Somervell County Master Gardeners will not be holding monthly CHES (Community Horticulture Education Session) programs during the summer months this year. In lieu of those programs, we would like to invite you to attend the Native Plant Society’s programs on the first Tuesday of each month. The next Native Plant Society meeting will be on Tuesday, August 5th, at 6:30 pm in the Somervell County Citizens Center, 205 SW Barnard, Glen Rose. The speaker will be Nathan Rains, Wildlife Diversity Biologist, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is an authority on the Texas Horned Lizard.
Everyone loves horny toads, but for many Texans, the fierce-looking, yet amiable, reptiles are only a fond childhood memory. Once common through-out most of the state, horned lizards have disappeared from many parts of their former range.
Come visit with the Prairie Rose Chapter of the NPSOT on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 to learn what the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has learned and what is being done to help preserve the horny toad and its habitat. And maybe, just maybe, there are things we can do to bring this childhood memory back to the present so we can share with our children and grandchildren!
This program is free and open to the public!