robert J. O’Kennon, Fort Worth Larry Autrey, Fort Worth Merritt Westcott, Houston

STAFF Executive Director Mark Steinbach, Ph.D. Stewardship Director Daniel Dietz Stewardship Director Leigh Steumke Development Director Rachael Garbowski Director of Partnerships & Outreach Ashley Lovell, Ph.D.

Inspiring our Love of the Great Outdoors

Spotlight on the Medina Watershed

BOARD PROFILE ......................................................................................7 Meet Scott Moorhead

PAST, MEET FUTURE ...........................................................................13 Celebrating the Legacy of Ned Fritz

MINDFUL DESIGN..................................................................................14 Spotlight on our Land for Water Graphic Designer

OUR MISSION:

TEXAS LAND CONSERVANCY PROTECTS THE ICONIC LANDSCAPES OF TEXAS FOR PRESENT & FUTURE GENERATIONS.

This magazine is a benefit to TLC members. To become a member please visit our website: texaslandconservancy.org/support-tlc/donate

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From our Executive Director

AT THE INTERSECTION OF NATURE & ART INSPIRING OUR LOVE OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS As we continue to dedicate each newsletter to a theme, the Fall/Winter issue explores the intersection of art and nature. Nature, like art, is often defined by the consumer. For some the vast West Texas high desert may not be as appealing as the woody bottomlands of East Texas, just as Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can may not hold the attention of someone who appreciates Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Regardless of our individual tastes, when we consume nature and art we do it for inspiration.

I grew up exploring the woods behind my house and traipsing through creeks with friends. If I found things I couldn’t identify I would turn to my family’s collection of Peterson’s Field Guides and marvel at the intricate line drawings of colorful birds, and strange, exotic-looking insects. It was this art in some part that encouraged me to follow my chosen career path.

Unfortunately, in our increasingly fast-paced urban world it is becoming more difficult for kids to connect with nature and thus be inspired by the outdoors. If we truly care about wild things and places we have a responsibility to inspire a love of the land in this generation and the next.

Over the years the beauty of the lands protected with TLC have inspired a variety of artists, including our landowners, members of our Board of Directors, and a variety of different volunteers who have captured the beauty of Texas through photos, paintings, illustrations, and other mediums.

Our current artist in residence Max Quéripel has been extremely generous with his time and his talent, and has been visiting some of our preserves to capture the Texas natural ethos and share it with others. If you follow us on social media you have seen some of his artwork inspired by Texas landscapes and creatures. It is our hope that this idea of art and nature helps bridge the gap between young and old, urbanites and rural landowners, and provides inspiration for all consumers of nature.

Whether art takes the form of paintings, sculpture, photography, or any other type of artistic endeavor; if it rekindles an awareness of our environment and our connection to the land, it has our approval.

Take some time to explore.

We are pleased to call you not only friend but also a partner of TLC. Thank you for championing our mission.

Mark Steinbach, Ph.D EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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LAND FOR WATER Spotlight on the Medina Watershed

BLACKCAPPED VIREO Vireo atricapilla OUR VANISHING SONGBIRD The beautiful Black-Capped Vireo nests only in Texas and small parts of Oklahoma. This tiny songbird travels north from Mexico every spring to nest in the oak scrub, brushy hills, and rocky canyons of the Hill Country. In the fall, these endangered birds migrate south to the west coast of Mexico to wait for warmer weather.

Breeding populations are declining in the US because of loss of habitat and nest predation by cowbirds.

WHAT WE CAN DO Preserving habitat for these endangered species is one of the best ways to help them survive.

At TLC we work with landowners across the Vireo’s nesting range to protect and maintain healthy habitat for these species. We also work with local Audubon chapters to conduct annual bird counts, to monitor these populations. travisaudubon.org/christmas-birdcounts

Images courtesy of Audubon.org

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Our Land for Water initiative was created in 2011 to address the greatest conservation challenge in Texas: the demand for water by a rapidly growing population.

One of the most successful methods for conserving water is to protect land from fragmentation and unrestricted development. We are leading the charge for water conservation by protecting land in key watersheds throughout the state.

The Medina River is a short, narrow, beautiful river that starts in northwest Bandera County and winds approximately 116 miles through Bandera, Medina and Bexar Counties to its confluence with the San Antonio River just southeast of the city of San Antonio.

We currently protect over 800 acres of land in the Medina watershed, conserving our water and habitat for golden-cheeked warbler, black-capped vireo and many other native species.

Gunsight Mountain Ranch was protected with TLC in 1999.

This 500 (+) acre property was donated by Dorothy Baird Mattiza, a passionate conservationist and botanist.

Board Profile

One Acre at a Time Meet Scott Moorhead, our newest Board Member!

We have welcomed another member into our conservation community!

Scott Moorhead joined our Board of Directors in July, 2015 and we are thrilled to have his expertise and dedication to environmental causes in our corner. Scott is the Chief Operating Officer of the Ben Barnes Group LP, a crisis management and consulting firm in Austin. A native of Houston, and an honors graduate from the University of Texas at Austin’s Plan II Program, Scott is passionate about energy and water resources issues, infrastructure and land-use planning. He holds a Master’s in Energy and Earth Resources from the Jackson School of Geosciences at UT-Austin. When he’s not working or volunteering his time, Scott enjoys kayaking, working outdoors and anything to do with Texas rivers.

We sat down with Scott to discuss his goals as a TLC Board Member, his perspective on conservation in Texas, and his vision for the future of TLC. What is your environmental ethic?

How did you first hear about the Texas Land Conservancy?

A couple of friends introduced me to Mark, we sat down and talked, and I came away feeling that this organization was doing good things, and I wanted to be a part of that.

What are some of your goals as a TLC Board Member?

I would like to get more involved in the water quality/availability and sustainability discussion that must continue to mature in the state of Texas.

I would also like to meet like-minded people with whom I might work on these issues in the coming years and help grow the organization and others similarly-minded to raise awareness on core issues.

In your opinion, what is the biggest conservation challenge in Texas right now?

Yikes. Maybe the ongoing (inevitable?) subdivision of large land tracts into ever-smaller and diverse enduse pieces. Maybe, very simply, demographic changes and very rapid climate changes are the most challenging issues. Lastly, I am deeply alarmed by the very rapid disappearance of the pollinators, i.e. monarch butterflies and bees. Those are key indicators, like canaries in a coal mine, and should tell us a great deal about the health of our natural world. It’s distressing.

I’m not sure I have a defining single ethic…maybe just a handful of thoughts. I believe our relationship to the outdoors is inviolable and essential. We should cultivate our love of the outdoors and protect it accordingly. We are obligated to care for it and pass it on to our children in good health. We should teach our kids reverence for the natural How can Texas Land Conservancy help address that world and appreciate that its vitality is essential for our challenge? mental and physical well-being.

One acre at a time…

I also think it is critical to understand the work of those who created this kind of ethic, particularly locally, i.e. Lady Bird Johnson, Roy Bedichek (Texas naturalist and writer), J. Frank Dobie (American folklorist and champion of the Texas Longhorn), the Leopolds (A prominent conservationminded family – Aldo Leopold wrote A Sand County Almanac), John Graves ( a Texas-based writer who wrote Goodbye to a River) and Edward Abbey (A noted environmentalist who wrote Desert Solitaire), to name a very few. It is crucially important, when one considers how quickly the world is changing, to read firsthand accounts from only a generation or two ago—it gives one a sense of the breadth and speed at which things are changing.

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Barbara Guhl

Limestone clis at sunset Sandylands Ranch, Blanco County

Holly Baker

Prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) Birk-Sommerfeld Heritage Ranch, Llano County

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Steve Harbula

Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Kachina Prairie Preserve, Ellis County

J. Phillip Ferguson

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) Ferguson Ranch, Gillespie County

Art & the Land

CONNECTING TO NATURE THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION Story by Ashley Lovell

Nature and art are intricately connected.

From the beginning of human history, nature has inspired our creative expression. The cave paintings in Lascaux, France illustrate herds of antelope, wild horses and bulls sprinting through the landscape, painted by artists over 17,000 years ago. Here in Texas, ancient pictographs and petroglyphs of felines, lizards, snakes and other creatures adorn cliff walls throughout the state.

In the modern era of smart phones and streaming television, we have witnessed the rise of the “nature deficit disorder” a phenomenon described by Richard Louv in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods. Louv argues that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors resulting in a wide range of social and physical problems. As we become more dependent on electronic entertainment, our connection with the natural world weakens.

Sometimes, art can bring us back to nature. Ansel Adams, Frederic Remington, and many other artists attempted to capture the beauty of the American west through their art. Many environmentalists started to paint landscape paintings to feel a deeper connection with the landscape, hoping to inspire others to save it. Today, ecoartists around the world are using their art to tackle difficult environmental problems.

This fall, Max created a travelling artist journal to give local Texas artists a chance to get out into the natural world and draw inspiration from our landscapes. Max started by making a hand-bound journal out of recycled and repurposed paper bound with linen thread (See front cover). Since then, he and a few other artists have been filling pages on their outings around Dallas-Ft.Worth.

Max noted, “The real purpose here is not to restrict ourselves to representing the landscapes as they are.

Instead we are trying to use the natural surroundings as a jumping off point; a catalyst for creativity”. We hope that the journal will evolve into a medium where children, naturalists, volunteers and other nature lovers can contribute.

On December 1st we are hosting an art show/happy hour at Rattle Inn in downtown Austin to showcase the travelling art journal and give people a chance to purchase some prints that Max and other artists have created for TLC. For more information about this event, please visit: www.texaslandconservancy.org/get-involved/events or email us at info@texaslandconservancy.org.

We have integrated art into a variety of TLC programs, from photography on our monthly hikes to a travelling artist journal that documents landscapes across the state.

In January 2015 we kicked off our Trekking Texas Lands series that takes hikers to some of our protected properties.

We are working with Master Naturalist groups and other outdoor enthusiasts to lead naturalist hikes around these properties, exploring the native flora and fauna and discussing the kinds of stewardship practices our landowners are using to keep the land healthy. During these hikes we have had the pleasure of hosting a number of talented photographers who helped us capture the beauty of these properties and the excitement of the hikes.

Our Artist in Residence, Maximilian Quéripel, has been a driving force for a number of our art-inspired initiatives, providing beautiful artwork for our newsletters and print materials while suggesting new ways for us to incorporate art into conservation.

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Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Rancho Madera Preserve, Callahan County

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Nature:An Illustrated Guide

EXPLORING THE BEAUTY OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES ON AND OFF THE PAGE Story by Ashley Lovell

Standing next to a large old pine tree I watched dappled sunlight filter through the leaves of Big Thicket National Forest. The woods are dense in East Texas and the cicadas were in full swing, creating a deafening buzz. I stood on the boardwalk overlooking a wet swampy area of pine-dominated forest, enjoying the relative cool of the shade and wondering about the small bright green plants I could see in a sunny spot ten feet away.

together in the web of an ecosystem, felt like trying to solve an everexpanding puzzle. The more animals and plants I learned, the larger, more complicated, and more beautiful the world around me became.

Even the simplest field guide is far from a clear window into nature.

We have to learn how to read them against the messiness of the natural world. Out in the field, plants, birds and insects are often spotted for a brief moment, in low light, or I came to Big Thicket to present at a half-obscured by surrounding meeting of the East Texas Black Bear foliage. They aren’t arranged on a Task Force, a group of conservationists white background, bathed in white, trying to bring back the bear to its shadowless light so that they can be traditional range in East Texas. I easily identified. arrived a day early for the meeting The thrill of identifying a new so I could hike part of Big Thicket species is so much more fun National Preserve (BITH) and spend when we can go back and see the night at the BITH Research how an artist has captured every Station in Saratoga, TX. Stepping aspect of it on the page. There is into the research station, I immediately an immense intellectual pleasure picked up a naturalist guide to the involved in identifying new plants preserve and started leafing through and animals. Every time we learn the pages looking for plants to keep to recognize a new species the an eye out for on my hike. natural world becomes a more vibrant and remarkable place.

I started my love affair with field guides as a kid, leafing through the Here in Texas, we are lucky to have pages of Sibley’s Backyard Birds, programs like Texas Master Naturalists, marveling at the names ornithologists which teaches volunteers about our gave to these small flighty creatures. I tried to match the beautiful illustrated specimens I saw in the pages of the book with the dark outlines of birds that flew overhead or sang at me from their perch in nearby trees. I moved on to identify native plants in my home state of Colorado, learning how the different forest types were determined by changes in altitude and moisture.

The process of figuring out what things were, and how they fit

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natural and cultural heritage. We are working with a number of Master Naturalist groups across the state to lead nature hikes on some of the properties we protect. Hikers not only get a chance to get outside and enjoy private, protected land, they also get to learn about the plants and animals that call these ecosystems home. If you’d like to learn more about these hikes, please check out the back cover, where we list some of the upcoming events for this Fall/ Winter season!

Back at the BITH research station, I flipped through the pages of Peterson’s A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers and discovered that those small bright green plants I saw in the swamp on the trail were Pale Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia alata), carnivorous plants that “eat” insects by luring them into a specialized, cylindrical leaf (the pitcher).

Pitcher plants are pretty well known in East Texas, but for me, identifying the species was a small triumph. By leafing through a field guide I had the joy of encountering a new species, both out in its natural habitat and at my fingertips.

Kirby Trail at Big Thicket National Preserve

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS OF BIG THICKET Four of the five types of carnivorous plants found in North America can be found in Big Thicket National Preserve including species of pitcher plants, sundews, bladderworts, and butterworts. These plants often grow on very poor soils and rely on obtaining much of their nutritional needs from the fluids and soft body parts of the insects they consume.

Bladderwort

Butterwort

Pale Pitcher Plant

Sundew

Utricularia radiata

Pinguicula pumila

Sarracenia alata

Drosera capillaris

Free-floating bladderworts are annual plants that lack roots and leaves but have flowers on erect stems above the water. The entire floating plant is only about 8 inches tall.

The leaf blade of a butterwort is smooth, rigid, and succulent, usually bright green or pinkish in color.

Depending on species, the leaves are between 1 and 12 inches long.

Pale pitcher plants have tubular pitcher-shaped leaves radiating out from the growing point, that then turn upwards with their trap openings facing the center of the crown.

Flowers emerge above the surface and are yellowish with 3-lobes and a spur underneath. To float in their boggy habitats, the leaf branches (or petioles) of bladderworts inflate with air.

The flowers of butterworts are held far above the rest of the plant by a long stalk, to reduce the probability of trapping potential pollinators.

To trap insects, pitcher plants use a vertical tube with a ‘hood’ extending over its entrance; and below it the top of the tube usually has a rolled lip which secretes nectar and scents.

Sundews are characterised by the glandular tentacles, topped with sticky secretions. The name sundew derives from the glistening drops of sticky mucus at the tip of each tentacle that resemble drops of morning dew.

The single, long-lasting flowers have two lower lip Bladderworts are unique in petals and a spur extending that their underwater leaves from the back of the flower. feature small oval “bladders” Most butterwort flowers that trap and digest small are blue, violet or white, aquatic creatures such as often suffused with a yellow, insects. greenish or reddish tint.

Flowers are produced early in spring, with or slightly ahead of the first pitchers.

They are perched on long stems, generally well above the pitcher traps to avoid the trapping of potential ppollinators.

All species of sundew are able to move their tentacles in response to contact with prey.

The tentacles are extremely sensitive and will bend toward the center of the leaf to bring the insect into contact with as many stalked glands aspossible. The flowers of capillaris are held aloft and are often light pink.

Illustrations by Maximilian Quéripel

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Tending to Tanglewood STEWARDING OUR PRAIRIE IN LEE COUNTY Story by Daniel Dietz

This fall we will be holding several volunteer stewardship days at Tanglewood Prairie, a TLC preserve located just north of Lexington, Texas. This unique grassland was purchased by TLC in 2002 with assistance from the Magnolia Charitable Trust.

About two thirds of the 31 acre preserve is an excellent example of post oak savanna grassland. Maroon gaillardia, lazy daisy, spotted bee balm, soft golden aster, and other native wildflowers peak through the little bluestem-brownseed Paspalum dominated matrix of native grasses. It also has wide assortment of milkweeds.

Staff from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center recently collected milkweed seeds from the site as part of a partnership with USFWS to facilitate commercial production of

bulk quantities of native milkweeds.

Very few non-native plants are present. The post oak savanna has deep sandy soils, gently rolling topography, and open grasslands in its natural state.

Very little of this system is permanently protected, with most of it having been converted to agriculture or having its native grasses removed and replaced with “improved” rangeland grasses. So, although the preserve is small, it conserves an extremely rare grassland remnant that connects us to our natural heritage.

Tanglewood Prairie is one of a handful of places across Texas that uses the “belt and suspenders” method of conservation; in addition to being owned by TLC, it is also protected by a conservation easement that is held by the Native

Prairie Association of Texas (NPAT).

Management is the key to maintaining healthy grasslands. Historically, periodic heavy grazing and wildfires would prevent woody plant encroachment and keep the native bunch grasses from forming decadent, hollow crowns.

For several years, TLC rented a tractor and shredded the prairie in order to imperfectly mimic these natural processes. Unfortunately, some woody plants are too large to be mown, and in 2015 we will begin treating these plants with other methods.

Volunteers are key to any management that occurs on TLC lands. TLC and NPAT volunteers will be instrumental in the woody plant control that will take place this fall. We hope you can to join us!

To get involved, please email us at info@texaslandconservancy.org or call 512.301.6363

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Past, Meet Future CELEBRATING OUR LEGACY & LOOKING FORWARD

Our founder, Edward C. “Ned” Fritz, was a passionate conservationist who was instrumental in protecting tens of thousands of acres of private land in Texas. He was a believer in the power of grassroots organizations to assemble groups and individuals who could act together to bring about change.

This year our Ned Fritz Society dinner took place at the Greenhouse at Driftwood, a stunning venue in the Texas Hill Country. If you are interested in using this venue for your special event, please visit thegreenhousedriftwood.com

Today, we carry on Ned’s legacy as we protect over 85,000 acres across the state. From the bayous of East Texas to the deserts of West Texas, we strive to keep these special landscapes safe. Every fall we invite all of our major donors ($1,000 or more) to enjoy a festive dinner with TLC as part of the Ned Fritz Society. This year we celebrated our donors with barbecue donated by the Salt Lick, cocktails made with Tito’s Vodka, and music from Jacob Jaeger.

We are immensely grateful to all of our donors, big and small, for helping us continue our mission to protect the land we love in Texas for future generations.

Helping Hands @ Oak Cliff NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY is a great way to enjoy the outdoors while helping the environment along the way! This year, we gathered volunteers at Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas to clear some trails and enjoy the first few cool days of the season. Over 30 volunteers helped us out and we showered them with treats: bagels donated by Panera Bread, granola bars donated by KIND, and popsicles at the end of the day from by PopStar Popsicles.

Want to learn more about our upcoming volunteer days? Sign up for our monthly E-news on our website: www.texaslandconservancy.org.

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Mindful Design

Spotlight on our Land for Water Graphic Designer Where are you from and how did you find your way to Texas?

I was born in Richardson, TX, but spent my childhood in the deserts of Tucson, AZ. I made my way back to Texas for my first design job out of school and I have felt at home ever since.

Describe a day in the life of Christiana Guzman.

Tomorrow morning I will wake up early, feed my cat, and ride my bike to get a coffee and some breakfast tacos. Then I will head to a friend’s house to help build some sets for a middle school haunted house. After that, I will probably head to Mozart’s to read a little, check out some design blogs, and knock out some freelance work. Later, I will head home to set up for a spooky outdoor movie at my house!

What are some of your favorite things to do in Austin right now?

One of my favorite things to do in Austin right now is to walk over and get a milkshake at Nau’s Pharmacy on West Lynn. With their original ‘50s diner set-up inside, it really feels like you are traveling back in time.

The night swim at Barton Springs and stopping for a cocktail and some live jazz at The Gallery above the Continental Club also top my list.

MEET CHRISTIANA GUZMAN: Texas born, Arizona raised, she grew up in Tucson and studied Industrial Design at Arizona State University.

Since then she has worked on product design in Huntington Beach, CA, Denver, CO and Austin, TX where she currently works at Handsome on digital product strategy, design and branding.

On the side, she loves to do freelance graphic, web, and branding projects so we couldn’t help but jump on the opportunity to have her design some of new marketing materials for TLC featuring our Land for Water strategic plan. We recently sat down with Christiana to find out more about her life as a designer, artist, and nature enthusiast.

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Why does conservation matter to you?

All life is precious and should be treated as such. Being outdoors and exploring nature brings a certain joy that is lost in the developed world. I want that feeling to exist for all future generations to come.

What are you passionate about?

I’m passionate about pizza, cats, pottery, bikes, movies, and fashion. Art and design are a big part of my daily life and I feed off the energy of other designers. Travel inspires me like nothing else. I get excited about new ideas and love to talk shop.

What are some of your favorite Texas nature spots?

My favorite Texas nature spot right now is the hot springs in Big Bend. Set on the Rio Grande, the water feels amazing, and if you’re lucky you might spot a few wandering horses near the river. Watch out for that current though, it can take you by surprise!

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TLC Conservation Happy Hour with Shoal Creek Conservancy November 3 Rattle Inn Austin, TX Guided Hill Country Hike November 7 White Creek Canyon Ranch Blanco County

Nonprofit Org US POSTAGE PAID Austin, Texas Permit No. 258

Volunteer Work Day November 22 Tanglewood Prairie Lee County TLC Happy Hour & Art Show with Hill Country Alliance December 1 Rattle Inn Austin, TX

Volunteer Work Day November 7 Marysee Prairie Liberty County

Toasting Texas Lands Celebration December 5 Last Stand Brewery Austin, TX

Volunteer Work Day November 21 Kachina Prairie Ellis County

Volunteer Work Day December 16 Tanglewood Prairie Lee County