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Thursday, June 28 2012, 7:00pm - 8:30pm |
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Propogating Native Plants by Michaelle Villafranka - NPSOT-Trnity Forks (Denton)
Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:00 PM
Cecil Carter, President of the Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), announced today that Michaelle Villafranka, noted botonist from the Ft. Worth Nature Center [FWNCR]will be presenting a program propagating on Propogabing Native Plants at this month’s chapter meeting, on June 28th.. Carter noted; ”Michaelle is a well respected biologist and everyone is looking forward to her presentation.”
Michaelle started with the City of Fort Worth as a Forester in 2004 where she organized tree-planting events & coordinated volunteer projects. She moved to FWNCR four years ago to assume the Natural Resource Specialist position. She is now responsible for establishing and building the Restoration Greenhouse & Seed Collection Program. She also oversees many natural resource projects with including invasive species control, trail maintenance, and establishing biological surveys to determine baseline data and monitor our habitat restoration activities Before coming to the City, she worked for various conservation & land management agencies (US Forest Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy & an environmental consulting firm) as a biologist doing bird surveys, plant surveys, wildland firefighting, and endangered species monitoring.
NPSOT meets at the Texas Women’s University Denton Campus, in the New Science Building. It is on the southern edge of the main campus. The meetings start with a short social time at 6:30pm, with refreshments in the foyer. Then the program is presented on the 2nd Floor in the large auditorium/class room, at 7:00pm.
For further information, contact:
Cecil Carter, ccarter@mscok.edu NPSOT web site: www.npsot.org/trinityforks
Public event (FYI) - JEV 6/19/2012
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