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Yes, thank you for reprinting the info about Texas. It
is very informative to those who live near Allen, TX.
I am looking to find if the exhibit will be in other locations
such as Missouri.
Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
From:
l*@austin.rr.com
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:01
PM
Subject: Re: smithsonian exhibit
Smithsonian Museum Exhibit on Prairies Comes to Texas
A traveling exhibit,
"Listening to the Prairie: Farming in Nature¹s Image," organized by the
Smithsonian¹s Museum of Natural History will be in Texas from March 9 through
Sunday, April 14, 2002. Twenty cities across the United States were
selected as hosts for "Listening to the Prairie" and Allen, located in north
Texas, is the only Texas city chosen to participate in the exhibit.
Display viewing hours for this free exhibit will be 10 a.m. to 9
p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The Allen Public Library is located
at 301 Century Parkway in Allen. A Distinguished Lecture Series called
"Listening to the Prairie" supplements the exhibit. All talks are free and
open to the public.
7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12,
"Preserving the Future by Saving the Past" and "Colorful Texas Natives for
Your Landscape". Jim Eidson of The Nature Conservancy and Lynda Strain
of the Collin County Native Plant Society of Texas
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 19, "A Sea of Grass: The Blackland Prairie Across Time."
Dr. George Diggs, professor of biology at Austin College and co-author
of Shinners and Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central
Texas.
7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, "Plants of the Prairie and
Their Use in Agriculture" and "The Past, Present and Future of Prairie Soils".
Dr. James Read, professor, and Dr. John Sloan, assistant professor, with
the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 4, "Prairie Tales: Folktales and Lore from the American Prairie" Twice
Upon a Time Storytellers
7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 "Listening
to the Prairie ‹ Over the Roar of Encroaching Urbanization." Ed Bagg,
Collin County extension agent with the Texas Cooperative Extension Service,
and David Behm, executive director of Connemara Conservancy.
For
additional information on "Listening to the Prairie," and the related
distinguished lecture series, call Tom Keener, City of Allen development
coordinator, 972-727-0194.
on 2/7/02 10:25 AM, Becky Erickson
at beckyerickson@email.msn.com wrote:
A while back (December?) someone posted info about
a traveling Smithsonian prairie ecosystem exhibit in Texas . I
have persued two paths to get any info on other locations where this exhibit
will be set up. I asked the poster of the Texas info and I spent two
hours in the Smithsonian website. I finally sent an email to
Smithsonian and got no answer.
Does anyone know
anything about this?
Becky
Erickson
Coordinator Missouri Ecotype
Program
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