🎤 Guest Speaker: Jess Rubin
🗓️ Date: May 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 7 p.m. CST
💚 Cost: Free with Registration (Donations Accepted)
🎤 Guest Speaker: Jess Rubin
🗓️ Date: May 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 7 p.m. CST
💚 Cost: Free with Registration (Donations Accepted)
Join us to learn about a seven year project based on pilot, mesocosm, and field research in Unceded Abenaki Territory where a degraded riparian forested buffer was restored with native plant polycultures and endemic mycorrhizal fungi. While meeting the study’s four objectives aimed to mitigate phosphorus pollution, increase pollinator habitat, facilitate Abenaki land access. and foster local ecoliteracy, we investigate whether endemic mycorrhizae increase phosphorus uptake and facilitate plant biodiversity. We will discuss site history, methodology, data, and context within the restoration and regenerative agriculture movements as well as implications for bioregional watershed and trophic resilience.
This program is a part Healthy Soils, Healthy Trees research and is funded by COA Urban Forestry Grant.
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About the Speaker
About the Guest Speaker
Jess Rubin is a restoration ecologist, and educator. She facilitates ecological resilience service Mycoevolve offering earthworks, education, and research. She also serves as a Myco-Phytoremediation Research Technician in UVM’s Agriculture Landscape and Environment Department while serving in Vermont's Fungal Species Advisory Group.
About Healthy Soils, Healthy Trees
This program is dedicated to educating our community about the vital, hidden relationships that sustain our local ecosystems. We focus on the critical role of mycorrhizal fungi—the symbiotic partners of plant roots—in building healthy, resilient soil. Healthy soil, teeming with fungal life, is the foundation for strong, drought-resistant trees and vibrant native landscapes. Through workshops, forays, and expert talks, we explore how nurturing this underground network is key to conservation and sustainable gardening in Central Texas.