Autumn brings cooler weather and plenty of reasons to enjoy the outdoors. To help you fall into form, we bring you selected stories from LCRA's quarterly newsletter on land conservation:
• Migration of Monarch butterflies;
• Family-friendly hiking spots;
• Plants to avoid in your landscape;
• Planning for prescribed burns.
Also, try the conservation quiz and check out the helpful links.
CONSERVATION QUIZ
Prescribed burns benefit land by: Improving water quality, soil retention and wildlife habitat by suppressing undesirable invasive brush and allowing native plant species to thrive. Reducing the hazard of naturally occurring fires by eliminating dead, dry vegetation. Suppressing insects and parasites that destroy crops and improving the nutrients of grasses and plants for grazing livestock. All of the above.
INVASIVE PLANTS TexasInvasives.org: More on identifying and managing invasive plants. Austin City Connection: List of invasive plants to avoid and alternative plants to use.
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Harris Kaffie recently purchased a 360-acre ranch near Marble Falls. Learn how Kaffie and his wife, Lynda, plan to improve the property using a new grant program to help landowners reduce erosion and keep topsoil from washing into waterways.
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