AT: Wildscapes Workshop 2016 – NPSoT – Houston

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8:00 AM          Sign-in / Register / Coffee & Snacks

8:30 – 8:45      Welcome – Bruce Evans, President NPSOT Houston Chapter; Introductions – Emcee Russell Kane, VintageTexas – author & naturalist

8:45 – 9:45      Lauren Simpson, Citizen Scientist, “From Wasteland to Wildscape: How I Transformed a Traditional Urban Landscape into a Pollinator Paradise”

10:00 – 11:00  Mark Kramer, Stewardship Coordinator, Armand Bayou Nature Center, “Armand Bayou Nature Center-Gardening at the Landscape Level – An approach to identifying, prioritizing and managing the vast array of invasive species”

11:15 – 12:15 PM Featured Panel Program: “Valuing Houston’s Native Landscapes vs. Flooding, Storm Damage, Heat Island, Climate Change”

• Jaime González, Community Conservation Director, Katy Prairie Conservancy (Moderator) with Panelists:
• John Jacob PhD, Director, Texas Coastal Watershed Program
• Deborah January-Bevers, President & CEO, Houston Wilderness
• Stephen Benigno PhD, Revegetation & Site Stabilization Coordinator, Harris County Flood Control

12:15 – 1:00  Lunch (Box Lunch Provided)

1:00 – 2:00   Glenn Olsen, Owner, GO Birding, “Growing Experiences with the 2016 Wildscapes Workshop Plant Sale Plants”

2:00 PM     Plant Sale begins (See details below) / Raffle Winners posted

Co-Sponsor: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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