Re: [Texascavers] Forgotten Texas: A Wilderness Portfolio

[Ted Samsel]

Damn. I forgot all about that tome. Is it still in print? Ted -----Original Message----- From: dirt...@comcast.net Sent: Dec 15, 2008 11:47 AM To: Cave Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Forgotten Texas: A Wilderness Portfolio As result of my brief mention on this forum of the Texas Natural Areas Survey in the 1970’s, I have received a gratifying number of personal emails.  Thank you all.  An excellent overview of most of the study areas, in the form of a very nice coffee-table book is Forgotten Texas: A Wilderness Portfolio, photographs by Reagan Bradshaw, text by Griffin Smith, Jr., 1983, Texas Monthly Press.  It summarizes most of the study areas quite beautifully and shows their locations on a map of Texas.  That book is one of the products of the NAS that helped shape (and is still helping shape) public and legislative opinion in favor of the acquisition and preservation of some very special Texas places.  That included at least one very significant karst feature:  Devil’s Sinkhole.   Curiously, not all our study areas are included – Enchanted Rock is one of those omitted.  At any rate, check out a copy and I think you will be impressed not only with the beauty described therein but with the scope of the NAS program.   I take credit only for managing, coordinating, and assuring logistical support for the scientific field studies that provided the technical basis for the rest.  MANY others devoted countless hours and personal expense to the political and acquisition parts of the process.   Dirtdoc http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com