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Meeting Reminder September 12: “Rediscovering the MoKan Prairie” with Ashley Landry

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, September 12, 2024, when the featured topic will be “Rediscovering the MoKan Prairie” with Ashley Landry.

  • Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM. 
  • Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting.
  • This presentation will NOT be recorded for our YouTube channel.

Read about our topic and speaker in this meeting announcement.

==> 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/tZUocO2hrDIoHtJr04M8aO3xidbZhHQz09i7#/registration

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 [email protected].

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.

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September 12 Chapter Meeting: “Rediscovering the MoKan Prairie” with Ashley Landry

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, September 12, 2024, when our featured topic will be “Rediscovering the MoKan Prairie” with Ashley Landry.  The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting. The meeting is free and open to the public.

This month’s guest presentation will NOT 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/tZUocO2hrDIoHtJr04M8aO3xidbZhHQz09i7#/registration

About our topic:  This presentation will tell the story of the forgotten MoKan Prairie of Williamson County. This prairie was the “crown jewel” of our Central Texas prairies, and you’ll hear the dramatic (but ultimately futile) account of the efforts to protect it. We’ll also explore some of the special MoKan Prairie plants and our efforts to save those plant genetics through seed collecting and plant salvage.

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About our speaker: Ashley Landry is a Texas Master Naturalist, a member of the Native Plant Society of Texas, and the founder of the Native Plant Rescue Project. She has been featured in Wildflower magazine, The Austin Chronicle, Central Texas Gardener and the Liberty Hill Independent. She is an avid iNaturalist user and enjoys spending her free time botanizing.

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 [email protected].

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.

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Your MoKan Prairie Memories Needed

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NPSOT’s Native Plant Rescue Project is compiling a history of Williamson County’s MoKan Prairie, an area with a prairie remnant in eastern Round Rock facing increasing amounts of development. We are specifically looking for first-hand accounts, memories, photos and oral stories of the MoKan Prairie area. We would love to hear from you!

Contact [email protected].

We plan to present the history of the MoKan Prairie at a future NPSOT meeting.