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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.
- 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/tZArf-ygrjsqHNTanZ91ZmRuwTrXTRxOhRPq
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!
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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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