Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists, October’s newsletter brings news of major successes and calls for continued action! The Blackland Prairie Chapter is celebrating recognition, with Laura Kuwayama’s… Read More →
The application window for the 2026 New Class Training is CLOSED
The application window for the 2026 Training Program has closed. The 2027 window will open in Fall 2026.
2025 November Chapter Meeting with Laurie Sheppard | Endangered Butterflies
Join us on November 11th at 7 PM. We are thrilled to welcome Laurie Sheppard, Class of 2017, for a special presentation on endangered butterflies and the vital conservation work being done to protect them.
We NEED you to help us transplant over 400+ Native Plants!
Join us on Saturday, October 25th at McKinney Green Gardens in Gabe Nesbitt Park for a special workday! We’ll be transplanting over 400 native plants, and we’d love your help to make it happen.
McKinney Green Gardens Last Saturday Workday Update
Wow, what an incredible Saturday. We had our largest turnout yet at the Green Gardens! 💚 We are so grateful to everyone who came out and made this our largest workday ever. Your generosity of time and spirit creates lasting impacts: healthier soil, thriving pollinators, and the joy of native plants taking root in McKinney. 🌱🐝🌸
Our Heritage Farmstead Native Prairie Garden Project Earns Monarch Waystation Certification.
Our Heritage Farmstead Native Prairie Garden project recently received a Monarch Waystation certification. It took a lot of hard work by many volunteers in our chapter to get the milkweed established and fight off the invasive bindweed that has been choking out more and more of the native pollinator plants over the last few years
The application window for the 2026 New Class Training will be open from October 1st – 15th.
Applications are now OPEN for the 2026 Texas Master Naturalist Blackland Prairie Chapter training class. Gain in-depth knowledge about the unique flora and fauna of the Blackland Prairie ecosystem. The application deadline is October 15, 2025.
Blackland Prairie Chapter receives a 2nd Pollinators for Texas Award from H-E-B and the Texas Master Naturalist Program
We are thrilled to announce our continued participation in the Pollinators for Texas project! Our chapter has been selected to receive a $4,000 grant to help support native pollinators in our area.
Lights out Dallas Fall 2025
Help local scientists and conservationists with a bird survey in downtown Dallas. The survey, which takes place from September 8 to November 28. Surveys are conducted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. During the peak migration period from October 13 to November 15, surveys will also take place on Saturdays. Participants should meet at the Perot Museum parking lot at 6 a.m. and will return to the same location at 8 a.m.
BPTMN Newsletter – September 12, 2025
Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists, who is going mothing tomorrow night with the MOTH SQUAD at Connemara? It is our 4th Annual Connemara Mothing Event TOMORROW on… Read More →