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SUMMARY:Boerne City Campus Natural Area (BCCNA) Workday
DESCRIPTION:Join us for BCCNA workdays!   \n\n\n\nThe BCCNA project involves the restoration and enhancement of the Boerne City Campus Natural Area (BCCNA). The BCCNA is comprised of 13-acres on either side of the Old No. 9 Trail\, behind the library. We are working towards restoring this area to a native pollinator habitat\, creating a wildlife corridor and haven within the city. \n\n\n\nBCCNA Workdays take place on the first and third Thursdays of each month in 2025.  \n\n\n\nOur meeting place will be in the Boerne Patrick Heath Public Library parking lot near the windmill. If you don’t see us at the windmill\, walk out behind the library across the creek as we’ve likely already started!  \n\n\n\nEach volunteer will be required to fill out the City of Boerne’s liability waiver the first time he or she volunteers in 2025. \n\n\n\nContact Jeff Schwarz at jeffschwarz27@gmail.com for more info.
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/boerne-city-campus-natural-area-bccna-workday/2025-04-17/
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SUMMARY:Chapter Leader Forum
DESCRIPTION:April Chapter Leader Forum Topic: Increasing Membership and Volunteerism \n\n\n\nDescription:  \n\n\n\nMeet the VP Chapter Liaison\, Meade Leblanc\, for an exchange of information about increasing Society membership and volunteerism. \n\n\n\n\nHow are chapters adding and keeping volunteers?\n\n\n\nDid your chapter participate in the membership contest? \n\n\n\nWhat has your chapter done to increase membership and/or volunteerism?\n\n\n\n\nIn this forum Meade LeBlanc will review materials available from the state to increase membership and volunteerism and facilitate shared ideas from chapters about what they do. \n\n\n\nChapter leaders and members come prepared to share ideas and questions about increasing membership and volunteerism.   \n\n\n\nPresenters: \n\n\n\nVP Chapter Liaison\, Meade LeBlanc \n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday\, April 17\, 2025 (Third Thursday) 12 – 1 pm \n\n\n\nZoom Registration Link: \n\n\n\nhttps://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/eVW13ML5S86rzJAc5XuxzA \n\n\n\nChapter Leader Forums provide a place for discussion and questions regarding NPSOT state and chapter issues. Let’s share ideas and support one another in growing the organization and supporting the mission! 
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/chapter-leader-forum-7/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Leader Forum,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Pines and Prairies Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Take the Level 1 Native Landscape Certification Program in 3 sessions plus a plant walk!  Attend the Pines and Prairies Chapter Meetings on March 20\, April 17\, and May 15 and participate in the plant walk at Mercer Botanical Gardens on May 24 to qualify.  More details will be posted as they become available. \n\n\n\nIn Person:  Sam Houston State University – The Woodlands at 3380 College Park Drive\, Room 236Via Zoom:
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/pines-and-prairies-chapter-meeting-11/
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SUMMARY:Why Native Plants? - April 17
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our April chapter meeting where we take a fun look at the who\, what\, where\, when\, why\, and how of native plants. We will grow your native plant vocabulary\, cultivate some knowledge\, and sow some seeds for the change we want to see in the world. Whether you are a native plant novice or a wildscaping whiz\, this will be a great chance to ask questions all the questions you may have been afraid to ask before. If you stump the board member presenters\, we can poll the crowd or add things to our list of future presentation topics! \n\n\n\nOne of our goals this year is to grow our membership\, and this is a great opportunity to bring a friend\, spouse\, grandchild\, or whoever wants to learn more about native plants.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers – Doreen Gallevo and Josh Kelly \n\n\n\nDoreen has been a board member for the Houston Chapter since 2023\, and was elected chapter president this year. She has been a hard core native plant gardener for seven years\, and is passionate about all ecological services plants provide like supporting declining invertebrate populations\, flood mitigation\, cooling\, and carbon capture. Having completed NPSOT’s Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP)\, she is now engaging in native landscape design projects. Containing well over 100 native species\, her yard is registered as a National Wildlife Federation habitat\, Houston Audubon bird-friendly space\, Texas Pocket Prairie\, and Homegrown National Park.  \n\n\n\nJosh is a native Houstonian and recently became our chapter vice president. He is a commercial landscape construction project manager and is determined to change how our landscape industry functions from the inside. In his spare time\, he can be found botanizing in prairies or volunteering his time on native landscaping projects. He loves not only Texas native plants\, but also Texas critters\, like longhorns and the majestic raptors he has rescued from prairies. He even likes non-native bees\, who he helped tend as a teen/young adult with his father and brothers.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur monthly chapter meetings are held on every 3rd Thursday\, January – November. Our meetings are free and open to the public thanks to our members and sponsors.  \n\n\n\nThe presentation will start at 7:00 pm\, but come at 6:45 pm for a meet and greet with snacks. \n\n\n\nHouston Arboretum and Nature Center \n\n\n\n610 Entrance (preferred)120 W Loop N FwyHouston\, TX 77024 \n\n\n\nWoodway Entrance4501 Woodway DriveHouston\, TX 77024 \n\n\n\nMeetings will also be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Houston Chapter Page
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/why-native-plants-april-17/
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