Above: Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park
Texas Parks and Wildlife Executive Director to
present keynote address at Chihuahuan Desert Conference
The Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition is happy to announce that Carter Smith
will be the Keynote Speaker at
the Chihuahuan Desert Conference on November 13
at the Carlos
M. Ramirez TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center
in El Paso,
Texas.
Carter Smith serves as the
executive director of the Texas
Parks
and Wildlife Department (TPWD).
A native of Austin, Smith developed his passion for wildlife and the out of
doors at a young age while roaming his family’s farm and ranch land interests in
Gonzales, Williamson, and Edwards Counties. He has a wildlife management
degree from Texas Tech and a master’s degree in conservation biology from
Yale
University.
He began his professional career in 1992 as a management intern at TPWD,
assisting in the Private
Lands
and Public Hunting programs. As a biologist, he has worked on a variety
of research projects ranging from studying moose in the boreal forests of
Saskatchewan to
pronghorn antelope in far west
Texas.
He serves on a number of conservation-related boards of directors and advisory
councils and was recently named an outstanding alumnus by Texas Tech and the
College
of Agriculture
and Natural Resources.
Prior to his selection as TPWD executive director, Smith was with The Nature
Conservancy of Texas, serving as state director, where he led a team that
protected nearly 250,000 acres while he was director.
At
Texas
Parks and
Wildlife Department, he is responsible for overseeing an agency of 3,100
professionals in 11 different divisions, including Wildlife, Law Enforcement,
State Parks, Coastal Fisheries, and Inland Fisheries.
Carter and his wife, Stacy, reside in
Austin.
Early bird registration ends September 1
To register for the conference visit
www.chihuahuandesert.org/conference.html.
Birds at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park
19 - 25 July 2010
WHITE-TAILED KITE --2 (21 Jul), 2 (25 Jul)
Mississippi Kite--1 (22 Jul), 2 (23 Jul), 1 (25 Jul)
Harris's Hawk--2 (19 Jul), 1 (20 Jul), 7 (21 Jul), 5 (22
Jul), 6 (23 Jul), 3 (24 Jul), 6 (25 Jul)
Burrowing Owl--1 (19 Jul), 7 (20 Jul), 7 (21 Jul), 6 (22
Jul), 6 (23 Jul), 7 (24 Jul), 6 (25 Jul)
Bell's Vireo--1 (20 Jul), 2 (21 Jul), 1 (22 Jul), 2 (23
Jul), 2 (24 Jul), 1 (25 Jul)
Yellow-breasted Chat--1 (19 Jul), 1 (20 Jul), 1 (23 Jul), 2
(24 Jul), 1 (25 Jul)
Blue Grosbeak--1 (19 Jul), 1 (20 Jul), 2 (21 Jul), 1 (22
Jul), 3 (25 Jul)
Painted Bunting--3 (20 Jul), 2 (21 Jul), 3 (22 Jul), 3 (23
Jul), 4 (24 Jul), 4 (25 Jul)
Lesser Goldfinch--2 (24 Jul)
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