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Community Engagement

Current NewsGeneralProgram HOMEShaking the Trees

Introducing…the HOME Program 

Are you interested in introducing native plants to your yard or attracting butterflies? Would you like to save time and money watering your plants?  If so, we encourage you to explore Program HOME.  

04/07/2025

Advanced TrainingCommunity Engagement

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.  

04/04/2025

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Community Engagement Event from Allen Heritage Village

BPTMN Community Outreach team (left to right) Catherine Mitchell, Donna Cole, and Barbara Hibberd were on hand to educate community volunteers at the Keep Allen Beautiful…

12/05/2024

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Community Outreach Booth for Educator Expo – Allen

Marla Layne, Class of 2023 BPTMN Community Outreach team (l to r) Kathy Boys, Tina Burke, and Barbara Hibberd demonstrated educational projects to area educators and student support groups during… Read More →

10/07/2024

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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!

09/10/2024

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Community Engagement Booth on Earth Day at University of Texas Dallas

Kathy Boys, Class of 2023 – On April 25th Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalists had the pleasure of celebrating all things Earth Day at University of Texas Dallas’s Earthweek event. It was a delight to engage with over 75 inquisitive students and faculty/staff about our program, flowers and pollinators, environmental stewardship, their Bee Campus program and pocket prairies.

05/20/2024

Community EngagementCurrent News

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.

01/29/2024

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