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2024 Ashe Juniper Symposium

News from Biodiversity Works:

Early registration is open now for Biodiversity Works’ 2024 Ashe Juniper Symposium on May 8-9, 2024, in Austin, Texas.  The goal of the symposium is “to advance the collective understanding of the science of Ashe juniper and facilitate applications of this understanding into management and conservation of sustainable, resilient and ecologically-appropriate ecosystems.” 

Biodiversity Works, a non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas, provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners for the purposes of designing, implementing and monitoring habitat restoration and enhancement projects for rare, threatened and endangered species in Texas.

Click on this link for more information about the symposium or to register.

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Ashe Juniper with NPSOT-Williamson County Interpretive Plant Sign. Brushy Creek Regional Trail.
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Meeting Reminder: March 14, “Drop by Drop: The Impact of Small Changes” with Jessica Woods

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, March 14, 2024, when our featured topic will be “Drop by Drop: The Impact of Small Changes” with Jessica Woods, City of Round Rock Water Conservation Coordinator.  Free and open to the public.

The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting. Find more information about our speaker and topic in this previous meeting announcement.

==> This month, if you attend in person, we’re at the Round Rock Public Library, 200 E Liberty Ave, Round Rock, TX 78664.  Come early (6:30 PM) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit.

==> To attend via Zoom register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvde2srT8sHdxPatHqpIPtD7TxxHHj_1ZO#/registration

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.

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 on our page Wilco Home or on our Calendar.

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Plant rescue in SE Round Rock, March 3, 2024

Volunteer with us Sunday, March 3, from 10am-1pm in SE Round Rock as we rescue plants such as Longleaf Buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium) and Cobaea Penstemon (Penstemon cobaea) from a prairie site prior to construction. There is street parking available with a 250′ walk to the plants. Further details can be found on our SignUpGenius page. 

You must be a current NPSOT member (any chapter) and at least 18 to attend the plant rescue. (Join NPSOT or renew here.)

Click for rescue sign up page


Learn more about the Native Plant Rescue Project at this link.

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Longleaf Buckwheat, Eriogonum longifolium. Photo by Hillary Xu.
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Rescue site. Photo by Hillary Xu.