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July 25, 2017

“FASCINATING WORLD OF PLANT GALLS”

Monday – August 28, 2017
“FASCINATING WORLD OF PLANT GALLS ”

Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room

Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist
· 6:00 PM - Business Meeting
· 7:00 PM - Program by Lisa Dolliver - Trinity River Audubon Center

“FASCINATING WORLD OF PLANT GALLS”

Do your Oak trees ever sport strange spherical growths? Have you noticed donut shapes on your Hackberry leaves? These are the entrance points for the fascinating world of galls, a fascinating plant insect interaction with all the drama of the Game of Thrones!

Lisa Dolliver has been working to get kids to appreciate nature in their everyday environment at zoo’s, nature centers and natural history museums for the last twenty years. Lisa’s family which includes geologists, naturalists and an astronomer, spent most summers in her family’s ranch outside of Cody Wyoming. While Lisa’s has a BFA in theatre from SMU it was only a matter of time before Lisa returned to her family’s science roots. Lisa currently works in the Trinity River Audubon Center’s Education Department.

Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The Mission …to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach,
and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas
within their communities.
This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com

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