Native Maverick Countian Creates iNaturalist.org/Maverick County, Texas Flora & Fauna to document vital Middle Rio Grande Species and promote education 

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Native Maverick Countian Dr. Roberto R. Calderon, associate professor of history at the University of North Texas at Denton, announced the creation of iNaturalist.org/Maverick County, Texas Flora & Fauna on May 8, 2017 to document the vital flora and fauna found in Maverick County, Texas on the Rio Grande River in the United States-Mexico Border, one of the most diverse flora and fauna systems in the United States, Mexico, and worldwide.

The inaturalist.org/Maverick County, Texas Flora & Fauna is a voluntary educational project to enrich and document as many species of flora and fauna found in the strategic Middle Rio Grande River along Maverick County, Texas. Participation is totally free and voluntary as citizens may post their findings and photographs of the thousands of flora and fauna species uniquely found in Maverick County, Texas.

Dr. Calderon welcomes all naturalists and citizens to participate and post their personal eyewitness accounts and photographs of every species of flora and fauna found in Maverick County, Texas as a living history and educational focus on one of the most unique and diverse flora and fauna systems in the world.

All interested persons wishing to post and document their personal eyewitness accounts and photographs of the vital flora and fauna system in Maverick County, Texas are invited and encouraged to post, join, and follow this new naturalist website about the rich and diverse history of Maverick County’s enviable flora and fauna ecosystem in the world. Enjoy and participate as often as you wish.

Link: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/maverick-county-texas-flora-fauna