Category: Education and Outreach

Education and Outreach to Community

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Wildflower Wanders at Balcones Canyonlands

Wildflower Wanders are hikes in Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge planned by the Friends of BCNWR. Wildflower Wanders help people learn about identifying plants and the importance of native plants.  The hikes below are coming up soon, planned as a balance of walks that are easy, combined with some that are harder. Register at the links. (Though these hikes are not NPSOT events, the particular hikes below are led by NPSOT-Wilco members Gary Bowers and Cindy Chrisler.)

See the Friends of BCNWR’s events calendar here.

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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.

Ashe Juniper sign
Ashe Juniper with NPSOT-Williamson County Interpretive Plant Sign. Brushy Creek Regional Trail.
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Tonkawa Chapter News-Doug Tallamy on Jan 8

News from the Tonkawa Chapter:

The Tonkawa Chapter’s in-person meeting on January 8, 2024 will have guest speaker Dr. Doug Tallamy, co-founder of Homegrown National Park.

Dr. Tallamy will join the meeting remotely, not in person.

The meeting will be at Barrow Brewing, 108 Royal St. in Salado and will start promptly at 5:30pm with the guest presentation.

Due to technology limitations, for folks who cannot attend in person, Dr. Tallamy’s presentation will be recorded and available for viewing on the Tonkawa Chapter YouTube channel at a later date.

For the Tonkawa Chapter’s full meeting announcement which contains much more information about Dr. Tallamy and the planned presentation, see the Tonkawa Chapter website https://npsotcentx.org/