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6:00 Doors Open – UHCL Bayou Building, Room B14396:40 Zoom Opens
6:45 Business Meeting
6:55 Plant of the Month
7:00 Guest Speaker
Join us for an evening of delicious pizza, exciting door prizes, and the chance to connect with others while learning something new! Bring your own beverage.
Deer Park Prairie may be only 51 acres, but its impact reaches thousands of acres beyond its boundaries. This remarkable remnant of coastal tallgrass prairie provides a living example of the many benefits healthy prairies provide—from supporting extraordinary plant, pollinator, bird, and wildlife diversity to building healthy soils, storing carbon, and moving water through the landscape. Perhaps most importantly, Deer Park Prairie serves as a “Mother Prairie,” providing native seed and plant material that has helped restore and increase biodiversity on prairies throughout the Houston and Gulf Coast region. Join Colin for a closer look at what makes Deer Park Prairie so special, what this small patch of remnant prairie can teach us about the value of grasslands, and how each of us can become part of the community working to protect them.
About the Speaker
Colin O’Neal is the Development Director for the Native Prairies Association of Texas and a longtime Houston-area conservation volunteer. Growing up in the Texas Hill Country gave him an early appreciation for wild places and the importance of protecting them as our communities grow. A former science teacher and educator, he first got his hands dirty in prairie restoration at Armand Bayou Nature Center and continues to volunteer there, as well as with Galveston Bay Foundation and the Exploration Green Conservancy. Colin holds an MS in Neuroscience and Education from Columbia University and is a Certified Interpretive Guide Trainer through the National Association for Interpretation. He now brings his background in science, education, and community-building to growing the community of people working to protect Texas prairies—among the most imperiled ecosystems in North America.
🚨 Parking 🚨 NEW PASSES REQUIRED
DO NOT park in employee parking (enforced 24/7).
Clear Lake Chapter Members: If you have a pass, don’t forget it – you will not get another one if you picked one up previously. If you need a pass, arrive early enough to pick one up in the meeting room and place it in your car. While supplies last.
Visitors: Non-members may purchase a visitor parking permit at the kiosk in front of the Recreation Center or via T2 Mobile Pay.
https://www.uhcl.edu/maps/parking/parking-on-campus/t2-mobile-pay
Bayou Building, Room B1439
University of Houston-Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, TX 77058
Map and Directions to UHCL
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Online – Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3U2noC1
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This is a FREE EVENT. 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: npsot.org.
Hosted by the Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake
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