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)
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)
Weather Updates are
available at GPBA’s Weatherlinks.
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