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NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sales!

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— by Beth Erwin

We are having a plant sale!

Would you like to have a native Texas pollinator garden in your yard?  Create a Monarch butterfly waystation?  Add some colorful flowering plants that will attract and benefit pollinators?  Get some expert advice on growing native plants?  Figure out what the deer don’t like to eat?

Then come to our NPSOT-Wilco booth at the Georgetown Thursday afternoon Farmer’s Market, June 4 & 11 from 2:30-5:30 and the Tuesday morning Sun City Farmer’s Market, June 9 & 16 from 9:00-12:00.  We will have several different species of milkweeds in one-gallon pots.  There will be 4” and one-gallon pots of our tried-and-true nectar plants that we install in our chapter pollinator gardens.  We are willing to take requests for native plants you may be seeking.  Email me with those using this contact form.

Milkweed (Asclepias) species include Antelope-horns, A. asperula; Green Antelope-horns, A. viridis; Butterflyweed, A. tuberosa; and Zizotes, A. oenotheroides.

Georgetown Farmers Market Association rules:  Customers are strongly encouraged to wear masks.  Masks are mandatory at the Sun City location.  Social distancing protocols are followed.

Market locations: 

Thursday markets are in the parking lot between 4th St and 5th St in downtown Georgetown.  Address is 400 S. Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626.

Tuesday markets in Sun City are open to all.  The market is located in the parking lot of the Social Center, 2 Texas Drive, Georgetown, TX 78633

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Online Chapter Meeting June 11: Become Native to Your Place with George Cates from Native American Seed

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Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 7:00 pm for Become Native to Your Place, with George Cates of Native American Seed.  You must register in advance to attend the meeting. Details are provided later in this post.

George Cates, Native American Seed

About tonight’s topic:

Become Native to Your Place. Choose a path of stewardship and a lifetime of wonder and learning. Healthy ecosystems are essential to the well-being of living things and to our quality of life. A diversity of native grasses and wildflowers provide benefits such as air and water cleansing, water supply retention, erosion and sediment control, pollination, and habitat for wildlife.

George Cates, Native American Seed

George Cates of Native American Seed spent the last 18 years helping people restore the earth. He is one of few people that focus on native seed farming and harvesting operations across Texas. George loves to tell stories about native plants and their connections. From urban landscape conversions to large prairie restorations, he will share his experiences encouraging and preserving what makes Texas our home.

How to attend

  • You must register in advance to attend the online meeting.
  • After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar on the day of the meeting.

Please register for our Monthly Chapter Meeting: Become Native to Your Place, June 11, 2020 7:00 PM CDT at the following link: removed

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and activities are canceled until further notice.

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Online Chapter Meeting May 14 – Mapping Texas Vegetation: Virtually Engaging with Nature

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Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at 7:00 pm for Mapping Texas Vegetation: Virtually Engaging with Nature by Amie Treuer-Kuehn.

About tonight’s topic

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Amie Treuer-Kuehn is a Plant Ecologist at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). She received her B.S. and M.S degrees in Biology with a focus on Plant Ecology.  In 2007 she was hired on at TPWD as the Botanist/Plant Ecologist for the GIS Lab.  Since then Amie has worked as the lead field Ecologist for the Ecological Mapping Systems of Texas, the Ecology Coordinator for the Conservation Opportunity Areas Project, TEAM application designer.  Currently, she is the Lead Ecologist with the Landscape Ecology Program in TPWD’s Wildlife Division where she manages several remote sensing and field mapping projects. Amie was acknowledged for her efforts by TPWD in 2011 when she received the Employee Recognition Award in Conservation and in 2012 the Governor’s office honored her with an “Outstanding Women in Texas Government Award”.

Amie’s talk, Mapping Texas Vegetation: Virtually Engaging with Nature will discuss several ways Texas’ citizens can both use and engage with TPWD’s statewide vegetation map, Texas Ecological Mapping Systems.  She will provide a tutorial on the Texas Ecosystem Analytical Mapper (TEAM) online mapping application and new tools Team Go and Ground Truth.

Texas Ecosystem Analytical Mapper
Texas Ecosystem Analytical Mapper

TEAM allows users to view and print custom maps and reports of habitat data from uploaded kml and shapefiles, or areas of interest drawn within the application, while Team Go and Ground Truth provide an avenue for community involvement by allowing Texas citizens to submit data regarding map corrections or accuracy.  These tools allow Texans a better understanding of ecological systems while incorporating tools for land management and citizen science.

How to attend

  • You must register in advance to attend the online meeting.
  • After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar on the day of the meeting.

Please register for NPSOT Wilco Monthly Chapter Meeting – Mapping Texas Vegetation: Virtually Engaging with Nature on May 14, 2020 7:00 PM CDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8318884491559723534

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and activities are canceled until further notice.

Check our blog announcements, calendar and Facebook for developing plans for virtual meetings and virtual field trips.

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