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SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge Bioblitz and 20th Anniversary Celebration of Circle Acres Preserve
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a wild day of exploration and discovery at Circle Acres Preserve as we celebrate 20 years of ecological restoration and community science! As part of the City Nature Challenge\, we’re inviting nature lovers\, fungi fanatics\, and community scientists of all ages to join us for a full day (and night!) of biodiversity fun. \n What’s in store? \n(MEET AT THE PARKING LOT A GROVE BLVD. SEE MAP FOR PARKING HERE) \nFRIDAY \n8:00 – 10:00 AM: Birdathon with Travis Audubon  – Tune in to the songs and sights of our feathered friends Register Separately Here.  \nSATURDAY \n10:00 AM:  Youth Nature Club – (Ages 5-15) Let’s learn how mushrooms grow and help plants thrive. \n4:00 PM: Leaf Cutter Ant Walk – Follow these tiny but mighty ecosystem engineers on their foraging trails. \n6:30 PM: Mushroom DNA Walk – Explore the hidden world of fungal genetics and see how we ID species. \n8:00 PM: Mothing – Discover the secret nightlife of moths as we attract them with light traps. \n8:00 PM: UV Night Walk – Find glowing fungi\, scorpions\, and other nocturnal wonders under ultraviolet light! \nYou can RSVP for some of these events here. \n Why join? \n\n\nHelp document biodiversity for the City Nature Challenge \n\n\nCelebrate 20 years of Circle Acres with hands-on activities \n\n\nConnect with local ecologists\, mycologists\, and conservationists \n\n\nMushrooms snacks! Enjoy beverages generously donated by Athletic Brewing. \n\n\nPrizes and backpack giveaway from Patagonia. \n\n\nEnjoy a community-driven event in a unique urban nature preserve \n\n\nCome for the science\, stay for the adventure! Bring your curiosity\, a camera for observations\, and a sense of wonder. ✨
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/city-nature-challenge-bioblitz-and-20th-anniversary-celebration-of-circle-acres-preserve/
LOCATION:Circle Acres\, 420 Kemp Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78741\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mushroom Block Giveaway
DESCRIPTION:We will be joining TreeFolks at the tree giveaway and will be giving away mushroom blocks! Come learn how to use mushroom blocks to help your trees thrive!\n\n \nCome by to learn how to care for trees with mushrooms\, learn sustainable growing practices\, and how fungi can help us build healthier ecosystems. Whether you’re a seasoned mycophile or just curious\, we’d love to see you there!\n\n\n \n\nWhen: Saturday\, January 25\, 2025\nWhere: H-E-B\, 7112 Ed Bluestein Blvd\, Austin\, TX\nTime: 11 AM – blocks run out\n\n\n \n\nSupplies are limited\, so get there early! Let’s cultivate community and connect with nature through the power of fungi.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/mushroom-block-giveaway/
LOCATION:HEB Ed Bluestein\, 7112 Ed Bluestein Blvd #125\, Austin\, TX\, 78723\, United States
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SUMMARY:Healthy Soils\, Healthy Trees: Cultivating Biodiversity and Climate Resilience with Mushrooms
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about the role fungi can play to address land conservation and regeneration\, and cultivate resilience to climate change and other challenges in Central Texas.\n \n\nSpeakers will include Dr. Colin Averill\, Founder and CEO of Funga\, a public benefit corporation reintroducing fungal biodiversity to forests\, Cristina Campbell\, Biologist at City of Austin working on the City’s first ever mycorrhizal fungi study\, and members of CTMS including Andie Marsh (Rhizos LLC)\, Christopher Kennedy and Angel Schatz!  Learn more about local and regional initiatives to use fungi to support Austin’s urban forest\, and how you can get involved in CTMS’s Healthy Soils\, Healthy Trees program which uses recycled mushroom blocks to improve the health of local trees\, soils and forest lands in East Austin.\n \n\nFree and open to the public. Registration required and space is limited. Donations accepted.\n \n\nRefreshments provided by Rambler\, Austin Beer Works and Smallhold\, a public benefit corporation and network of organic mushroom farms with operations in Brooklyn\, Austin\, Los Angeles\, and beyond.\n \n\nSupport provided in part by City of Austin’s Urban Forestry Program and Patagonia.\n \nSPEAKERS \n\nDr. Colin Averill is the Founder and CEO of Funga\, a public benefit corporation reintroducing fungal biodiversity to forests\, accelerating tree growth and carbon capture as a natural climate solution. Dr. Averill has spent over 17 years studying how soil microbial life controls forest carbon capture\, most recently leading a team of ecologists at ETH Zürich’s Crowther Lab. His talk will cover new discoveries in forest fungal microbiology and what they mean for protecting fungal biodiversity\, addressing climate change\, and accelerating the recovery of nature. Watch his TED Talk on the science behind the work.\n \n\nCristina Campbell has a master’s degree in Conservation and Population Biology and is a co-author on the paper titled Native Tree and Shrub Canopy Facilitates Oak Seedling Regeneration in Semiarid Woodland which investigated oak seedling survival in three habitat types and looked at their association with ectomycorrhizal colonization. She currently works as an Endangered Species Biologist for City of Austin Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. Her work has focused on intensively monitoring a Central Texas endangered songbird\, surveying cave-dwelling insects\, studying Brown Pelican nestling success on islands off the South Carolina coast and helping to restore desert wetlands in west Texas. Cristina is intrigued by mycology in all its facets\, from the medicinal uses to the mycoremediation properties.\n \n\nAndie Marsh is a Soil Health Specialist\, with a focus on the applied science of soil biology. She is on a mission to help others restore life and functionality to their soil systems. Equipped with her microscope and the power of observation\, she assesses soils and compost amendments to inform restoration efforts through her business\, Rhizos LLC. Marsh is a member of the Central Texas Mycological Society and collaborator on the Healthy Soils\, Healthy Trees initiative\, funded by the City of Austin’s Urban Forestry program.
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LOCATION:Patagonia\, 316 Congress Ave\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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