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Sou th 'Texas <ative Plan
Restoration ProjectA publication of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
at Texas A&M University-KingsvilleSouth Texas Native Plant
Restoration Project Launched
Katharine Armstrong Idsal, Texas
Parks and Wildlife Commission
and
Will Harte, Canyon Oil and Gas
We are pleased to present the
first issue of the South Texas Native
Plant Restoration Project Newslet-
ter. This newsletter will be pro-
duced throughout the life of the
project, and is designed to provide
updates about the progress of our
work to develop and promote high
quality and affordable native plants
and seeds for the restoration of wild-
life habitat in South Texas. The
newsletter will also provide helpful
information about different kinds of
plants and planting strategies, and
will serve as a venue for an ongoing
dialogue about native plants.
The South Texas Native Plant
Restoration Project is off and run-
ning. From casual conversations to
what is now a well-organized and
concerted effort, the project has
struck a chord with landowners of
all economic means throughout
South Texas. There is clearly a criti-
cal need for high quality native
plants and seeds for use in habitat
restoration, and in quantities that
match the ever-growing demand.
The habitats found in South
Texas harbor a wide array of wild-
life species - from piping plovers to
white-winged doves, from white-tailed deer and bobwhite quail to
ocelots, bobcats, and raptors. ThisSummer 2001
Volume 1, Issue 1Coreopsis is a flowering plant native to South Texas.
has made South Texas one of the
nation's premier ecosystems. The
focus of this project is on a region
broadly defined as extending from
Victoria to San Antonio to Del Rio
and Brownsville, Texas. Three
major ecological regions are found
here: South Texas Plains, Coastal
Sand Plains, and Gulf Coast Prai-
ries and Marshes. As urbanization
and agricultural changes occur in
these habitats, restoration and
enhancement of existing lands
becomes more urgent. Native habi-
tats provide a complex of biologi-
cal resources from microorganisms
to insects, plants, and animals. This
complex not only provides an
exciting diversity, but its interrela-tionships account for its long-term
biological resilience and stability.
At the heart of this habitat sta-
bility are native plants. These plants
provide for the numerous food and
energy cycles that maintain biologi-
cal diversity. The goal of the South
Texas Native Plant Restoration
Project is to provide economically
viable sources of plants and seeds
for the restoration of South Texas
plant communities. It is important
to establish native seeds, plants, and
planting strategies so that invasive,
or introduced plants do not over-
whelm our environment. Establish-
ment and restoration with native
South Texas plants will maintain the
region's important genetic resources1
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