Super Volunteers Advanced Training: Mountain Cedars Are Junipers that Benefit Texas Karst Country with Elizabeth McGreevy
Mountain Cedars: Junipers that Benefit Texas Karst Country
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 the function of the Texas karst country. 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.
Advanced Super Volunteer trainings are free, and open to anyone, but you must register to attend. Please feel free to invite anyone you think would make a great Super Volunteer, or is just interested in learning more about these topics. Thanks for helping to spread the word!
What are Super Volunteers? Super Volunteers (also known as Volunteer Planting Supervisors) help make TreeFolks events successful by training and supporting regular volunteers. They act as leaders, teachers, and ambassadors for TreeFolks, guiding others in planting and caring for trees while fostering an inclusive and joyful environment.
What are Advanced Super Trainings? These are optional trainings we offer in the summer when we’re not planting trees. We go in depth on our programs, ecology, riparian restoration, tree health and care, soil, seed collection, and more!
When is the next Introductory Super training? We have 2 per year, in September and January. We will teach the basics of tree planting and care, volunteer management, and an introduction to TreeFolks’ history and programs. We will begin recruiting in June for the next training in September.
The training will be at Hornsby Bend Center for Environmental Research, 2210 FM973, Austin, TX 78725. We will offer a virtual option for those who can not attend in person
