| Learn native Texas plants. Practice ecological field techniques. at UT’s Wildflower Center campus http://www.wildflower.org | 512.232.0200 | 4801 La Crosse Avenue, Austin, TX 78739UT’s Wildflower Center is home to one of the University’s longest-running ecological research efforts. Eighteen years ago, with the aid of students and volunteers, the Center’s conservation and research staff began to study land management techniques, looking at the effects of prescribed fire and mowing on plant communities. This work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and is beginning to be applied and adopted on our UT campuses, creating healthier landscapes and demonstrating best practices in ecological restoration and land management.Help us conduct the vegetation survey for this research. Every experience level is welcome. This hands-on field work includes training in native plant identification and estimating species coverage. The surveys will be conducted in small teams, with staff members nearby at all times. New participants in the surveys will attend one four-hour training class, and commit to work at least two four-hour field sessions. Please come prepared for 4 hours in the field. Training is optional for those of you who have volunteered in the past. • Training sessions are available: To sign up Getting Here Meeting Place: Volunteer room in Administration building (building 8 on center map) Activity: Volunteers and staff will work in small teams to identify many, many, plants. We’ll help you learn to recognize our plants, so don’t worry if you don’t know many, or any, plants now. We will be walking from plot to plot and spending a great deal of time kneeling down, often in tall grass. So, please come prepared for 4 hours spent outside. volunteer coordinator, Carrie McDonald, cmcdonald@wildflower.org, 512.232.0102 |