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Reminder for January 12 Chapter Meeting (in-person and virtual): “Bicycling with Butterflies” with Sara Dykman

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, January 12,  2023, for our first meeting of the new year.  Our featured topic will be Bicycling with Butterflies with author Sara Dykman.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Please note: this month’s speaker will be joining us via Zoom.  Read more about our topic and guest speaker in this previous meeting announcement.

White Mistflower, Ageratina havanensis
White Mistflower, Ageratina havanensis

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

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

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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.

  • When:  We meet the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. A short business meeting begins at 7:00 PM followed by our guest presentation.  (For in-person meetings, doors open at 6:30 PM. Check out the seed swap board, get advice from expert members, or just visit.)
  • Where:  In person and via Zoom.  When in person, we normally meet at the Georgetown Public Library.  Exceptions are noted in our meeting announcements, on our calendar, and in Facebook.
  • Monthly Meeting Guest Speakers: See these links for upcoming or past topics.
  • Recordings: Find video recordings of previous meetings and field trips on our YouTube channel at this link.
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January 12 Chapter Meeting (in-person and virtual): “Bicycling with Butterflies” with Sara Dykman

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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, January 12,  2023, for our first meeting of the new year.  Our featured topic will be Bicycling with Butterflies with author Sara Dykman.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Please note: this month’s speaker will be joining us via Zoom.

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).

To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdeyurjItGtDES-FdrnUTxel7_bac0OZS

About our topic:  In 2017, Sara Dykman became the first person to bicycle the entire route of the migrating monarch butterfly. She will share stories from her trip, and offer insights into the science, humanity, and brilliance of the monarch migration.

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About our speaker:  Sara Dykman is the founder of beyondabook.org, which is a showcase for pushing boundaries. She hopes her own adventures—walking from Mexico to Canada, canoeing the Missouri River from source to sea, and cycling over 80,000 miles across North and South America —will empower young and old to dream big. Her dream is to go on an adventure with frogs and write a book about these most beloved creatures.

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

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August 11 Chapter Meeting (in-person and virtual): “Advanced Monarch Biology and Conservation for Urban, Suburban and Rural Texans” with Ray Moranz, Ph.D.

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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, August 11, 2022, when our featured topic will be Advanced Monarch Biology and Conservation for Urban, Suburban and Rural Texans with Ray Moranz, Ph.D.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Please note, whether you attend on August 11 in person or via Zoom, this month’s speaker will be virtual, joining us from Oklahoma.

About our topic:  Dr. Moranz will summarize some of the latest science regarding milkweeds and monarch nectar plants to help you choose the native plant species to add to your garden, farm or ranch. He will also discuss land management practices and sources of financial assistance with regards to creating and managing habitat for monarchs and other pollinators.

About our speaker:  Dr. Ray Moranz is the Grazing Lands Pollinator Ecologist for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Ray also serves as a Partner Biologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and assists the Central National Technology Support Center (CNTSC) in Fort Worth, TX, with pollinator conservation throughout the central U.S. Ray began studying grassland plant and butterfly communities in 2004 and earned his Ph.D. in Natural Resource Ecology and Management from Oklahoma State University in 2010. Following his PhD, Ray was a post-doctoral researcher at Iowa State University, and an adjunct professor at Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining the Xerces Society, Ray worked as a rare plant conservationist for The Nature Conservancy in Florida, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in California. Ray lives with his wife, son and daughter on a small farm just outside of Stillwater, OK.

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

Monarch on White Mistflower, Ageratina havanenis. Photo by Greg Donica.

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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.

  • When:  We meet the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. A short business meeting begins at 7:00 PM followed by our guest presentation.  (For in-person meetings, doors open at 6:30 PM. Check out the seed swap board, get advice from expert members, or just visit.)
  • Where:  In person and via Zoom. When in person, we normally meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, Hewlett Room, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. If we are at a different physical location for any given month, the exception is announced in our blog, on our calendar, and on Facebook.
  • Monthly Meeting Guest Speakers: See past and upcoming topics at this link.
  • Recordings: Find video recordings of previous meetings and field trips on our YouTube channel at this link.

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