Happy Friday, fellow Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalists!
Welcome to your latest update from the Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists! This edition is bursting with exciting news, inspiring stories, and fantastic opportunities to connect with nature and our community. From celebrating local conservation achievements like Barb’s Pocket Prairie and the City of Frisco’s Innovation in Environmental Resilience Award, to highlighting keeping our volunteers cool with a chapter grant for the BPRC and our own members, there’s much to share. Get ready for upcoming events like our Mothing BioBlitzes at Plano Oak Point Park and the Heard, and a special Nature Conservancy preserve tour. Plus, meet Jen Jesseph, our new Chapter Photo Coordinator, and learn all about our engaging Toddler Nature Time @ LLELA program. Dive in and explore all the wonderful ways our chapter is making an impact!
You can access our latest newsletter from our Chapter’s Home Page at bptmn.org, click on the “Blackland Prairie Newsletter” image, OR by direct link – https://txmn.org/bptmn/newsletters/
This newsletter will provide:
- Chapter business slides from Rick Travis
- TMN State Program Updates
- Next Month’s Chapter Meeting
- Past Chapter Meeting Recordings
- Recent Deep Dive Recordings
- Shaking the Trees Member Submissions – Shaking the Trees Newsletter
- Barbara Hibberd’s Pocket Prairie
- City of Plano Parks & Rec and the Blackland Priarie Master Naturalists invite you to join us at Plano Oak Point Park for a Mothing Bioblitz this Saturday!
- Innovation in Environmental Resilience Award – City of Frisco Parks
- BPRC Thanks BPTMN for the Grant!
- Members Meredith Brown Brady and Nancy Riggs with the folks at the BPRC are “who” to thank for this back yard rescue of an Eastern screech owl.
- The Nature Conservancy’s Smiley Meadow Preserve Tour – Saturday, June 14
- Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary invite you to join us for a Bug-A-Thon Mothing Bioblitz Saturday, June 21st!
- Meet Jen Jesseph: Our New Chapter Photo Coordinator
- Dive into Nature with Toddler Nature Time @ LLELA!
- Upcoming Advanced Training & Volunteer Hours Opportunities – Member VHAT Calendar.
- Chapter Advisor
- Chapter Partners
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Please send your emails to [email protected].
Michelle Connally
Communications Director
Blackland Prairie Chapter
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