Author: NPSOT-Wilco

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 elevator at the library is still out of service.

Read more about our topic and guest speaker in this previous meeting announcement.

• If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor.  If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).
• To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOmtrzkoHNVIjwHNcCEMOVmhPnE2hc2U

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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 meeting attendee!

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

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NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. We hope you attend!  Meetings may be in person, virtual, or both, so be sure to check details in the meeting announcement. Meetings are announced on our website, our calendar and Facebook.

• See upcoming topics and general info about our meetings.
• See our list of past topics.

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.

• If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor.  If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).
• To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOmtrzkoHNVIjwHNcCEMOVmhPnE2hc2U

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:

• tsusinvasives.org/home/database/invertebrates.html
•  pesttracker.org/pests
•  galvbayinvasives.org

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.