The Bois d’ Arc Chapter received their charter in 2012, graduating 23 certified members. The chapter has been active since it began and is continually looking for ways to educate the general public and improve the native areas located in Fannin County. Members identify, count, and report on local flora and fauna to scientific organizations. Scientists use information from members and the public to monitor the health of our environment. Bois d’ Arc Chapter provides various educational opportunities to school children through our 2nd Grade Nature Day classes at local schools, leading talks, hikes, and fishing events at Bonham State Park. Bois d’ Arc Chapter holds monthly meetings that include speakers on various topics, allowing members to continue increasing their knowledge on various subjects related to the proper management of Texas’s vast flora and fauna.
Ongoing projects:
- Bonham State Park
- Maintaining Native Flower beds
- Educational events
- Junior Angler Expos
- National Fossil Day, held in Ladonia, Texas, in Oct. each year
- 2nd Grade Nature Day held at local elementary schools in Fannin County
- Citizen Science Projects
- Project Feeder Watch
- Nestwatch
- iNaturalist
- TX Invasives
- Maintaining Monofilament Recycling Bins at Bonham State Park and Lake Bonham
Aldo Leopold wrote in his 1933 textbook titled “Game Management”:
“Habitat Management: The central thesis of game management is this: game can be restored by the creative use of the same tools which have heretofore destroyed it – ax, plow, cow, fire, and gun…; Management is their purposeful and continuing alignment. “
