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Mindy Mize
Clean Air Team member,
North Central Texas
Council of Governments
Alterntaive Fuel Vehicles |
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
7:00 pm
Fielder Museum,
1616 W. Abram Street
(corner of Fielder and Abram)
Arlington, Texas
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Arlington Conservation Council is an environmental non-profit organization involved with conservation efforts in Arlington, TX, and the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Our mission is to promote environmental awareness and conservation of Arlington’s natural resources. Our focus is narrow, but our needs are great — and growing fast as we recognize the need to live in a sustainable culture.
Arlington has now grown to be the 49th largest city in the nation. As we continue to grow, our city becomes more crowded, our air is dirtier, our water supply shrinks, and our hope for adequate open spaces lessens with each development. For years we’ve worked with other local non-profit groups and city officials to make things better right here at home. There's a lot to do, but with your help we can make a crucial difference.
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We send out meeting reminders, ask questions, and generally keep each other up to date on our activities. You can create a new Yahoo account or use the one you already have to be part of our email discussion group.
Find us here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arlingtonconservationcouncil/
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Check out the pictures from the 4th of July Parade on the Activities page.
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Monthly Programs
Every month ACC brings us a chance to learn about issues that concern us now and that will afect Arlington's future. Here is a sample of programs from the last year or so: |
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The Introduction to Dirty Air - Wen die Hammond, director of Blue Skies Alliance |
| Grassroots Organization - Eleanor Whitmore, Program Director, North Texas Branch of Texas Campaign for the Environment |
| Habitat Restoration for Endangered Species: The Black-capped Vireo in Dallas County - Dr Marcy Brown Marsden,
Department of Biology, University of Dallas |
| How to Clear the Air over DFW - Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office |
| US Army Corps of Engineers and Ecosystem Restoration Opportunities in the Metroplex - Gene T. Rice, Jr., US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Our Next Bond Election - Joe Bruner, City Council Member |
| Community-Based Conservation Advocacy Strategies - Linda J. Pelon, Executive Director, Dallas Historic Tree Coalition |
| Basic Tree Biology and Construction Effects on Trees - Courtney Blevins, Regional Urban Forester, Fort Worth Office,
Texas Forest Service |
| The Cast Iron Forest: A Natural and Cultural History
of the North American Cross Timbers - Richard V. Francaviglia, Professor of History and Director of the Center for
Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington |
| Vehicle Technologies: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond - Nan Miller, Senior Transportation Planner, North Central Council
of Governments; and Steve Elms, Tarrant County College |
| Backyard Habitat: Landscaping to Attract Wildlife - Leeann Rosenthal |
| Butterflies in Your Garden - Joann Karges |
| Texas Watch: Monitoring for a sustainable tomorrow,
one drop at a time. - Steve Rothwell, Dallas Water Utilities |
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