GUEST SPEAKER: Elizabeth McGreevy

DATE: Thursday, May 19, 2022

TIME: 7 PM CST

WHERE: ONLINE & FREE

For decades, we've been told Mountain Cedars (aka Ashe Junipers) degrade our soils and groundwaters. However, newer research and understandings are revealing the opposite is true. Instead of causing harm, McGreevy will explain how Mountain Cedars can repair damage and, over the long term, help to regenerate and maintain healthy soils and spring flows. We will also discuss ongoing research with the COA Balcones Canyonland Preserve and The Gehring Lab that is to explore the role of mycorrhizal fungi in habitat management and restoration. The Gehring Lab is internationally recognized for its research on managing and restoring underground fungal communities to boost habitat regeneration and respond to threats from invasive species and climate change.

Meeting ID: 884 9147 1675

Passcode: 457007

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Elizabeth McGreevy is an ecological planner, writer, and public speaker. A sixth-generation Texan, McGreevy has produced ecology-based development and management plans in the Texas Hill Country for more than twenty years. Her research on the Mountain Cedar (Ashe Juniper) has been featured in magazines, television, and talk radio, including a radio show she hosted on KDRP Radio in Dripping Springs as “The Cedar Lady.” McGreevy obtained a master’s degree from Texas A&M University in landscape architecture with a focus on environmental planning, landscape ecology, and cultural geography. She also holds an undergraduate degree in biology from Randolph College in Virginia and is a certified permaculture planner. Websites: landsteward.net and mountaincedars.com

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