Save the date for the upcoming 2025 Urban Riparian Symposium, hosted by the Texas Water Resources Institute and the Texas Riparian Association!
February 19 – 21, 2025 in Waco
AgriLife Extension
Raptor Week virtual seminar series happening August 12-16
Elizabeth Tidwell |Wildlife Program Specialist I – Raptor Week is a virtual seminar series happening August 12-16, with a new speaker and topic every day starting at 12pm CST. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experts about all things raptor!
From the desk of Dr. Curtis Jones – May Events
Michelle Connally, Class of 2018 – Our Agent Dr. Curtis Jones and the Collin Country AgriLife Extension Office are hosting a few events this month.
Community Engagement – Sustainability
Marla Layne, Class of 2023 and 2024 Community Engagement Director – BPTMN Bryan Beck educated an engaged group of eight-year-old students on environmental issues on January 20, 2024 at the M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi Dallas First Junior and Teens Sustainability Seminar.
2022 November – Dr. Faoud Jabar | Nature-based Solutions for Water Quality and Flood Mitigation
Please join us on November 8 as we welcome Professor Faoud Jabar, PhD, PE. Dr. Jabar is a Professor and Integrated Water Resources Management Extension Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension located in Dallas, and he will be speaking on Nature-based Solutions for Water Quality and Flood Mitigation.
2022 August – Chase T. Brooke | Conservation in Collin County: opportunities, challenges, and goals for our natural spaces.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 7 PM CST Chase T. Brooke is the Agriculture and Natural Resources County Extension Agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Collin County. He works with… Read More →
Call for Virtual Volunteer Fair projects
Texas Master Naturalists – please share the following with your conservation partners and natural resource organizations . . . . Have a project idea but need help doing it? Do… Read More →
Collin County Photography Contest
Collin County Extension Office is hosting our first open photography contest this summer. The theme for this year’s contest is Texas Agriculture, and is open to any resident of Collin County. We have an adult and youth category.
15 Baffling Cicada Facts
Article Submission by Tony Manasseri, 2007 The year of the cicada has received lots of hype in the radio media. People rescheduling outdoor weddings, sharing recipes, relating experiences. Author of… Read More →
Carnage in Collin County
By Duane Mortensen
In early fall I could often find another robber fly [Promachus hinei]. One day I saw one had caught a paper wasp. Again, I could take my time getting its portrait. It was quite impressive how the fly would control the wasp with its legs.