GILLESPIE COUNTY SOIL
& WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT #220
 Useful Links
Grazing Land Conservation
Initiative (GLCI)
GLCI, with USDA-NRCS, works to ensure that the
owners and managers of the 684 million acres of privately owned grazing lands
in the United States
receive the important attention and increased technical assistance needed to
maintain this valuable sustainable resource. GLCI does this by supporting
research projects with grants, by providing speakers, organizing field days,
and by capturing available knowledge in a statewide database of ecological
site descriptions. During FY 2000, land managers received assistance to plan
conservation systems on more than 4.6 million acres of private grazing
lands. From those plans, landowners
applied conservation practices or systems on more than 3.6 million acres.
Greenbook.net has an extensive database of chemical product
information that you can use to help control unwanted plants. You can search
by plant name and the database will list what chemicals you could use. If you
need to know more about a specific chemical, you can type it in and search
for product info. You need to register with the site to get the detailed
information. Some chemicals require a
pesticide license.
To get a private
applicator’s license requires a class, plus later continuing education for
license renewals. Call the Gillespie
Co. Extension office at 830-997-3452 for more information.
National Association of
Conservation Districts
(NACD)
USDA NRCS Plants Database at USDA Plants.lets you search by common name or scientific name. Type in your common name, click " Common Name" below that, then click on GO. There’s also an Image Gallery; you can define search criteria and display search results as thumbnail photos in order by common name. Then clicking on a small photo returns a plant profile with a bigger photo.
Noble Foundation’s online Plant
Image Gallery may
help you identify your plants, especially if you’re in Southern Oklahoma or Northern Texas. A search engine helps you work through
a plant’s characteristics with pictorial keys so you can identify it. We
discovered this website through GLCI’s newsletter. Online
Image Gallery
Soil Surveys are available at WSS. The site helps you access and use soil data relevant to your
farm or ranch. It’s sponsored by the
USDA NRCS. Archived soil surveys are
available for the US,
sorted by state and county. The WSS
site instructions walk you through looking up your area of interest,
researching the details, and saving or printing the results. Try it!
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ)
This agency was
called the Texas Water Commission in years past. Now it encompasses much more
than just water! Visit the site to
learn about water conservation, air quality, pollution prevention, rainwater
collection, waste management, and more. For a directory of TCEQ toll-free
phone numbers for various TCEQ divisions, visit TCEQ_TollFree.
Texas Forest Service (TXForest)
Visit here for
forestry management, fire danger/advisories, and the central Texas Seedling
program.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
For information
on hunting and fishing seasons, interesting data on wildlife and more, visit
this site.
Texas Section, Society for Range Management (TSSRM)
The Texas Section is a section of the Society for Range Management
(SRM). Established in 1948, the SRM is a professional scientific
society and conservation organization whose members have a common interest in
studying, conserving, managing and sustaining the varied resources of
rangelands and related ecosystems.
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB)
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service - Texas (USDA NRCS TX)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service (USDA NRCS)
U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) has
topographical and aerial maps that can be downloaded or ordered already
printed. Go to the USGS site, click on
the Maps, imagery & publications button and go from there.
Weather Updates are available at GPBA’s
Weatherlinks.
More Information on Prescribed Burning:
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc. has past newsletters to
download in PDF format, useful links, and more. (personnel data looks to be outdated)
http://www.ranchmanagement.org/eppba/index.html
Academy
for Ranch Management, Department of
Rangeland Ecology & Management, Texas A&M University
http://www.ranchmanagement.org/
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