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2026 April Chapter Meeting with Garyson Dean | Dazed and Confused

03/17/2026 by bptmn01

🔦 Are you Dazed and Confused about how artificial light affects wildlife? On April 14th, Grayson Dean will guide us through the critical impact of light pollution on migratory birds. We are thrilled to feature one of our own members for this important discussion! See you there! 🔭

Presentation: Light Pollution’s Impact on Migratory Birds

About Our Speaker: Grayson Dean is an Education and Outreach Coordinator for the City of Frisco. With a degree in Forestry, he specializes in conducting natural resource education for Youth and Adults across the City’s 11 Natural areas for the last 4 years. In addition to programming, Grayson is a Project WILD Facilitator, a Project WET Facilitator, a Certified Angler Instructor, and a Certified Interpretive Guide. He is a member of the Blackland Prairie, Texas Master Naturalist chapter since 2023 and serves on the training committee for new members.

Help Keep Our Chapter Meeting Snack Table Thriving! 🥨

As our chapter continues to grow, so does our love for sharing a bite together! To keep this welcoming tradition going, we invite you to bring a small snack to share—whether store-bought, homemade, sweet, or savory, every contribution makes our meetings more enjoyable. If you’re able to help out at an upcoming gathering, please sign up below to help us build a more connected community!

Sign Up Genius: 2026 Snack Donations

When: 7:00 PM
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  • SRC Doors will open at 6:30 PM
  • The Zoom meeting waiting room will open at 6:45 PM
  • The Business Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM
  • Naturalist Talk will start at 7:30 PM (approximately)

Physical Meeting Location:  Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 
1Nature Place, McKinney, TX 75069, Science Resource Center (SRC) building.
Directions to SRC: Drive through Heard gates, past the parking lot and museum building, and continue until the road ends at the large white SRC building. 

Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
Use the email address associated with your personal Zoom account.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z7BrnoA7R0mMCCmAg05GQQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the meeting.

Logging AT: The monthly meeting presentation will count as 1 hour of AT. Log as AT: BPTMN Chapter Monthly Meeting Only (1 hour) with the speaker’s name and topic in the description box.

If you have any additional questions, please email.
Chapter Meeting Host: Marla Layne, [email protected]

Filed Under: Chapter Meetings, General Tagged With: Birds, blacklandprairie, blacklandprairiechapter, Grayson Dean, lightpollution

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