UTA student wins research grant
Michelle Green of the University of Texas in Arlington has been awarded the Ann
Miller Gonzalez Research Grant for her graduate work on the effects of urban
ecology on native plants and its implications for recovery of native ecosystems.
Our mission is to promote the conservation,
research and utilization of the native plants and
plant habitats of Texas through education,
outreach and example.
The Native Plant Soceity of Texas is a non-profit
organization composed of professional and
amateur botanists and others with an interest in
the native flora of Texas. The organization is run
by volunteers and funded by grants, donations and
member dues.
State Office
320 W. San Antonio St.
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
Phone 830.997.9272
Fax 866.527.4918
State Office Coordinator
Pam Middleton, [email protected],
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3017
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624-1929
Executive Board
President Lonnie Childs
VP Administration Dell Hood
VP Advocacy Ricky Linex
VP Chapter Liaison Cathy Lustgarten
VP Communications Bill Hopkins
VP Education Dawn Hancock
VP Environmental Liaison Kevin Janni
VP Finance Cecil Carter
Past President Cynthia Maguire
Audit Committee Chair Betsy Farris
Bring Back the Monarch Chair Cathy Downs
Historian Harriet Horton
Librarians Gerin and Dell Hood
NLCP Coordinator Melissa Miller
NICE! Committee Co-chair Deedy Wright
NICE! Committee Co-chair Stephen Brueggerhoff
Nominations Committee Chair Rhoda Poenisch
Volunteer Coordinator Jane Crone
Webmaster Bill Hopkins
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The award was announced by Vice President for Education Dawn Hancock on
April 25. A committee consisting of Hancock, Sandra Balch, Stephen Brueggerhoff,
Cecil Carter and Peter Schaar made the decision after a review of applicants.
Prizes awarded at Science Fair
Three students received cash prizes from the Native Plant Society of Texas for
native plant-related projects at the ExxonMobil Texas State Science & Engineering
Fair in San Antonio.
The winning project in the junior level is Pecan’s Effects on Soil by Mark Stelluti,
winner of one hundred dollars. In the senior level Mikyla Stalbaum and Carola
Cortinas won for their team project The Power of Texas Lantana. Each will receive
two hundred dollars.
Grants awarded to bring back the Monarchs
Almost $4,000 in grant money has been provided by the Native Plant Society
of Texas and Monarch Watch to fund planting of new Monarch habitat in 18
different community gardens around the state.
The small grants have been awarded to schools, nature centers and other
organizations to create demonstration gardens or Monarch Waystations with
habitat for the migrating Monarchs. A list of the gardens chosen for grants is at
http://npsot.org/wp/story/2013/3576/.
Quilt project will benefit scholarship fund
For a third year, Tricia Hopkins is challenging members to contribute blocks for
a quilt to raise money for the Kate Hillhouse Scholarship Fund. Tricia will collect
the blocks and make them into a quilt which will be raffled or auctioned during
the Fall Symposium. Her previous quilts helped to raise unprecedented amounts.
For details go to http://npsot.org/wp/story/2013/3780/.
Blocks received before July 20 will be on display during the State Board meeting
and a prize will be awarded to the maker of the block judged as the group’s
favorite.
On the covers
Our front and back covers are both by Steve Schwartzman this time. The front
cover is Skeleton Plant (Lygodesmia texana).
The back cover is Snow on the Mountain (Euphorbia marginata), a relative of the
poinsettia.