BPTMN Newsletter – May 26 , 2024

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Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter Members,

Today is Memorial Day honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Military. 
Visit history.com Memorial Day History for additional information on our national holiday.

You can access our latest bi-weekly 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 bi-weekly newsletter will provide:

  • Upcoming Advanced Training Opportunities & Volunteer Hours Opportunities
  • Review of the President’s chapter business portion of the recent meeting
  • Last Chapter Meeting Recording
  • Next month’s Chapter Meeting information
  • Shaking the Trees Member Submissions from the May 48th Edition
  • TMN State Program Updates
  • Chapter Advisor
  • Chapter Partners

If chapter members need to share information in the bi-weekly newsletters,
please send your requests to communications@bptmn.org.

Michelle Connally
Communications Director
Blackland Prairie Chapter

Advanced Training & Volunteer Hours Opportunities

Check out our chapter’s calendar for more information and current opportunities.
Member VHAT Calendar (txmn.org)

  • Monday, May 27
  • Tuesday, May 28
  • Wednesday, May 29
  • Thursday, May 30
  • Friday, May 31
  • Saturday, June 1
    •  VH– Lights Out Dallas Bird Survey – Spring 2024
    • 7:00am – VH- Hagerman – Little Sit: Sunrise Bird Count
    • 7:00am – VH- Connemara Bird Walk Survey
    • 8:00am – VH- Friends of Hagerman Annual Nature’ology Children’s Summer Camp
    • 8:00am – AT– Clymer Meadow Late Spring Prairie Tour
    • 10:00am – AT– LLELA 1st Saturday Nature Walk
  • Sunday, June 2
    • Board Reports Due
    • 9:00am – VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
  • Monday, June 3
    • 9:00am – VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
    • 9:00am – VH- Erwin Park Prairie Restoration
  • Tuesday, June 4
    • 9:00am – VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
  • Wednesday, June 5
    • 9:00am – VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
    • 6:30pm – AT – NTMN: Indigenous Understandings of our Ecological World
  • Thursday, June 6
    • 9:00am – VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
    • 9:00am – VH- Wylie Prairie Restoration Project
    • 6:00pm – AT– Texas Water Resources Webinar
    • 7:00pm – Board Meeting
  • Friday, June 7
    • 9:00am –  VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
  • Saturday, June 8
    •  AT- Chapter Field Trip – Hagerman NWR
    •  AT– Friends of Hagerman NWR Bird Walk with Jack Chiles
    • 7:30am – AT– LLELA 2nd Saturday Bird Walk
    • 8:00am – AT-Heard Museum 2nd Saturday Bird Walks
    • 10:00am – VH- LLELA 2nd Saturday River Care Team
  • Sunday, June 9
    • 9:00am – VH- Connemara Meadow Preserve Restoration
    • 9:00am – VH- Erwin Park Prairie Restoration

Chapter Business from recent chapter meeting

Mark your Calendars!

Help Wanted

Other Stuff

Shaking the Trees Member Contributions – Edition 48

Last Chapter Meeting & Deep Dive recordings

Next Month’s Chapter Meeting & POTLUCK dinner information

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 –
Click here to view our Calendar.

Topic: Sex in the Garden (Pollination) – The secrets of garden life and pollination are explained in this educational and entertaining photo-rich presentation.  It will give you a whole new perspective on what flowers do to lure insects and others to assure their future.

Speaker: Janet Smith, North Texas Master Naturalist

Janet is a recovering plantaholic who considers the Master Gardener, Master Naturalist and native plant training as her 12-step program.  She specializes in creating attractive landscapes that conserve natural resources and money; are good for the local ecology; and attract bees, butterflies, and birds. She loves helping others discover the thrill of having their own nature channel out their windows.

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; go past parking lot and museum building; continue until the road ends at the large white SRC building. 

Online Zoom Meeting Registration:  
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-yrqT4rHtzVMlNaWFk_mL0NlAjq0Lpj
Please register ahead of time for this meeting using your Zoom Account Email address. 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.
Online Meeting Host: Heather Fell – heatherf@bptmn.org

Logging AT:  The monthly meeting presentation will allow members to earn 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.

For any additional questions, please contact.
Chapter Meeting Host: Stephanie Cleveland – stephaniec@bptmn.org 

TMN State Program Updates

Get excited for our Texas Master Naturalist 2024 Annual Meeting – to be held Thursday, October 24th through Sunday, October 27th in San Marcos, Texas.

*HOT OFF THE PRESSES*
Lodging info is now available for the Annual Conference.

There’s a block of rooms at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos, and attendees can now make their reservations.  

Here’s the link on the state TMN site for the hotel lodging for the 2024 conference:

Chapter Advisor

Dr. Curtis Jones, County Extension Agent
825 North McDonald Street Suite 150
McKinney, TX 75069-2175
curtis.jones@ag.tamu.edu 
972-548-4233

Chapter Partners

Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
volunteer@bpraptorcenter.org
https://bpraptorcenter.org/

Connemara Meadow Nature Preserve
Bob Mione | info@connemaraconservancy.org
connermaraconservancy.org/wordpress/meadow-nature-preserve

Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Laura Ragan | volunteers@heardmuseum.org
www.heardmuseum.org/volunteer

LLELA Nature Preserve
Erin Piper | epiper@cityoflewisville.com
https://www.llela.org/research-restoration/volunteering