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Meeting reminder December 12, in-person only for the Annual Holiday Gathering & Silent Auction

Join us in-person only for NPSOT-Wilco’s annual year-end gathering and silent auction, Thursday, December 12, 2024. Guests are welcome!

Check in begins at 6:30pm. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. We meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626.

  • Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided by the chapter. (No dinner. This is NOT a potluck.)
  • Bring your silent auction items! The auction is a fun way to pass along something you’re ready to part with while you bid on items you can’t resist.
    • We’ll have bid sheets available at the meeting for your items, or download them from this link and bring them along.
  • The chapter spending plan will be presented during a brief business meeting.
Possumhaw Holly, Ilex decidua
Possumhaw Holly, Ilex decidua. Photo by Bob Kamper.

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December 12 Chapter Meeting, In-Person Only: 2024’s Annual Holiday Gathering & Silent Auction

Join us in-person only for NPSOT-Wilco’s annual year-end gathering and silent auction, Thursday, December 12, 2024. Guests are welcome!

Check in begins at 6:30pm. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. We meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626.

  • Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided by the chapter. (No dinner. This is NOT a potluck.)
  • Bring your silent auction items! The auction is a fun way to pass along something you’re ready to part with while you bid on items you can’t resist.
    • We’ll have bid sheets available at the meeting for your items, or download them from this link and bring them along.
  • The chapter spending plan will be presented during a brief business meeting.
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Ilex decidua, Possumhaw
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Field Trip: River Ranch County Park, Sunday, December 1, 2024

— by Sue Wiseman

  • What:   After Thanksgiving @ River Ranch County Park
  • When:  1:30 PM – 4:00 PM on Sunday, December 1, 2024
    • Meet at the Trailhead West Parking lot. (Follow the signs. It is past the Interpretive Center.)
  • Where:  194 Reveille Way, Liberty Hill, TX 78642
  • Our field trip is open to the public. Park day use fee $2-$4. (Ages 12 & under free.)

Please join us Sunday Dec 1 at River Ranch County Park from 1:30pm to 4:00pm. We will meet at the Trailhead West Parking lot. (Follow the signs. It is past the Interpretive Center.)

We will take a leisurely walk along the Overlook Trail where we will see a lot of fall grasses. The walk will be a little over a mile and is rated easy with few elevation changes. Feel free to bring your children and friends. Please wear appropriate clothing including long pants and closed toes shoes. Hats and sunscreen recommended. You might throw in a grass id book or notebook to help you with all the grasses.

If you have questions, please contact the Field Trip Committee (contact form here).

Escarpment Live Oak, Quercus fusiformis
Escarpment Live Oak, Quercus fusiformis. River Ranch County Park, August 2020.

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See photos from some of our previous field trips in our Field Trip Album.

Field Trip Album