The Guide to San Antonio Natural Areas & Creekway Trails was originally a partnership between the Alamo Group of the Sierra Club and Alamo Area Master Naturalists. The original 16 articles were meant as a guide to the Oak Loop Trail in Phil Hardberger Park (West). The partnership is in its fifth year of leading 4th Saturday interpretive hikes in that park for the Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy.
However, since the guide was first conceived, most of its articles have been expanded to be generally applicable to all local Natural Areas. Each Talking Point of the current about two dozen has been authored by a local expert and edited by Alamo Area Master Naturalists. Each is written for the novice but many contain links to more sophisticated treatments. The articles are heavily illustrated with photographs from our local natural areas or the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Each may be accessed from the Talking Points table below.
Talking Points
| Winter | |
|---|---|
| The Ashe Juniper | Stan Drezek, AAMN |
| SA Area Cultural History | Steve Tomka, UTSA Archaeology |
| Importance of Snags | Wendy Leonard, COSA Natural Areas |
| Exotic Invasive Plants | Jessica Leslie, AAMN |
| Spring | |
| Live Oak/Ashe Juniper Ecosystem | Christine Westerman, SWCA Environmental Consultants |
| Area Birds | Patricia (Patsy) Kuentz, AAMN |
| Area Reptiles | Fred Wills, EAA |
| Area Wildflowers | Patty Leslie Pasztor, AAMN |
| Summer | |
| Texas Kidneywood | Ron Tullius, AAMN |
| Prickly Pear Cactus | Jessica Leslie, AAMN |
| Savanna Restoration | Stan Drezek, AAMN |
| Tasajillo | Stan Drezek, AAMN |
| Fall | |
| Texas Persimmon | Jessica Leslie, AAMN |
| Area Wildlife | Christine Westerman, SWCA Environmental Consultants |
| History of Voelcker Farm | Wendy Thornton, AAMN |
| Yucca & Yucca Moths | Wendy Leonard, COSA Natural Areas |
| Additional Talking Points | |
| Agarita | Stan Drezek, AAMN |
| Insects | Molly Keck & Alexa Ortiz, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service |
| Riparian Areas | Peggy Darr, formerly COSA Medina River Natural Area |
| Learning Landscape | Wendy Drezek, AAMN |
| Grasses | Dr. Floyd Waller, Native Plant Society of Texas–SA Chapter |
| Ethnobotany | Janis Merritt, Native Plant Society of Texas–SA Chapter |
| Geology | Tom Dukes |
| Butterflies | Joanne Wells |
A project of the Alamo Area Master Naturalists working with the Phil Hardberger Conservancy and Alamo Group of the Sierra Club
© 2012 Alamo Area Master Naturalists