NPSOT Boerne Chapter Meeting

We are excited to have natural resources planner and ecologist Elizabeth McGreevy present at our Tuesday February 4th chapter meeting! For 100 years, we’ve fought the woody brush that spreads across limestone regions of Texas called karst country. Much of this woody cover consists of mountain cedars, a type of juniper that prefers limestone. Instead of causing harm, we now know mountain cedars are benefitting the region since they regenerate degraded karst country or sustain groundwaters, healthy soils, deep carbon storage, biodiversity, while reducing fire risk and flooding. You will learn why we need to use mountain cedars and other nature-based solutions to help regenerate and protect these lands. Elizabeth McGreevy, a sixth-generation Texas and Texas A&M graduate, is a natural resources ecologist and author of the book “Wanted! Mountain Cedars, Dead and Alive“. As the owner of Land Steward, she relies on more than 25 years of experience to produce site-specific ecosystem 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. Boerne Chapter NPSOT is a Texan by Nature Conservation Partner.