NPP Meeting March 2026

The Native Plant Project is pleased to welcome Mylen Arias, Senior Manager of Community Resilience at American Forests. She leads environmental literacy initiatives focused on restoring the Rio Grande Valley’s native thornforest ecosystem. Her presentation will highlight the power of community-driven restoration in one of the most biodiverse — and most threatened — ecosystems in North America. As part of this special program, attendees will also experience a screening of the short documentary “Thornforest: Restoring the Wildlands of South Texas,” created in collaboration with American Forests and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. You can view the short documentary here:    • Thornforest: Restoring the Wildlands of So...