Trans-Pecos & GLCI Water Harvesting Project

Student Field Day - Foster Cox Ranch

April 30, 2004

 

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Field Day Event Agenda
8:30 - 10:00

Travel from Ft. Stockton to Cox Ranch, 30 miles east of Marathon, TX on Hwy 90

10:00 - 12:00
    1. Contour Leveling Demonstration, Foster Cox, rancher & Darrel Seidel, Terrell Co., NRCS
    2. Clipping, Weighing & Forage Cacluation, Jed Elrod, Pecos County Extension Agriculture Agent and event organizer & Patrick Beres, Ft. Stockton, NRCS
    3. Soil Erosion & Water Infiltration Demonstrations, Jed Elrod & Dr. Lynn Loomis, Marfa, NRCS
12:00 - 12:30

Lunch
12:00 - 2:00
    1. Water Sedimentation & Riparian Demonstration, Jed Elrod
    2. Soil Profile Examination, Dr. Lynn Loomis, Marfa, NRCS
2:00 - 3:30

Return to Fort Stockton