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Calling for One Volunteer – Cedar Park’s Earth Day Celebration, Apr 27

The chapter could use one more volunteer for the 2nd shift, 2:30pm-4:30pm, on Sunday, April 27, for the Earth Day Celebration at Lakeline Park in Cedar Park. Sign up to volunteer with NPSOT by completing the volunteer form at this link.

The celebration focuses on the environment, sustainability and conservation, with local nonprofits, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, and local business sponsors celebrating our community for Earth Day. NPSOT-Wilco will be promoting the benefits of native plants, providing a fun interactive learning activity and wildflower seed giveaways.

Lakeline Park is at 1510 Alexis Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613.  The park is off of Little Elm Trail between Bell Blvd and Lakeline Blvd. 

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Volunteer: Cedar Park’s 2nd Annual Earth Day Celebration, Apr 27

Volunteer for the second annual Parks and Trails Foundation of Cedar Park’s Earth Day Celebration, on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at Lakeline Park. The celebration focuses on the environment, sustainability and conservation, with local nonprofits, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, and local business sponsors celebrating our community for Earth Day. NPSOT-Wilco will be promoting the benefits of native plants, providing a fun interactive learning activity and wildflower seed giveaways.

The event is from 12:30pm to 4:30pm including set-up and take down.  We’ll have 2 shifts: 12:30-2:30pm and 2:30-4:30pm. You can volunteer for the whole day, or for either of the shifts. Details are in the sign up form.

Lakeline Park is at 1510 Alexis Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613.  The park is off of Little Elm Trail between Bell Blvd and Lakeline Blvd. 

Sign up to volunteer with NPSOT by completing the volunteer form at this link.

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May 8 Chapter Meeting: “Insects to Watch For and How to Report Them” with Wizzie Brown

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, May 8, 2025, when our featured topic will be “Insects to Watch For and How to Report Them” with Wizzie Brown.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  The guest presentation begins after a short business meeting.

Please note: this month’s presentation will NOT be recorded for YouTube.

==> This month’s in-person location is the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. 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/bLYSlcznRzi0PYhvOFm-DA#/registration

About our topic: Wizzie will cover invasive arthropods that should be reported and how and where to report them.

Click here to download a free pamphlet:
the Emerald Ash Borer in Texas

About our speaker: Wizzie Brown is a Senior Extension Program Specialist- IPM with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. She works to educate others about insects and integrated pest management and hopefully succeeds in teaching that insects have their place in our world. Wizzie is a Board-Certified Entomologist specializing in urban and structural pest management, but also covers landscapes, gardens, native pollinators, insect identification as well as other topics. She received her Bachelor of Science in entomology from Ohio State University and a Master of Science in entomology from Texas A&M University.

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

If we have permission from our guest speaker, we record the presentation for our YouTube channel. (See a list of past topics at this link.)

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.

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