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Bees, butterflies and bugs are some of the important pollinators that help generate wildflower displays, produce crops and sustain native plants.
They can’t do their part without the plants, and the Texas Pollinator Bio Blitz is helping bring attention to the habitat needs of pollinators across the state.
This is the height of the monarch butterfly migration season.
The Texas Pollinator Bio Blitz is a statewide effort to identify as many pollinators as possible from Oct. 7-16.
Search for pollinators such as bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, birds and other animals, and post about them on Instagram and iNaturalist.
“This Pollinator Bio Blitz is going to be a tremendous help to us because monarchs and other pollinators are in trouble,” said Nancy Herron, director of outreach and education for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Herron said the monarch is losing habitat and important larval and adult food resources. She reported the population has declined by nearly 80 percent the past 20 years.
The only tools needed are a camera or Smartphone, and access to the Internet. Register for free on the Texas Pollinator Bio Blitz page on the TPWD website.
Registrants will be emailed daily challenges. Read more in The Bowie News.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo provided by the TPWD, used with permission)
Tawni Jones Ledbetter was arrested on July 10 by law officers in Hood County on a warrant for making a false statement to the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission.
Ledbetter was released from jail on $10,000 bond. While the former owner of The Rack lists Bowie as where she lives, she also remarried earlier this year to a man who resides in Granbury.
The TABC complaint could be handled as a misdemeanor according to the public information office, but additional details were unavailable as of presstime. The PIO indicated it depends on the specific type of case and he did not have the warrant information at the time of the call.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
CORRECTION – In the Wednesday Bowie News this article in the print edition stated Ledbetter was the owner of The Rack, this is incorrect. She is no longer owner of this business. We apologize for this error.
Due to the July 4th holiday this week, The Bowie News will be printing early in the week. Deadline for any news or ad for the July 6 paper will be noon on July 2. The Bowie News office will be closed on July 4.
Meet the ladies of the 2024 Jim Bowie Days Pioneer Court as they prepare for the crowning on June 28.
Hosted by the Bowie Amity Club, the crowning and pioneer reunion begins at 2:30 p.m. on June 28 at the Bowie Community Center, middle section.
Mildred McCraw, known to many as the “Chicken Lady,” as well as Bowie’s biggest cheerleader, has been selected to serve as pioneer queen. Her duchesses will be Doris McGuffey longtime local business woman and radio air personality at KNTX Radio, and Margaret Long, longtime bank official with Sanger Bank.
See the full stories from these ladies in your weekend Bowie News.
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