OC Playa Field Day
Date(s) - May 16, 20249:00 am - 2:00 pm
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What: OC Playa Field Day
When: May 16th, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Floyd County Friends Unity Center
Doors will open at 9am at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center (990 FM 786, Lockney, TX 79241).
At 9:40am, an overview of playa ecosystems and the Texas Playa Conservation Initiative will be given by Heather Johnson, Migratory Game Bird Specialist: Region I, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Littlefield, TX. Next, Chad Wall, founder of Natural Ecosystem Restoration, Ropesville, TX, will present, “Taking Steps to Regenerate Cotton Ecosystems.”
After a break, the final presentation entitled, “A Grower’s Perspective: Cotton Incorporated, SARA, and Preserving Playas” by Lacy Cotter Vardeman, Cotter Key Farms, Slaton, TX.
At 11:30am, the group will have a catered sandwich lunch (made from scratch by Sweet Treats by Ann-Marie, Amarillo, TX) before departing for a Field Trip to visit a restored playa located about 15 miles from the Floyd County Friends Unity Center
Registration for the event is $25 per person. To register and pay online (plus see full agenda), you can use this link: https://bit.ly/447VGVg
Otherwise, you can register by contacting Darryl Birkenfeld, Ogallala Commons Director (darryl@ogallalacommons.org or by phone at 806-945-2255). Please register by May 10th!
The workshop is presented by Ogallala Commons and sponsored by High Plains Water District, the Horizon Foundation, and Quarterway Cotton Growers.
RESIDUE IN A RAINSTORM–With rain clouds lingering in the background, producer Barry Evans of Kress checks on cotton growing amidst grain sorghum stubble that it was planted into.