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OUTDOORS: Land stewardship week arrives
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is partnering with the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Texas Wildlife Association and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board to highlight land stewardship and water availability this week.
The statewide campaign is called, “Land Stewardship: Providing Water for Texans.”
Soil and Water Stewardship Week will run through May 3.
“Water supply is always a ‘hot topic’ issue in Texas,” said Jan Thompson, of the Stewardship Committee of the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Thompson said the campaign is meant to bring more awareness and support to voluntary land stewardship, resource management on private lands and public consumption.
Effective land stewardship increases the ability for open land to absorb water, replenish aquifers and ensure better water drainage into springs, rivers, lakes and streams.
Methods of land stewardship are grazing on ranches, use of cover crops by farmers, wildlife enhancement and the removal of invasive brush species.
Soil and water conservation performed in urban settings also may help supplement land stewardship in rural locales.
Here are other methods of land stewardship: Using plants that require little landscape or water and identifying and fixing leaks at your home.
The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District is one of the partnering organizations in this campaign.
For more information, log onto the website: www.tsswcb.texas.gov.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo provided by the TPWD, no copyright infringement inferred)
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After some coaching time in East Texas, Bret Botard will be the new girl’s basketball coach at Bowie.
Botard said it’s a chance to work with Bowie Athletic Director Tyler Price once again. Price was Botard’s assistant when he coached at Nocona.
“I wanted to get back into the area,” Botard said. “It’s a good community.”
Botard graduated high school in 1995 from Del Valle High School, outside Austin, and went to Texas Tech. He started his coaching career in Lubbock followed by returning to his alma mater where he was an assistant for his high school coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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