The video recording of our March 9, 2023 chapter meeting is now available with Identification and Reporting of Invasive Pests in Texas Landscapes, presented by Ashley Morgan-Olvera
You’ll find the video on our YouTube channel at this link. The speaker presentation begins at 8:03, after the business portion of the chapter meeting.
You can see business slides for 2023 chapter meetings here, listed by date.
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.
Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, March 9, 2023, when our featured topic will be Identification and Reporting of Invasive Pests in Texas Landscapes with Ashley Morgan-Olvera. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
Please note: we received notice that the elevator at the library is still out of service.
If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor. If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).
At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person meeting 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.
Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, March 9, 2023, when our featured topic will be Identification and Reporting of Invasive Pests in Texas Landscapes with Ashley Morgan-Olvera. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
Please note: We received notice that the library’s elevator is out for several weeks and it may/may not be available for this March meeting. If you need it, call the library to check.
If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor. If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).
Texas Invasive Animals: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals (Wildlife and Nature Identification). Recommended by our speaker.
About our topic: This presentation will cover invasive insects and pests that you could encounter on your property. It also includes identifying characteristics of the pests and reporting resources available at texasinvasives.org. See these three additional links for info:
About our speaker: Ashley Morgan-Olvera, M.S. is the Director of Research and Education for Texasinvasives.org, headquartered at the Texas Invasive Species Institute (TISI) at Sam Houston State University (SHSU). She received her M.S. in Parasitology before starting as an Invasive Species Biologist for TISI. Throughout the past 12 years she has worked extensively with federal, state and local groups setting up invasive insect, mollusk, and plant pathogen surveys, along with participating in Clean Rivers surveys for the Huntsville and Houston areas. She promotes the educational and reporting objectives of TISI and Texasinvasives.org by providing training and management workshops to motivate others into action against invasive plants and pests.
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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.
