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SUMMARY:Habitat Workday @ EIH
DESCRIPTION:Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds\, plant native plants\, maintain pathways\, and trim trees and bushes. Volunteers may also help clean out the pond on select work days. \n\n\n\n\nNo experience necessary—we’ll show you what goes and what stays\n\n\n\nBring your own tools or use ours (we have gloves too)\n\n\n\nDon’t forget to bring a reusable water bottle\, hat\, and sunscreen!\n\n\n\n\nVolunteers must be 18 or older to participate in EIH’s workdays unless prior arrangements have been made. \n\n\n\nWe do not hold workdays when the university is officially closed. Also\, workdays are canceled during inclement weather\, though a light sprinkle or drizzle rarely keeps us out of the garden. If you’re not sure\, please call 281-283-3950 or 281-283-3045\, and we’ll let you know if we’re digging in. \n\n\n\nLocationEnvironmental Institute of Houston (Click link for Google Map)University of Houston-Clear LakeNorth Office Annex (NOA) 1 Building2700 Bay Area Blvd.Houston\, TX 77058
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/habitat-workday-eih-2/2024-09-24/
CATEGORIES:Workday
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SUMMARY:Tracking Shifts in Food Availability for Monarchs and Other Pollinators - September 24
DESCRIPTION:Monarchs depend on a diverse suite of host plants along their migration path. Knowledge of when and where plants are leafing and flowering\, and how climate change is shifting the timing\, is critical for understanding availability of food resources. In this presentation I will describe how the USA National Phenology Network engages volunteer and professional scientists in collecting data on presence and intensity of leafing and flowering with simple yet scientifically rigorous phenology protocols. I’ll also describe our recent efforts to establish climate drivers to flowering and seed timing to make predictions of how this timing will shift under future climate conditions. \n\n\n\nThis presentation by Erin Posthumus\, USA National Phenology Network is part of the Monarch Conservation Webinar Series by Monarch Joint Venture.
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/tracking-shifts-in-food-availability-for-monarchs-and-other-pollinators-september-24/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:To Be Announced\, Cross Timbers Chapter Meeting (Weatherford)- Tuesday 9/24
DESCRIPTION:Additional details coming soon \n\n\n\nMeeting Details:   \n\n\n\nLocation: Mount Pleasant Historical School\, 213 Raymond George Way\, Weatherford\, Texas. \n\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m. Chapter Business Meeting and Update on Native Plant Sale\n\n\n\n6:30 p.m.  Educational Program
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/to-be-announced-cross-timbers-chapter-meeting-weatherford-tuesday-9-24/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Meeting
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SUMMARY:The Monarch Butterfly Migration\, San Antonio Chapter Meeting\, Sept. 24
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Monica Maeckle. The Monarch Butterfly Migration; Its Rise and Fall. \n\n\n\nThe Monarch Butterfly Migration Its Rise and Fall – a newly published book by Chapter Member\, Monika Maeckle.  In this informative and interesting book\, we learn about the natural history of the monarch butterfly migration from 1976 to the present woven with a lot of cultural history and memoir.   Monika will share with us her journey of from curiosity to involvement about monarch butterly migrations that touch on a variety of subjects and issues from milkweed species to tagging butterflies to the changes seen in annual migrations.   \n\n\n\nMonika Maeckle is a writer\, Master Gardener\, pollinator advocate\, Monarch tagger\, and curious student of nature who loves the whole life cycle.  She founded the annual San Antonio Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival iN 2016 and posts on her site The Texas Butterfly Ranch https://texasbutterflyranch.com/. \n\n\n\nThis will be a “hybrid” meeting\, attend in-person or online. \n\n\n\nOnline: Please register in advance to attend via Zoom. \n\n\n\nIn person: The Gathering Center at the Urban Ecology Center at Phil Hardberger Park\, 8400 NW Military Hwy
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/the-monarch-butterfly-migration-san-antonio-chapter-meeting-sept-24/
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SUMMARY:Reduce Your Lawn\, Save Water\, and Feed the Pollinators!
DESCRIPTION:With the Local Drought Index at -2.88\, which is moderate drought stage (as of August 10\, 2024)\, we need to rethink how we’re using water in the landscape. This month’s meeting of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) will provide information and tips about using native Texas groundcovers instead of grass lawn in your landscape. \n\n\n\nKathy Saucier\, certified instructor for the NPSOT native landscape classes and Gillespie County resident\, will be speaking on Tuesday\, September 24 – 6:30 p.m.\, at St. Joseph’s Halle\, about how to turn your water-guzzling lawn into a drought-tolerant pollinator paradise that is beautiful and useful. \n\n\n\n“Children and pets love to play in the outdoors\, and most people think that can only happen on monoculture lawns\,” said Deborah Simmons\, president of the Fredericksburg Chapter of NPSOT. “Kathy is going to share with us how we can shrink our lawn and water usage by incorporating Texas native groundcovers that are great for our local pollinators\, and that children\, pets and adults can all enjoy.”“There are dozens of fantastic Texas native grasses\, groundcovers and shrubs that we can use in place of lawn\,” said Saucier. “We’ll talk about those plants and share ideas about how to reduce the size of your lawn\, save water\, and help improve the landscape for pollinators all at the same time.” \n\n\n\nSaucier grew up in the Hill Country\, and since 2018 has resided on the 1904 Leyendecker family farm in SW Gillespie County. Her first landscaping with Texas native plants were those growing naturally here in Gillespie County. She especially enjoys discovering what grows here and is native to our area\, and promoting their attributes. She has identified approximately 190 species on their 40-acre property and has added another 150 Texas natives. Her interest does not stop at native plants\, but includes birds\, mammals\, reptiles\, amphibians\, dragonflies\, butterflies and everything else that crawls. \n\n\n\nThe Fredericksburg NPSOT chapter holds its monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Joseph’s Halle (212 W. San Antonio St.\, Fredericksburg). There is a social time with snacks at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend in person and via online streaming (www.youtube.com/@fredericksburgtexasnativeg4884). More information is online at Facebook (@fbgtxnpsot)\, Instagram (@npsot_fredericksburg_chapter)\, and https://npsot.org/chapters/fredericksburg/. Meetings are free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/reduce-your-lawn-and-save-water/
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