It’s time for Texas Parks & Wildlife’s 7th annual BioBlitz!
What is a BioBlitz?
A BioBlitz is an event in which volunteer scientists, families, students, and the community help complete a biological survey during a specified period of time. The Texas Pollinator BioBlitz is hosted by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and focuses on our pollinators and their habitats.
How do I participate?
This year’s event runs from October 7 through October 23, 2022. Find lots of information and how to register to log your observations on the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department page at this link.
Danaus plexippus – Monarch Butterfly. Photo by Bob Kamper.
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News from the Tonkawa Chapter:
Please join the Tonkawa Chapter and other volunteers for an additional Monarch Waystation cleanup at northbound I-35 Bell County rest areaSaturday, July 23. The rest area is just two miles south of Salado. We will start at 8:30 am and finish around 11:00 am or earlier because of the heat!
Please come prepared for the weather and bring any tools you have to weed the perennials with and maybe plant a few replacements, gloves, pruners, shovel, weeding tool, broom, water to drink, bucket to put trimmings in while we are working.
Thank you and hope to see you next Saturday! Ilse Meier Tonkawa Chapter (Tonkawa Chapter contact information)
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The NEST Empowerment Center is part of The Georgetown Project, a local nonprofit providing services that support their mission: “A community where no child is hungry, hurt, alone, or rejected, and where all children and youth believe they are loved, respected and treated with dignity.” The NEST Empowerment Center helps GISD high school students who are homeless, at-risk, or living in transition.
At this month’s meeting, The Georgetown Project’s Bebe Johnson will share information about their collaboration with NPSOT-Williamson County to create The NEST Chrysalis Dreamscape, located at The NEST Empowerment Center as part of its SPARKS patio. The collaboration began in 2019. (Some background from our chapter can be found here.)
Bebe has been The NEST Empowerment Coordinator since 2014. Previously, she worked at WilCo Juvenile Services as the Coordinator of a county-based Truancy Diversion program serving 9 school districts. Prior to that position she worked for LifeSteps, Williamson Council On Drugs, as a Prevention Director, Coalition Director and Interim Executive Director.
Bebe is a native of Eastern Williamson County and lives on the small ranch where she grew up. She is the proud owner of 2 mules, cows, chickens and dogs.
Gregg’s mistflower, Conoclinium greggii
At every meeting, we give away a book about native plants or the meeting topic to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!
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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