Kelly Norrid, of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, joins us to discuss his background, what his job with TPWD involves, how you can benefit from it, how he became interested in biology (interesting story!!), restoring ecosystems, some interesting behavior of Vultures, the benefits of snakes, the importance of nature and the wild, and more. A fascinating discussion I look forward to continuing.

Sorry if the sound quality is a little off on this: I'm not an audio engineer by trade. And sorry for my typing sometimes during the discussion: I was taking notes for the show notes.

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Show notes:
1. Urban Wildlife Program: https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/urban_program/

2. Vultures roll up carpet, take off vinyl, take off windshield wipers
a. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/vultures-chewing-on-rubber-car-parts-in-florida-everglades-becoming-more-prevalent-expert/1914613/
b. https://www.npca.org/articles/1628-vulture-vandals

3. "You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back." -- Horace: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Horace

4. Rattlesnakes
a. https://sciencing.com/importance-snakes-ecosystem-8078550.html
b. https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/1162
c. I have not yet located that article I discussed.

5. Sheldon Lake State Park
a. https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/sheldon-lake
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Lake
c. https://www.facebook.com/SheldonLakeStatePark/

6. Chinese Tallow
a. http://www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/triadica-sebifera
b. https://www.texasinvasives.org/plant_database/detail.php?symbol=TRSE6
c. https://rangeplants.tamu.edu/plant/chinese-tallow-tree/

7. Davis Hill State Park
a. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Forgotten-parks-languish-for-a-decade-4303271.php
b. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Davis-Hill-State-Park/120336528015831

8. Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring: https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Spring-Rachel-Carson/dp/0618249060/

9. Legend of Boggy Creek: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068837/

10. Little Golden Books
a. http://www.littlegoldenbooks.com
b. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LGB/little-golden-book

11. Snake relocation by
a. Boyd Everitt (text only) 281-639-8462
b. Kelly Norrid
i. https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/urban_program/
ii. https://www.facebook.com/people/Kelly-Norrid-Tpwd/100005234297725

12. Free Snake Relocation Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/262485500985003/

13. Scribe Vineyard
a. https://scribewinery.com
b. https://winesvinesanalytics.com/news/article/167426/Birds-and-Snakes-Partner-With-Grapegrowers
c. this case was discussed in a book I listened to on Audible, but I do not recall which book it was

14. Copperhead videos
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1336l7biJuA
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oclePwxJH8
c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWsW3_mYRPI
d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2yL9qxbI4
e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDAd1pcgqU
f. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsPqYtehvgI

15. Wasp videos
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp4cfh-0z9I
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-jUH8mW2ng
c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83wbinQCHpk
d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYCqMEyJXTg
e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyFt87qc478
f. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxWKaYKrYc0

16. Big Thicket
a. https://www.nps.gov/bith/index.htm
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thicket

17. Winters Bayou
a. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1059c/winter_bayou.phtml
b. https://houstonaudubon.org/sanctuaries/winters-bayou.html