The warm weather is bringing about fresh, green colors everywhere, and our flowers are beginning to bloom. Don’t miss your chance to walk among the blooms at TNC’s 1,050-acre Smiley Meadow Preserve, which contains one of the most significant remnants of Silveus’ dropseed prairie—a rare type of tallgrass prairie that supports hundreds of species of grasses, wildflowers, and wildlife. You’ll immerse yourself in the beauty and color of true Texas prairie while learning about the history and ecology of our native grasslands.
Advanced Training
Join us for a day of hands-on restoration and community impact!
What are your plans for next Friday? How about making a difference? 🌳 Join us June 6th (9 AM – 12 PM) at the Fort Worth Nature Center for an event packed with learning about the Fort Worth Riparian Initiative, connecting with restoration experts, and tackling invasive species! It’s all part of Global Make a Difference Week. See you there! #blacklandprairiechapter
MASTER VOLUNTEER ENTOMOLOGY ADVANCED TRAINING
Don’t let the details bug you! Join Wizzie and Molly with AgriLife for Master Volunteer Entomology Advanced Training and learn everything about our insect friends in this flexible virtual course!
Train the Trainer workshops-teaching about Monarchs any time anywhere with two posters and a stick
Carol Clark, Class of 2010 – Train the Trainer workshops-teaching about Monarchs any time anywhere with two posters and a stick. It worked! With a small starter grant from the Blackland Prairie chapter, a successful workshop series was born.
Stream Team Citizen Scientist Training Wednesday, April 30
Become a Stream Team Citizen Scientist! Join me and experienced trainer Crystal Flannery-Bachicha for an upcoming training session. Learn valuable skills to monitor our local streams. The next session is April 30th, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm at Whitley Place Park in Prosper. For more info and to register, email Lkraus@prospertx.gov.
NTMWD STREAM TRAILER TRAINING COURSE
Lauren Plunk, Watershed Manager of NTMWD – We have had many requests to set up a “Train the Trainer” session for our popular Stream Trailer. Completing this training allows your organization to “check out” the trailer (under a free rental agreement) for events in your community, which will vastly increase stewardship and conservation messaging in our watersheds.
Teaching About Monarchs – A Train the Trainer Program – Feb 13 – 7 PM – Encore Event
Teaching About Monarch Butterflies equips individuals with the skills to deliver compelling, non-technology-based presentations about the Monarch butterfly’s life cycle and migration. This hands-on training uses only two posters, making it accessible and straightforward and delivered without technology. The program is ideal for Texas Master Naturalists, teachers, and nature enthusiasts.
Monarch Butterflies ‘Train the Trainers’ with Carol Clark – Zoom and In-Person Workshop
Training opportunity with monarch butterfly expert, Carol Clark. This workshop is designed to give participants the knowledge and confidence they need to teach about Monarch Butterflies in outdoor and other low-tech settings using just two waterproofed posters.
AgriLife Urban and Municipal Parks Workshops
Workshops are extended educational opportunities which provide both education on the topic as well as time to design projects to be completed in your community or department. The following workshops are designed to guide practitioners, volunteers, park or trail boards, friends groups, and community leaders. Additional workshops and programs are considered quarterly upon request.
Our own Crystal Flannery-Bachicha is presenting Little Prairie in the Suburbs.
Before the houses and roads, before the train tracks, before Frisco even existed there was the Blackland Prairie. Come learn all about what the Blackland Prairie is, why it matters, and the City of Frisco’s restoration efforts to bring it back!