The Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) is a nonprofit membership organization and an accredited land trust. Our mission is dedicated to the conservation, restoration, and appreciation of native prairies, savannas, and other grasslands in Texas.
Saving this video for my prairie/ranchlands studies. However I'm concerned about apparent bias in the presenter against juniper (we can't call a native species "invasive"). Also the use of an extremely misleading graph @8:40.
I remember 1980 in Dallas, they made t-shirts "I survived the 1980 Texas heatwave". Now they may say "I survived the 21st Century Texas heat wave". Great presentation, hopefully people wake up before it's too late. Individual changes can go a long why, it starts with me and my choices. Multiple that 325 millon times or even 8 billion times and the world will be a better place for it.
Why did Dr. Banner use the 4th Annual Assessment when the 5th National Assessment has been out for months and months!? It paints a far more realistic and dangerous picture for Texas, ie, impacts bigger and sooner than the end of the century, for sure. We're already at 1.5C and starring down 2C possibly within a decade. While I found other areas of the talk helpful, I was concerned about that aspect of the talk. Also, some discussion about the impact on Texas from an AMOC collapse would be helpful too.
As a 76 yr old retired Texas Archaeogist , the problem s of Texas is in fact horrible. With only c 4% of the state public lands (all types of: parks, forest , military bases, roads , tree ways , beaches , beds of rivers . So , with money being GOD to most Texans , the oil and gas industry the boss; there is no hope folks . Urban sprawl, development, sub division of natural eco systems makes any real reforms dead on arrival.
Thank you, Mr. Banner. We are literally being cooked, literally burning up. And Texans are in denial. Stuffing 28 million more people into the state is going to add gasoline to the fire, literally. The people, trees, ground, air is going to be burnt, literally. Denial. The tragedy of the commons in action, now and tomorrow. And we are merely tilting at windmills about it. The questions indicated how futile our plans are at tackling the global warming issue. Enjoy the flooding, droughts, famine, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, extinction, die-off of nature which will overrun us.
An excellent talk. Thank you. I am a Texan, currently living in France. Austin became too hot for me to enjoy. I visit in winter. In India the population is still growing even though the temperatures this week are in the 40s C. The same is true for dense urban areas of Pakistan. Perhaps it will be the same in Texas--six months one hundred or more will be acceptable to a population of fifty million people. The costs of air conditioning and desalinated water will be high and the quality of food will be low, but the human race keeps on proving that a low quality of life does not stop people from reproducing. The rich and their upper middle managers love cheap labor so despite what Trump advertises, he and the Republicans as well as the Democrats push for a growing population. Countries that have been brought to their knees by overpopulation and heat---China, Portugal, Italy, Japan, and South Korea---have lowered their birth rates and stabilized or slightly shrunk their populations, but the rich hate having to pay more for labor, so their governments campaign for larger families. Here in France, the family with nine children is still admired as being a good Catholic family, and the population continues to increase, but the rate of increase is slowing because young people are poor despite government subsidies. Across from my home, twenty acres of farm land is being converted into dense public housing projects, no serious green zones to mention and the Heat Island Effect will raise the summer temperatures to new records (upper 30s C). This is 50 kilometers from Paris and dense projects are being built everywhere even as the lies of population collapse are circulated. The members of the town hall convert farm land into constructible land in order to clean up on the sale, the builders clean up on public housing projects, and the town people who lose their safe tranquil lives do nothing because the French are indeed cowards, trained by their parents to go along with authority even if the authorities are Nazis. The mantra of humankind is: If it beautiful, we shall pour concrete over it and the peasants better keep their mouths shut and vote right wing. All of my neighbors would vote for Trump if he ran here. Where can you and your followers retire? The rush is to Portugal because land is cheap and though the population is dense in the cities and the countryside, the countryside is basically divided into farms of one to forty acres. The homes are falling apart, so that will eat up the funds from your Austin house sale, but you can be cool ten months of the year and there are forests and water running in streams. No crime, inexpensive healthcare, and reasonably priced quality food. No paradise, but wet, for now.
Personally, we picked Erie, PA in '18, and we love it. Its north of the Mason Dixon, 400 miles back from the ocean, has a great lake, its on the NY/PA wine trail that goes over to the Finger Lakes, no sea level rise, no sharks or jellyfish (but we do have waves), and the closest nuclear plant is over 75 miles away (they're not designed for what here). Erie has really cleaned up its act and has become quite popular with travelers too, including international ones. And, btw, expect mass migration to really start to crank up in the next 5 years. This beast hasn't even begun its roar yet, but his foot is well into the doorway now. Good luck.
Good work ,learn by doing for your specific land and soil . Well organized presentation . Unfortunately the state AG commission and AG companies promote the invasive species anu excessive use of chemicals and water .
My bet is Allan savory would discourage the use of roundup and 2/4 D. He would probably not use negative language of invasive species (you’ll never beat them). Thoughts??
I think you are correct. If invasive could be eradicated they would have already been eliminated. It may be easier to breed cattle that will eat invasives and flourish.
I just moved to San Antonio a year ago from Miami. I am new to gardening, and have been getting into planting natives. This was a great presentation. I hope to restore land like this some day.
Thank you for this comprehensive and entertaining overview of coastal prairie ecology! I'm going to be showing this to our 2021 Mid-Coast TMN members in training.
I am currently restoring a native prairie on our land about 5 acres. The detail of this presentation was fantastic but my heart sank when I kept hearing how much Roundup/ Glysaphate was used to rid of the Bermuda grass. For anyone reading this Roundup/ Glysaphate is extremely toxic to our environment, not only does it kill plants but also all other living things in the ecosystem, it's also a carcinogenic chemical that affects us humans. I am shocked that wildlife restoration would even consider Roundup as an option. The organic alternative should have been controlled burning as the burn puts nutrients from the organic material back in the soil.
CHECK OUT THE SAVORY INSTITUTE> NO ROUNDUP AT ALL> NATURAL AND VERY QUICKLY MOTHER NATURE PROVES HER STRENGTH> WATER CATCHMENT AND ANIMALS> LESS THAN A SEASON SEE REAL RESULTS> THIS ONE IS THE EXPENSIVE CHEMICAL COMPANY ENDORSED OPTION! ALL LANDS ARE DIFFERENT AND THE GREEN WALL OF AFRICA THAT THE WOMEN STARTED IS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WORKING WITH NATURE!
@@amymartin7500 The reason for an evasive plant is the health of the soil itself> Savory Institute has Over 75 Years of Experience in Restorations of Lands all over this Planet! Mother Earth and Human Beings working together> Goats may be the best way to get rid of woody plants and sheep good for evasive grasses?
These chemicals are called "Forever Chemicals" = PFAS PFAS chemicals have been found in almost everything from compost to baby formula. Hope the courts put the manufacturers out of business.
