Nature and Conservation
Speaker's Bureau
Rio Grande Delta Audubon (RGDA)
A need for Nature and Conservation Speakers in the Rio Grande Valley is apparent as we to need different monthly speakers. This is our start and invite others to join the list by contacting RGDA. The page organization may change if the list grows to insure a front page position for all.
Joe making a point!

Joe does talks on:
1. The Rio Grande River and Water Conservation
2. Identification of Four Similar Native Texas Trees: ebony, retama, tepeguaje and tenaza
3. Water Impurities and Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination
4. Solar and Wind Generated Electricity

Joe Krause has been in education all his life. He has been retired for seventeen years. He is originally from Minnesota but has been in Brownsville for thirty years.

Talks last one hour with about 15 minutes for Q and A.
Contact Joe Krause at 956-831-4354
Lee Zieger
Bird Specialties of the Rio Grande Valley
See the largest collection of photo by one person including range maps and songs. Less than an hour presentation. Q and A during or after can extend the time.
President Jimmy Carter's Rio Grande Valley Birding Trip, Planning, and Coordinating from a personal experience.
Birding Mexico's Biosphere El Cielo and Surroundings - Lee will talk and present bird pictures, locations, and lodging showing how good and easy Mexico birding is.
Butterflies of RGV and NE Mexico - See some of nature's most beautiful creatures right here.
Lee does guiding and photography trips around South Texas and NE Mexico specially the Northern most cloud forest, Biosphere of El Cielo, of North America. Canon equipment is almost exclusively used. Google has many of Lee’s photos ranked high on the first page by specie.

He is a founder of Rio Grande Delta Audubon and it’s first President. Lee founded and ran the Brownsville Birding Festival for four years. His most notable birder to guide was President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn. He does two web sites: www.riorvpark.com and www.riograndedeltaaudubon.org, with major nature pages.
Phone 956-266-8801 and 866-279-1775

He operates Rio RV Park in Brownsville and has held leadership positions in tourism at the local, state, and national levels.
Judy Walton picture Dr. Judy Walton will explore the wonderful world of Sea Turtles, the oldest living reptiles, once playmates of the dinosaurs. Learn about "Turtle Lady of South Padre Island", efforts to save the Ridley, and the Loggerhead on our Beach. Call (956) 546-9562. Sea Turtles
Judy Walton on patrol
Sea Turtle Inc. live tank

 
Contact Information
Rio Grande Delta Audubon
Lee Zieger
8801 Boca Chica Brownsville,Texas 878521
Office:(956)831-4653 or 1-866-279-1775
Fax: (956) 831-0147
riorvpark@aol.com