CLS and Associates, LLC

08/19/2026

Free webinar this evening! The Ecology of Home: Creating Habitat that Works - join landscape ecologist, Certified Wildlife Biologist, and author Shaun McCoshum, PhD, for an exploration of how natural ecosystems function and how those same ecological principles can be applied in home landscapes. Drawing on more than 20 years of conservation, restoration, and research experience, Shaun will share practical, evidence-based strategies for creating habitat that works for pollinators, birds, amphibians, and other wildlife.

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.

08/08/2026

So excited for this month’s Sustainability Social Hour from OKC Beautiful featuring John Blue and Katie Hawk!

07/24/2026

You’re looking at the texture of one of Earth’s earliest forests, preserved in the rock that now underlies modern Oklahoma landscapes. 🌴🦕

Ancient Oklahoma:
These “scale tree” fossils were growing in lush tropical swamps over 300 million years ago, when Oklahoma sat near the equator. The tiny dimples covering the surface are the scars where each leaf emerged from the trunk. These towering relatives of modern club mosses helped build the coal beds of eastern Oklahoma—and today, their bark is preserved in stone. It’s amazing to think that what I’m holding is the skin of a living organism that predates the dinosaurs by tens of millions of years. 🌿🪨

07/24/2026

A lakeside vista can sure make your day!

07/23/2026

A nicely done green infrastructure project in downtown Little Rock. It’s important to treat water like a precious resource rather than a waste product. I’d have liked to see more native plants here, though. Arkansas has some real botanical gems.
Oklahoma Chapter ASLA Central Oklahoma Stormwater Alliance, Inc.

07/23/2026

It’s great to travel to new places and be inspired to bring ideas home to Oklahoma!

07/23/2026

Green stormwater infrastructure in downtown Little Rock. Oklahoma Chapter ASLA Central Oklahoma Stormwater Alliance, Inc.

06/30/2026

🚫Has your HOA or city cited your native garden a code violation? ☹️ Are neighbors aghast that your yard isn't a manicured, emerald golf course lawn? 🤯
Learn strategies to communicate the concept and benefits of native planting stewardship with this free webinar! 😎

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.

05/26/2026

WHAT DOES NATIVE REALLY MEAN? THE MAN BEHIND THE MAPS

When you look up whether a plant is native to your county, chances are you're looking at John Kartesz's data, even if you don't know it. Over the past five decades, he's personally documented and mapped the distributions of over 33,000 plant taxa across North America, building the dataset that underpins the tools conservationists, nurseries, and native plant apps all rely on.

In the upcoming webinar on May 27, John shares stories from decades of fieldwork and digs into the questions gardeners are actually wrestling with: What does "native" really mean? How is nativity determined at the county level? How local should your plant choices actually be? And what about that messy middle ground, like non-native species that aren't technically invasive?

Whether you're deep into native plant gardening or just starting to pay attention to what's growing in your yard, this is a rare chance to learn directly from the person behind the data that shapes how we all think about native plants.

Can't make it live? Recording will be sent to Less Lawn More Life participants within 24 hours.

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