June 2020 ORWMA Meeting Minutes
Please make sure to look at the event calendar as some events mentioned in the minutes have been cancelled.
Oaks and Prairies Wildlifer
Meeting Minutes
Fish Fry – Postponed
Fellow Landowners
Due to the ongoing corona virus issues, ORWMA has decided to postpone our April 25th Fish Fry and Shrimp Boil to a later date. Thank you for your understanding.
Earl Fly President Oakridge Ranch Wildlife Management Association
CCWMA Banquet Postponed
Following the recommendation of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to postpone events that consist of 50 people or more CCWMA leadership have reluctantly decided to postpone this Saturday’s March 21st Spring Banquet & Raffle. Raffle tickets will remain on sale as leadership does intend to reschedule the event at which time the raffle will be drawn. We will provide updates as they become available via email, the website (www.ccwma.org/news) and Facebook. Thank you for your understanding.
Thoughts, questions, concerns? Give me a call.
Thank you,
Chad Emmel
CCWMA President
979-732-1399
Purple Martins Seminar Cancelled
Out of an abundance of caution the ORWMA Purple Martin seminar schedule for tomorrow Saturday, March 14, has been cancelled.
Bert Stiplecovich (713-540-2378 brs@brs.net) has agreed to cancel and hopes that we contact him for another chance to present the Purple Martin event again. March/April is when you need to get your Purple Martin houses up. He wants to let everyone know that if you are interested in getting set up for this season’s Purple Martins, you are more than welcome to contact him by phone or email and he will be more than happy to assist you or send to you by email any information needed.
Earl Fly
ORWMA President
President’s Message
ORWMA update
Well, spring has almost sprung. We have reset our clocks to daylight savings time (spring forward fall back). The 15 day forecast shows nightly low temps in the 60’s and highs in the 70’s & 80’s. The grass is turning green, trees are starting to grow new leaves, and the wild flowers are beginning to bloom.
Soon the catkins will start falling (you know those little tassels that fall from the oak trees). I had to look up the real name. My tree book says they only fall for 4 days. I know last year they were falling faster than I could blow them off the driveway.
Also, the fawns will soon begin to appear. So, when you start cutting grass or shredding your pasture be sure to keep your eyes open for them. And remind your visitors if they see a fawn to leave it alone. Mama deer knows where she left her baby and she will come back for it.
Spring is a time of growth and activity. So too, is Oakridge Ranch and ORWMA. We have a lot of new property owners so far this year and ORWMA has a lot of activities. There is a Purple Martin seminar at the community center on March 14 at 9 am. CCWMA (of which we are part) will have the annual Spring Banquet at the Columbus KC Hall on March 21, doors open at 4 pm. The annual ORWMA fish fry & shrimp boil will be held at the community center on April 25. And of course, ORWMA meets at the community center on the 1st Sunday of the month at 4 pm. All landowners are invited to attend. Earl FlyORWMA President
Purple Martins Seminar
Purple Martins
Did you ever want to know about Purple Martins? Why do the call them purple when they are not purple? When and where do they migrate? Where do they breed? What are they know for? What do they do when approaching their nesting site?
If you ever wanted to know about Purple Martins, come join us March 14th at 9 am at the Community Center. We will have a guest speaker to answer all your questions. We will also have coffee and donuts along with ORWMA caps and Tee shirts for sale. Hope to see you there.