Wildflower Sightings reports that at Muleshoe Recreation Area
Fields of bluebonnets along the Colorado River in Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area
Texas Wildflower Haven has several new reports for Texas Hill Country and Brenham area.
Posted by: Sandy Steinman | April 11, 2015
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“Texas Wildflower Haven” gives out only general route information which is not current up to date.
“Texas Wildflower Report” refused to give out route information about current season blooming. There are only pictures shown on the site.
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By: Dee on April 13, 2015
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Texas WildflowerHaven recently stopped publishing specific locations as there were problems with people violating private property and damaging wildflowers. I fully support their decision and make efforts to only knowing publish wildflower reports on public lands. Here is what they recent posted:
Why were the Wildflower Sighting Forums Shut Down?
There were a number of reasons for the decision to remove the Wildflower Sightings forums. I needed to remove the detailed road location from the posts, but could not do that quickly, so it was easier and quicker to just turn off access to the forums. There are two main reasons for removing the detailed road/location information from the sighting reports.
1. The main reason is that when a detailed location information like GPS or road information is provided on this site and others, a tsunami of wildflower photographers and enthusiasts overwhelms the property owners. This did not happen before, but with instant text messaging, Facebook and Twitter, when a post is published about a great spot then lots of people get that post and converge on that spot. I saw this happen on Saturday and in the past with other locations. As a property owner I can understand how concerned ranchers/farmers can be when suddenly 10 to 20 cars show up along their fences at once. They get concerned about losing livestock and liability for those getting hurt trespassing on their property. I still think the beauty of Texas Wildflowers needs to be shared by all, but in a responsible and respectful way.
2. The other main reason I have decided to remove detailed road location is that I really think it is better for the person to travel a road and experience the “WOW” that I do when I come upon a scene along a back road. If a person knows of a specific spot has some fantastic view they tend focus only on getting to that spot and miss that WOW experience.
My main purpose in sharing any sighting details was to have more people see for themselves the beauty of Texas Wildflowers and once they saw that beauty want to help protect and preserve them. If I was a billionaire (takes that now) I would buy up some of the ranches up for sale now in the Hill Country and turned them in to restored prairies and wildflower preserves equipped with trails for people to walk through and enjoy the beauty of wildflowers up close.
I do plan to open up some forums with wildflower photography but without detailed road/GPS information. There are plenty of other sighting sites that currently provide detailed (down to GPS) locations, so what I am doing here will likely have little effect, but I will sleep better at night knowing I did not contribute to creating a circus nightmare for a rancher, farmer or home owner. For sightings with detailed location information, I recommend: http://texas.wildflowersightings.org/
There is also plenty of good information in our eBooks that will help those serious about finding good landscape and wildflower photography spots. Those combined with the season updates should provide more than enough information needed to discover some excellent photo opportunities.
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By: Sandy Steinman on April 14, 2015
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