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Field Trip: Aquatic Plants Tour, San Marcos, Saturday, July 26, 2025

— by Nancy Pumphrey

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White Water-lily, Nymphaea odorata. Lake Waco Wetlands. Chapter field trip in July 2013.
  • What:    Aquatic Plants Tour, San Marcos, TX
  • When:  Saturday, July 26, 2025, 12:30pm – 2:30 pm
    • There is a $3.00 parking fee payable by card only.
    • Meet at the tour ticket kiosk, but do not buy a tour ticket. The chapter is covering ticket costs.
  • Where:  The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, 211 San Marcos Springs Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666
  • You must register for the field trip by Sunday, July 20. Use the RSVP form at this link.
    • Reservations are required since we must reserve space in advance.
  • Our field trip is open to the public.

Join us for an out of town field trip to The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment located on the San Marcos River.

For detailed directions go to https://www.meadowscenter.txst.edu. There is a $3.00 parking fee payable by card only.

We will meet at 12:30pm, Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the tour ticket kiosk. Do not buy a tour ticket. The chapter is covering tour ticket costs for this trip.

Bring water, a hat, sun screen and bug repellent. Our tour consists of a one and a half hour tour on a glass bottom boat and a short wetlands walk. Casey Williams will facilitate the trip. (Bonus reminder! Casey shared his expertise with us at last August’s chapter meeting; the presentation is on YouTube here.)

We need a head count by July 20th so please fill out our form and submit it asap so that we have a place for you.  See you in San Marcos!

If you have questions, please contact the Field Trip Committee.

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

Field Trip Album

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Recording Available for August 8’s topic, “The Native Aquatic Plants of Texas” with Casey Williams

The video recording from our chapter meeting on August 8, 2024 featuring “The Native Aquatic Plants of Texas” with Casey Williams is now available on our YouTube channel. Casey’s presentation starts after a short chapter business meeting.

See more recorded topics on our YouTube channel. Like and Subscribe!

See our page Prior Guest Speakers for a list of past meeting topics by year.

Business slides for recent chapter meetings are here, listed by date. (If this particular meeting’s business slides were not added yet, they will be soon. Please check back later.)

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.

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Meeting Reminder August 8: “The Native Aquatic Plants of Texas” with Casey Williams

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, August 8, 2024, when our featured topic will be “The Native Aquatic Plants of Texas” with Casey Williams. 

Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting and will be recorded for our YouTube channel.

==> This month, we meet at the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building, 1101 N College St, Georgetown, Texas 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/tZwofu6gqD4pGtzrVeTUVTyDZVxIHZRcSHh-#/registration

Below: Casey Williams. Read more in the full meeting announcement.

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image of man in water collecting a plant sample

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

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

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.