Wetlands Reserve Program Tour:  The East Texas Timberland Owner's Association will conduct a tour of "Last Frontier" Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 1,950 acre site on Tuesday June 24, 2008.  The tour group will meet in the South parking lot of the Bowie County Courthouse, 710 James Bowie Drive, in New Boston at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday June 24, 2008 and carpool to the reserve site. 

Texas Forest Service will have a van for those that want to leave their vehicle at the courthouse.  The tour will be looking at hardwood trees planted over the last four years, and wildlife habitat at a WRP site on the South side of the Red River and just NW of New Boston in Bowie County. 

The WRP is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property.  The emphasis of WRP is to protect, restore, and enhance the functions and values of wetland ecosystems to attain habitat for migratory birds and wetland dependent wildlife. 

Participants are encouraged to wear hats, sturdy boots, field clothing, and bring along bug spray.  A question and answer session will follow this tour.  The tour group will return to the Bowie County Courthouse around 3:00 pm. 

In case of rain on Sunday or Monday prior to the event, the tour will be cancelled due to muddy roads! 

The East Texas Timberland Owner's Association serves the timber owners of Bowie, Cass, Marion and Red River Counties and we welcome new members. 

For additional information, contact Charles Snowden, Program Chairman at 903-756-7172 or Fred Winters at 903-639-1267 or Russell Lykins, Linden District Forester at 903-756-5571/5572 or Don Edson, New Boston District Forester at 903-628-2711.