All Lost Pines Chapter Members and Friends!  

The forthcoming meeting of the Lost Pines Chapter of the Native Plant
society of Texas will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 7PM in the
1st National Bank Community Room in Smithville. This month's meeting
presentation will feature Texas Parks and Wildlife's Kelly
Bender, a Bastrop native and specialist in Urban Biology.

Reading the Land  

Your land speaks a language all its own. Learn it, and you have the keys
to your success in land and wildlife management. In the March meeting of the
Lost Pines Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, Kelly Bender, Texas Parks
and Wildlife Urban Wildlife Biologist for the Austin Area, will lead us on an
exploration of the natural features of Central Texas to find out
what the plants, soils, and vegetation structure tell us about habitat.   Kelly Bender has been with Texas Parks and Wildlife for 12 years and currently serves
as the Urban Wildlife Biologist for the Austin area.  Her research projects include
studies of the effects of exotic invasive plant species on Central Texas bird habitat
and effect of wildscaping on urban avian species' relative abundance, diversity,
and distribution.  She is author of Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife,
and is now developing an electronic version of that publication.  Previously,
Kelly has been the Texas Wildscapes Backyard Wildlife Habitat program
administrator and the coordinator of the Texas Hummingbird Round-up with
Texas Parks and Wildlife.  Kelly earned her BA in 1992 at Southwestern
University (Georgetown, Texas) and her MS degree in 1995 at Emporia State
University (Kansas).  

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007at 7:00 PM in the First
National Bank Community Room, at 312 Main Street, in downtown
Smithville, Texas. The meeting is open to the public and interested
persons of all ages are invited to attend.  

The purpose of the Native Plant Society of Texas is to promote the
conservation, research and utilization of the native plants and plant
habitats of Texas through education, outreach and example. There are
more than 30 NPSOT chapters across Texas, forming a network of groups,
each with independently planned activities open to members and to the
general public.  

Alvin Cearley  Home: (512) 237-3021       Work: (512) 602-1676
President,
Lost Pines Chapter,
Native Plant Society of Texas,