Location & Lodging

www.OvertonHotel.com

Lubbock's premier hotel establishment, the OVERTON, is very conveniently only three minutes down the street from our conference site at the Museum of Texas Tech University. The address is 2322 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock, Texas 79401.  For more information or for personal assistance, please call 806-776-7000. or access their website: http://www.overtonhotel.com

We have secured a block of rooms for our guests for the very special government rate of $89.00/night per room. This is such a good deal that potential conferees have already booked their rooms before we have opened the conference registration! So please do not delay, as it is first-come, first-served.  

Below is the Texas Pollinator PowWow's registration booking link for the OVERTON HOTEL. It is good for Thursday night through Saturday night. If you would like to come earlier, or stay later, then please contact the PowWow coordinator, Carrie McLaughlin, at carrie.mclaughlin58@gmail.com. We will do our best to arrange the same rate for you for the additional days.


Please use this link to book your room: 

https://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=1562549&hotelID=74387

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Lubbock

"The birthplace of Buddy Holly, Lubbock is known as the “Music Crossroads of West Texas,” home and host to music legends including Mac Davis, Waylon Jennings, Tanya Tucker and the Dixie Chicks. A bustling metropolis with great music,...and a vibrant arts community, Lubbock blends small-town charm with West Texas warmth and hospitality." -- Overton Hotel

Up early each morning , and out late each night?  Extending your visit beyond the conference time?  There's plenty to do in this bustling college town of 35,000 students, and with its strong traditions of music, museums, agriculture and ranching.  Besides the night spots http://www.visitlubbock.org/visit/nightlife/#nightlife and the artists' enclaves http://www.visitlubbock.org/visit/arts-culture#performing_arts, there are vineyards, wineries http://www.visitlubbock.org/visit/wineries/ and lavender farms  http://www.texaslavenderassociation.org/tla-members.html to tour in the Southern High Plains.  

Wanting more of a butterfly fix than you'll be getting at the Lubbock PowWow this time?  No worries.  Check out the  Science Spectrum and Omni Theater. Their Butterflies Live! exhibit will regale you with a 3000 square foot butterfly house full of plants and butterflies and knowledgeable docents to teach you about butterfly biology and ecology- including the state insect of Texas, the monarch butterfly.  The Omni Theater hosts the epic monarch butterfly film The Flight of the Butterflies.   http://www.visitlubbock.org/event/butterflies-alive/?instance_id=     and     http://sciencespectrum.org/special-exhibits/#butterflies

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Tahoka Lake Pasture

Our field trip site on SUNDAY, APRIL 24, is a very special place in Texas, ecologically and historically. This property has been owned by the same family, the Mays', for a hundred years. Never in that time, nor before, has it been plowed. It is a native shortgrass prairie and playa lake. It is now protected under the auspices of a 501(c)3.  Two of the board members, Dr. Warren Conway/TTU and Manuel De Leon/NRCS, will be with us on our explorations.

It is a special privilege to be allowed access to this ecologically diverse lake and prairie.

Here are a few links that will give you a peek at the land, the flora, the fauna, the geology and the history of the place.  We hope it will convince you that this is a side trip you really do not want to miss.  When you register online for the conference, please be sure to also register for the Tahoka field trip (it's FREE) if you plan to attend.  We want to make sure we are prepared for you. Several teams consisting of a botanist, entomologist and a wildlife biologist will lead small-ish groups as we bring together all we've learned at the conference by observing, collecting and identifying plants and pollinators on the land.  If you have additional interests such as birds, aquatics, geology, herps, etc., then you are welcome to also bring the appropriate gear and satisfy yourselves in those areas.

Enjoy!

http://tahokalakepasture.blogspot.com/
http://sabkha.blogspot.com/2011/03/tahoka-lake.html
http://www.tahoka-texas.com/The-Tahoka-Daisy.html
https://mbasic.facebook.com/LynnCountyNews/photos/a.526399864137101.1073741858.290914814352275/526399970803757/?type=1&source=49
http://www.llanoestacado.org/resources/Reed_Tahoka_Lake.pdf
http://www.mrt.com/news/opinion/columns/burr_williams/article_d6f06a72-8159-58d7-8783-acc9d348a21e.html

and for the birders...

"The vast, open plains of the Texas Panhandle appear deceptively void of bird life, but subtle regional variations provide rich and varied avifauna. Of the approximately six hundred species of birds sighted in Texas, more than two-thirds have been confirmed on the Texas Panhandle."  Kenneth Seyfert

http://www.sfasu.edu/7646.asp
http://www.bafrenz.com/birds/Region1.htm
http://panhandlebirds.blogspot.com/
http://www.tamupress.com/product/Birds-of-the-Texas-Panhandle,1772.aspx