Please heighten your awareness of the many areas of opportunity in which a few hours of your time and a little of your energy can help alleviate at least a superficial problem. You know, compounded these superficial problems eventually can and will become another deep level of environmental concern. A few bags of trash may not sound like much, but compounded that trash can make a dam that clogs a waterway, a haven for disease, competition for vegetation, or simply a depressing eyesore. Every landfill you see is a silent reminder of this. So come on, folks, join a volunteer effort to beautify or improve, roll up your sleeves, use some elbow grease, and encourage anyone who will listen to do the same.
Example is still the world's most powerful teacher.
And giving of yourself to help others will always be the gift that never ends. Checkout these new photos by Fort Worth Audubon member Phil Craighead. I travelled with a friend to Rockport this past March to see the Whooping Cranes. I had never visited there in March and was astounded by the profusion of wildflowers. They were sporadic just south of Waco on US Highway 77 and became increasingly abundant from around Giddings on down to Rockport.