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On Saturday, May 10, Dr. George Diggs will speak about “The Trees of Texoma”, at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Diggs will discuss the environmental factors that influence the distribution of trees as well as ways to identify the more common ones in the Texoma area. The program is part of the Second Saturday nature series sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR, and will begin at 10 a.m., in the AV Center at the Refuge, and will conclude with a nature walk.
Dr. Diggs is a Professor of Biology at Austin College. In 1999, Diggs was named Texas "Professor of the Year" by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Dr. Diggs is a Research Associate of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Forth Worth, and he and his co-authors have received Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award for Shinners & Mahlers Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas, and for volume 1 of the Illustrated Flora of East Texas.
The program is free of charge and open to the public. For more information, visit www.friendsofhagerman.com or call the Refuge, 903 786 2826.