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Recording available for June 9, 2022’s ”Gardening for Bats” with Erin Cord

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The video recording of our June 9, 2022 chapter meeting is now available with Erin Cord’s presentation Gardening for Bats. You’ll find the video on our YouTube channel at this link.  Erin’s topic begins at 12:30 into the video.

Also, a PDF version of Erin’s presentation is available on our website. Click here or navigate to the PDF any time by  choosing “What We Do” on the main menu, then choose “Chapter Meetings/Speakers” and scroll down the list of 2022 dates.  (Please note that videos embedded in the PDF file do not play. They do play in the YouTube recording.)

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Business slides from the chapter meeting are here.

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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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June 9 Chapter Meeting (in-person & virtual),”Gardening for Bats” with Erin Cord

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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, June 9, 2022, when our featured topic will be Gardening for Bats with Erin Cord.   Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

About our topic:  Erin will go over some bat basics and then talk about how you can help bats right in your own backyard by creating a bat garden!

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea

About our speaker:  Erin Cord is the Community Engagement Manager for Bat Conservation International. She has been with BCI for almost 3 years and absolutely loves all things bats!  Erin got her undergraduate degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Delaware and her Masters in Wildlife Management from the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville. Erin currently lives in Austin where she works to make her own yard a native plant and wildlife oasis.

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

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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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Oct 14’s Program: Nancy Lawson’s “The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife”

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— by Randy Pensabene

Our speaker presentation from October 14, The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson, will not be posted on our YouTube channel, but there’s a wealth of related information available from Nancy.

For anyone who absolutely loved Nancy’s presentation like I did, or if you missed the presentation, and would like to know more about Nancy’s work, I highly recommend her blog and her book. I have been a long-time blog subscriber and her message resonates wherever you are located.

Nancy is in high demand and we are very grateful she spoke to our group!
Blog: www.humanegardener.com
Book: www.humanegardener.com/the-book

About our guest speaker Nancy Lawson:

Nancy Lawson is the author of The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife, a habitat consultant, and a national speaker on garden ecology. She founded Humane Gardener to pioneer creative planting strategies and other animal-friendly landscaping methods. Lawson’s presentations at diverse venues—from national wildlife refuges to local wildflower preserves—have inspired even seasoned horticulturists and wildlife experts to look at their landscapes in a new way. Certified as a Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional and master naturalist, she partners with Howard County Bee City, the Audubon Society of Central Maryland, the urban wildlife department of the Humane Society of the United States, and other conservation and animal advocacy organizations. Her book and garden have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other media outlets.

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