On February 2nd, the Caddo Lake Clearinghouse1 sponsored a community meeting for World Wetlands Day at the Karnack Community Center. 2011 is the 40th Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention. Topics included new work being done at the lake with invasives, wetland rebuilding and education, among others. 40 people attended and the meeting was covered in the Marshall News-Messenger.

See the meeting agenda here and the flyer here.

Meeting presentations:

Bottomland Hardwood Flooding, Mark Willimas, CLNWR

Healthy Habitats Program, Gary Endlsey, The Today Foundation

TPWD Paddling Trails Program, Shelly Plante, TPWD

LHAAP Transfer Update, Paula Fortune, RAB Chair

Paddlefish, Tim Bister, TPWD

Giant Salvinia Weevil Rearing Facility, Patrick Ireland, Texas A&M's TWRI

1 The Clearinghouse is composed of the City of Uncertain, the Greater Caddo Lake Association of Texas, the Caddo Lake Area Chamber Commerce and Tourism, Friends of the National Wildlife Refuge and the Caddo Lake Institute.