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Monday, February 13 • 6:45 p.m.
Online Meeting
Please join us for our chapter meeting on Zoom!
6:35 Meeting open for socializing
6:45 Business Meeting
6:55 Plant of the Month
7:00 Guest Speaker
Insects, especially mosquitoes, have gotten a bad rap. But they do provide beneficial services that you may not have thought about. This February let’s show some love for what many consider pesky little critters. Andy Sipocz will talk about the role insects play in coastal wetland ecology, including why mosquitoes are important.
About the Speaker
Andy Sipocz is a biologist and natural resources coordinator for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Region 4. He monitors, manages, and restores the natural landscape of state parks from Lake Somerville to Nacogdoches over to the Louisiana border, and southward to the Gulf of Mexico. Sipocz has expertise in impact assessment, wetlands and plant taxonomy. He graduated from Purdue University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in forestry and received a master’s degree in 1993 from Texas A&M University. Sipocz is a published independent researcher.
Meetings are open to members and non-members. If you would like to become a member, you may join online. For more information about the Native Plant Society of Texas and the benefits of membership please visit: www.npsot.org.
Hosted by Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake
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