Louise Frost, 2010 I’m mostly a life-long Dallasite with gaps here and there. When I moved back here in 2010, I was looking for something to get involved with and… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Duane Mortenson
Duane Mortenson, 2018 I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin, so I spent my youth outside most every day. It was a beautiful area for hiking, camping,… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – John W. “Dub” Spencer
John W. “Dub” Spencer, 2017 I grew up in small central Texas town (Hamilton), working, playing, and loving the outdoors. After retirement I was searching for an activity or group… Read More →
Long Time, No Hear
Clyde Camp, 2011 Possibly a very frustrated male. Or Female. The same bird (I think) has been arriving around 11pm and sitting in the door trilling until around 3am. Sometimes leaving and returning several times. Sometimes taking a nap inside. Sometimes trilling from inside. And several times spending the day sleeping before taking off at dusk. sitting in the door trilling until around 3am. Sometimes leaving and returning several times. Sometimes taking a nap inside. Sometimes trilling from inside. And several times spending the day sleeping before taking off at dusk.
Introduction to the Great Trinity Forest with Bill Holston
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Please join our February Speaker, Bill Holston, on Sunday, March 27, for an introduction to the Trinity Forest. We will meet at 11am at the Pavilion at Bonton Farms. The address is 6915 Bexar St, Dallas, TX 75215. Bill will lead us on an easy and flat hike on the Ned and Genie Fritz Buckeye Trail. All total, we’ll traverse about 2.5 miles. Bonton Farms will also be open for lunch following our walk, if you’re interested.
Great Wildlife Moment in Collin County
Susan Abernethy, 2018 I thought this may be worth putting on the website under great wildlife moment, Lynx rufus at my next door neighbor’s front yard on February 26, 2022.
2022 March – Dr. Peter Schulze | Obstacles to Environmental Progress
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Join us as we welcome Dr. Peter Schulze to our March Monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8 at 7pm. Professor Schulze will be presenting on and engaging… Read More →
February Chapter Meeting “Help Wanted”
Our great chapter needs you! Plano Trails, MG Garden Show, DFW Wildlife Coalition, Heard Gardens, Clymer Meadow, YMCA Adventure Camp.
Thank you, Tom Shackelford
Rick Travis, 2018 – Current President (2022-2023) –
Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
Tom stepped up to serve as Chapter President in 2020. Within just a couple of months into his Chapter Presidency, the covid pandemic exploded, requiring quick action to develop a completely different approach, and set of rules, for members to engage within our chapter safely. This wasn’t easy. There was no script or step-by-step guide for our chapter dealing with this health crisis…there hadn’t been this serious a pandemic since the influenza epidemic in the early 1900’s.
Polymorphism or Spring Treasure Hunt at Raptor Center
Lorelei Stierlen, 2014 – Both photos are of the beautiful Blackland Prairie native coreopsis tinctoria or plains coreopsis. A member of the Asteraceae (Aster) family, it is an annual forb, and the blooms are described as yellow surrounding a reddish centre – but the blooms of one of these plants is all red. How can that be?