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— by Marilyn Perz
Hope to see you at our workday at the Landfill Pollinator Garden on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 9am to noon. Come help members of NPSOT and the Good Water Master Naturalists weed and cut back the plants on our bluebonnet covered berm. Bring your own cutting and digging tools and dress for the weather. Water and snacks will be provided.
If you have questions, contact Marilyn Perz using the form at this link.
The Williamson County Pollinator Garden is a collaboration of the NPSOT-Wilco chapter, Good Water Master Naturalists, and Williamson County Waste Management, located at the entrance to the Williamson County Landfill, at the corner of FM 1660 and Landfill Road, in Hutto, TX.
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Join NPSOT-Wilco on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at 7:00 pm, when Sean Griffin will present Restoring Habitat in Texas to Protect Our Native Pollinators. This meeting will be held both in person and online via Zoom.
About our topic: Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators are declining worldwide, due in large part to the loss of their native habitat. In his presentation, Dr. Griffin will talk about his research into how ecological restoration can be used to protect these important pollinators in Texas, and discuss ways that you can encourage diverse communities of beneficial insects on your own land.
About our guest speaker: Dr. Sean Griffin is a restoration ecologist broadly interested in wild bee conservation, fire ecology, and the recovery of degraded grasslands. He earned his PhD in 2019 from Michigan State University, where he used experimentally restored habitats to study bee movement across fragmented landscapes. In the Jha Lab at UT Austin he is now examining how prescribed burning and other forms of restoration management affect plant and pollinator communities in Texas prairies. Sean is also very interested in community engagement, and is actively involved in environmental education, citizen science, and pollinator-focused outreach. You can learn more about Sean’s work at his website srgriffin.com.
Skipper and bee on Pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata
At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!
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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The NEST Empowerment Center is part of The Georgetown Project, a local nonprofit providing services that support their mission: “A community where no child is hungry, hurt, alone, or rejected, and where all children and youth believe they are loved, respected and treated with dignity.” The NEST Empowerment Center helps GISD high school students who are homeless, at-risk, or living in transition.
At this month’s meeting, The Georgetown Project’s Bebe Johnson will share information about their collaboration with NPSOT-Williamson County to create The NEST Chrysalis Dreamscape, located at The NEST Empowerment Center as part of its SPARKS patio. The collaboration began in 2019. (Some background from our chapter can be found here.)
Bebe has been The NEST Empowerment Coordinator since 2014. Previously, she worked at WilCo Juvenile Services as the Coordinator of a county-based Truancy Diversion program serving 9 school districts. Prior to that position she worked for LifeSteps, Williamson Council On Drugs, as a Prevention Director, Coalition Director and Interim Executive Director.
Bebe is a native of Eastern Williamson County and lives on the small ranch where she grew up. She is the proud owner of 2 mules, cows, chickens and dogs.
Gregg’s mistflower, Conoclinium greggii
At every meeting, we give away a book about native plants or the meeting topic to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!
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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