Summer Education Series | Mountain Cedars: Junipers that Benefit Texas Karst Country, presented by Elizabeth McGreevy
Event Date: Saturday, June 27th
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: virtually on Google Meet, or in person at Hornsby Bend Center for Environmental Research, 2210 FM973, Austin, TX 78725
For more than 100 years, we’ve fought the woody brush spreading across the limestone regions of Texas, called karst country. Much of this woody cover consists of native juniper trees, commonly called mountain cedars. Instead of causing harm, we now know mountain cedars act as ecosystem engineers to improve and sustain Texas karst country function. Come learn about these benefits and what we can do to use mountain cedars as another nature-based solution to help enhance soil health, groundwaters, productivity, property values, and resilience.
Elizabeth McGreevy, a sixth-generation Texas and Texas A&M graduate, is a natural resources ecologist and author of Wanted! Mountain Cedars, Dead and Alive. The owner of Land Steward, she relies on more than 25 years of experience to produce ecosystem-based management plans for Hill Country landowners. In 2022, she founded Project Bedrock, now in partnership with The Watershed Association, to promote using mountain cedars and other nature-based solutions to regenerate the limestone karst country regions of Texas.
This training is free and open to anyone, but you must register to attend. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Gillian: volunteer@treefolks.org, (512) 761-8738 cell
