CONSERVING TEXAS, PRESERVING HISTORY:

Understanding Our Texas Landscape

2010 WINEDALESPRING SYMPOSIUM

APRIL 17, 2010WINEDALE

HISTORICAL COMPLEXROUND TOP, TEXAS

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Dr. Douglas Brinkley is a Professor of History at Rice University, a Fellow at the James Baker III Institute of Public Policy, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Briscoe Center for American History. His most recent book The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America was published in 2009 and became an instant New York Times best-seller. He received his doctorate in U.S. History from Georgetown University in 1989. Dr. Brinkley is contributing editor for Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times Book Review, and American Heritage. A frequent contributor to The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly, he is also a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Century Club. In a recent profile, the Chicago Tribune deemed him “America’s new past master.”

David Todd is the founder, coordinator, and interviewer for the Conservation History Association of Texas. He has also worked as an environmental attorney, environmental donor, and cattle rancher, and has taught at the Rice University School of Architecture. He has served on the boards of the Texas Audubon Society, Texas Conservation Alliance, Texas League of Conservation Voters, and the Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter. He has a B.A. from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Princeton University, a M.S. from the Brown School ofEngineering at Rice University, and a J.D. from the School of Law at Emory University.

Dr. Steve Windhager is the founding director of the Landscape Restoration Program at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Through this program, the Wildflower Center conducts research in applied ecology and offers consulting on a wide variety of ecological issues. He organized the 1998 and 2003 Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International Conferences, was on the board of directors for SER International from 1998 to 2004, and currently sits on the editorial board for SER’s journal, Restoration Ecology. Steve also directs the Center’s newest undertaking, the Sustainable Sites Initiative, which is a joint project with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the United States Botanic Gardens to create sustainable design guidelines for landscapes. He received his Ph.D. in environmental science from the University of North Texas.

Dr. Patrick Cox is Associate Director for Congressional History at the Briscoe Center. The author of numerous articles in academic journals, magazines, and newspapers, Cox served as the project director for the Texas House Speakers Oral History Program. He also served as an historical advisor to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. He is the co-author of The House Will Come to Order: How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics (University of Texas Press, March 2010) with Dr. Michael Phillips. Cox received his doctorate in history from The University of Texas at Austin, and his M.A. from Texas State University, where he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Liberal Arts.

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9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Coffee and kolaches

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noonWelcome from Dr. Don CarletonExecutive Director, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Presentation by Dr. Douglas Brinkley Theodore Roosevelt in Texas

Presentation by Dr. Steve Windhager The Ecological History of Winedale

Presentation by Dr. Patrick CoxSaving the Joseph Biegel House

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.Lunch will be served in the Wagner Dormitory dining hall.

Reopening ceremony of the Joseph Biegel House

The Wagner House, Hazel’s Lone Oak Cottage, the Winedale bookstore, and the Visitor’s Center will be open during the lunch break.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Presentation by David ToddPublic, Private, Protected: Texas Land Conservation History

The 2010 Winedale Symposium gives guests the opportunity to explore the connections between history and nature, featuring talks from historian Douglas Brinkley, Conservation History Association of Texas Founder David Todd, and Director of Landscape Restoration at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Dr. Steve Windhager. From Theodore Roosevelt and the origins of America’s environmental movement, to the importance of managing and conserving the natural resources of our state, we will examine the historical context that informs our own land restoration project at Winedale. Join the Briscoe Center for American History as we uncover the historical significance of our own backyard.

Doug Brinkley kicks off this year’s program with a talk on Theodore Roosevelt, one of the key historic figures in the American conservation

movement, and his travels in Texas. David Todd will offer a talk about land conservation history in Texas, touching on the historical significance of public land deaccessions to conservation issues.

The Briscoe Center recently partnered with the University’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to develop a Master Plan for Winedale, designed to provide land restoration recommendations for the conservation of Winedale’s resources. Steve Windhager will share the resulting Master Plan, including the ecological history of Winedale in the plan’s site analysis, and the extensive land restoration and ecological goals.

A highlight of the symposium will be the reopening ceremony for the Joseph Biegel House. Originally built in 1832, this finely wrought example of a planked cedar log building has been

rehabilitated thanks to the support of the Ragsdale Foundation. Guests will hear about the inside story of the Biegel House rehabilitation, including a tribute to the late Ken Parker, whose support and tireless efforts made this and other Winedale restoration projects possible.

The daylong symposium will include tours of Winedale’s historic buildings and grounds, as well as a barbeque lunch.

Seating is limited. Registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration fee is $45 per person. Registrations refunded if cancelled by April 7, 2010.

CONSERVING TEXAS, PRESERVING HISTORY:Understanding Our Texas Landscape

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