Nature Club Members: Please join us for our Monthly General Meeting and Program. We will meet September 12th at 2:30 PM in the SCB (Ballroom). Topic : Tree Selection & Planting in Sun City Presented by Alison Baylis, Regional Urban Ecologist, TAMFS
You won't want to miss this! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaker Bio September 12 Alison Baylis Tree Selection & Planting in Sun City Get ready for the upcoming tree planting season with this presentation! Participants will learn all about selecting the right tree for their yard, what trees do well in the area, how to properly plant a tree, and how to care for a newly planted tree. Alison Baylis is the Regional Urban Ecologist for Texas A&M Forest Service. In this role she helps central Texas communities develop sustainable programs that provide Texans with healthy trees and forests. She received her bachelor's degree in biology, specializing in ecology, evolution, and behavior, from The University of Texas at Austin and is a current graduate student in the Master of Natural Resources program with a concentration in urban forestry at Oregon State University. She is also an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist, Tree Risk Assesment Qualified, Texas Oak Wilt Qualified, Texas Wildfire Risk Reduction Qualified, and a certified Project Learning Tree educator and facilitator. -------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact: Martin Byhower at [email protected] |