Category: Education and Outreach

Education and Outreach to Community

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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/

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TPWD Webinar, Dec 20, (endangered) Texas Trailing Phlox

Webinar news from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department:

  • Conservation genetics and taxonomic distinctiveness of a Texas-endemic wildflower
  • On Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • with Christine Edwards
    Stephen and Camilla Brauer Conservation Geneticist
    Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden

Webinar description: In this presentation, I will give an overview of conservation genetics in general and the conservation genetics program at the Missouri Botanical Garden. I will then provide an overview of a study that focused on understanding patterns of genetic diversity and structure and the taxonomic distinctiveness of a federally endangered Texas-endemic plant, Texas Trailing Phlox. (Emphasis added by NPSOT-Wilco.) I will conclude with a discussion of how the results can be applied to facilitate conservation efforts for Texas Trailing Phlox.

Bio: Dr. Edwards received a BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Colorado, a PhD in Botany from the University of Florida, and completed a Postdoc in Botany at the University of Wyoming. She has led the Conservation Genetics program at the Missouri Botanical Garden for the last 10 years. Her research focuses on using genetic tools to understand the evolutionary and ecological causes and consequences of rarity in threatened species.

Register on the TPWD website at this registration link.

Find more info here about TPWD’s Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series.

[This is not a NPSOT event.]

[Post updated 12/12, 7:16am, new link for registration.]