March 9 Chapter Meeting: “Identification and Reporting of Invasive Pests in Texas Landscapes” with Ashley Morgan-Olvera

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, March 9,  2023, when our featured topic will be Identification and Reporting of Invasive Pests in Texas Landscapes with Ashley Morgan-Olvera.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM. 

Please note:  We received notice that the library’s elevator is out for several weeks and it may/may not be available for this March meeting. If you need it, call the library to check.

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Texas Invasive Animals: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals (Wildlife and Nature Identification). Recommended by our speaker.

About our topic:  This presentation will cover invasive insects and pests that you could encounter on your property. It also includes identifying characteristics of the pests and reporting resources available at texasinvasives.org.   See these three additional links for info:

About our speaker:  Ashley Morgan-Olvera, M.S. is the Director of Research and Education for Texasinvasives.org, headquartered at the Texas Invasive Species Institute (TISI) at Sam Houston State University (SHSU). She received her M.S. in Parasitology before starting as an Invasive Species Biologist for TISI. Throughout the past 12 years she has worked extensively with federal, state and local groups setting up invasive insect, mollusk, and plant pathogen surveys, along with participating in Clean Rivers surveys for the Huntsville and Houston areas. She promotes the educational and reporting objectives of TISI and Texasinvasives.org by providing training and management workshops to motivate others into action against invasive plants and pests.

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At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person attendee!

Have an idea for a speaker?  Let Program Leader Susie Hickman know via  email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.