Mr. Peters

Prairie Links

A Useful Map of the Blackland Prairie and Nearby Ecosystems
Austin College
Coverage for each Ecosystem is easy to see on this Texas County Map.
http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/EastTX/MapPages/ETvegmap.htm

Cotton Culture. Handbook of Texas. This article gives abrief description of 
the blackland prairie and its importance in Texas history.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/afc3.html

Blackland Prairie Plant Life. The Texas Parks and Wildlife site lists the 
procucers commonly found on the Blackland Prairie. One of the species listed 
is the 'state grass'.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildscapes/guidance/plants/ecoregions/ecoregion_4.phtml

Weeds of the Blackland Prairie.
Courtesy of Texas A&M
An interactive page to help identify common weeds of our area. Interested in 
a useful project? Consider collecting and preserving these plants to keep or 
donate to a) me, or b) to a permanent display at Blackland Prairie 
Elementary School here in Round Rock. I have a plant press if you want to 
learn how to use one. Mr. Peters
http://dallas.tamu.edu/weeds/

Laptop Activity - Build a Prairie
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/

Polar Bear Picture in context.
There has been a scare lately to convince us that polar bears are being 
endangered as the polar ice caps melt. These bears are actually photographed 
playing on a ice floe. Too bad there are those who would distort the facts 
and mislead the public.
http://www.whoi.edu/beaufortgyre/dispatch2004/dispatch02.html

Help Save an Endangered Species. 
This creature doesn't live in Texas, but at least we can work to save it 
from extinction. Together, let's try to ensure its survival.
http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus

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