A Balancing Act: Managing Aquatic Plant Communities as Habitat in the San Marcos River
January’s speaker will be Emily Lorkovic, Wildlife & Fisheries Biologist, Ecological Research Group, The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.
Emily Lorkovic is a Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Her work focuses on aquatic habitat restoration, endangered species management, and long-term stewardship of the San Marcos River. Her background lies in stream restoration, aquatic invasive species, and freshwater mussels.
Presentation summary
Rather than focusing on individual plant species, this talk will look at aquatic plant restoration in the San Marcos River through a habitat and decision-making lens. I will discuss how we plan and manage plant communities in a system with multiple endangered species that have distinct and sometimes competing habitat needs, and how funding, regulatory requirements, and long-term maintenance shape those decisions. The goal is to share how we think through tradeoffs, uncertainty, and balance when managing native plant communities in a highly diverse but constrained river system.
January 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 S. Access Road, Canyon Lake, Texas 78133. All presentations are available via Zoom and are recorded for our Youtube channel.
