From Melissa Tipton <mtipton@...> via Cheri Richardson:

Help Flo Move Her Babies!

As many of you know, Flo Oxley, our plant conservationist, has been
diligently working on a project to protect Zizania texana (Texas Wild
Rice), which is endemic to the San Marcos River. The wild rice refugium
was started in 1996 as a hedge against possible extinction in the wild,
which is a real possibility with this plant. The refugium is located in
San Marcos at the San Marcos Fish Hatchery and Technology Center.

Saturday, September 6, is the big day! Flo’s ready to move the refugium
plants from their cramped quarters in the greenhouse to their new
roomier digs in the raceways where they can spread their roots.
Volunteer duties will include "making" dirt, transplanting the rice into
new pots, moving the newly potted plants from the greenhouse to the
raceways, and placing the plants into the marked raceways. And of
course, “additional grubby duties as assigned.” This will be a fun, wet,
and dirty job. Bring a change of clothing. We're looking for 20
volunteers who would enjoy participating in this fun project! Volunteers
will be working from 10 am - 1 pm.

Sound like fun? EMAIL MEGAN TO SIGN UP - megan@....
Volunteers will meet Flo at 10 am at the fish hatchery. Plan to leave
Austin at around 9 am to arrive on time. Try to talk a friend into
joining you so you can carpool! We should be finished around 1 pm. Those
who are interested can all go out to lunch afterwards at a little
Mexican restaurant called Rogelio's in San Marcos that Flo says has the
best food in town.

Directions from Austin:
Take IH 35 south to San Marcos
Take the McCarty Lane exit (car dealership on the right)
Turn right (west) on McCarty Lane
Fish hatchery is on the left

Directions from Wimberley:
Take RR 12 into San Marcos
Turn right onto Hunter Road
Drive through town
Go to County Road 233 (McCarty Lane) and turn left
Go over RR tracks
Turn right into fish hatchery
Lots of road construction through this route, so folks should be careful
as they drive through.