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The NPSOT 2024 Spring Symposium was held at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center March 2nd, 2024!
(Photo credit: LBJ Wildflower Center by Claire Sorenson)
Event Overview
Saturday, March 2, 2024
at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Symposium 8:45 am – 3:00 pm | Tours from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Hybrid Event: Recordings available to both in-person and virtual attendees approximately two weeks after the event.
Agenda
8:00 am – 8:45am Check in and Light Breakfast begins
8:45 am – 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:55 am Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies and Moths, Jim & Lynne Weber – Master Naturalists & Authors
9:55 am – 10:45 am Connecting Habitats in the Urban Environment and the Importance of Native Plants, Mei Ling Liu – Texas Conservation Alliance
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 11:55 am Lewisville’s Roots For Wings Program: How One Texas Town Is Rethinking the American Lawn, TJ Gilmore – Mayor of Lewisville
11:55 am – 12:55 pm Lunch
12:55 pm – 1:10 pm Chapter of the Year Announcement, Presentation of the Kate Hillhouse Quilt
1:10 pm – 1:50 pm Student Research Studies:
Xinyi Yan – UT Austin: Maintaining Soil Microbial Diversity in Texas Grasslands
Silas Jenkins – TSU: Quercus buckleyi Seedlings: Does Mycorrhizal Inoculation Affect Drought Response?
1:50 pm – 2:45 pm Unique Ecological Systems and Associated Rare Flora of Texas, Jason Singhurst – Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Closing Remarks
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Wildflower Center Guided Tour (In-person only; Preregistration Required)
2024 Spring Symposium Details
In-Person Registration
The in-person event registration is now closed; please consider virtual event registration!
Virtual Registration
Registration to stream the event live and receive event recordings approximately two weeks after the event is closed.
