HELP WANTED – April 2022
Current News
WFAA – Lights out! Dallas. It’s for the birds.
WFAA Article submitted by Donna Cole, 2002 – Light pollution in cities like Dallas can disorient birds migrating at night, which may cause them to collide into buildings as a result.
One such building participating in the initiative will be Reunion Tower, which will be dimming from midnight to 8 a.m. on Earth Day, and again that night from 7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. For the remainder of the migratory period, the tower will be dimming its lights at 50% output from dusk to 111 p.m., go fully dark from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., and 50% output again from 6 a.m. to sunrise.
Last Minute AT Opportunity – Geology of North Texas
What kinds of rocks are underfoot? How did they get there? What role did the Gulf of Mexico have in this geology? Why is there no oil production in Dallas County? Why do we have the Eastern Cross Timbers? How did Texas’s extinct volcanos influence our present construction standards?
April 14th Deep Dive with Lisa and Rick Travis and Carol Clark
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President What do a couple of Master Naturalists do when, in very early spring, they find a multitude of Monarch caterpillars on a single… Read More →
Deep Dive Rescheduled – Chris Ulch
As many of you know, Spring weather in Texas can be unpredictable. Our Deep Dive originally scheduled for this past Monday, March 24, had to end shortly after it began due to tornadoes and thunderstorms. We have rescheduled our time with Chris Ulch, so please join us, via Zoom, on Thursday March 31 at 7pm as Chris will share the process of becoming a Certified Interpretative Guide. Chris was certified in 2021 and is a trainee in our 2022 Master Naturalist Class.
Great Trinity Forest Walk with Bill Holston
Please join our February Chapter Meeting Speaker, Bill Holston, on Sunday, March 27, for an introduction to the Trinity Forest. Bill will lead us on an easy and flat hike on the Ned and Genie Fritz Buckeye Trail. All total, we’ll traverse about 2.5 miles.
February Chapter Meeting “Help Wanted”
Our great chapter needs you! Plano Trails, MG Garden Show, DFW Wildlife Coalition, Heard Gardens, Clymer Meadow, YMCA Adventure Camp.
Sign up for the Garden Show 2022 (CCMG)
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 Are you interested in volunteering for the BPTMN Booth at the upcoming Collin County Master Gardeners’ 2022 Garden Show?Here are the event details: The Garden Show 2022… Read More →
Loggerhead Shrike
Meet the Loggerhead Shrike, photo by Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Lorrie Mathers, captured at Hagerman National Wildlife Preserve.
These predatory songbirds are found here in all seasons, and their population is declining. Their winter diet focuses on vertebrate prey. These include lizards, snakes, frogs, turtles, sparrows, goldfinches, ground squirrels, voles, mice, and shrews, to name just a few.
Plano Heritage Farmstead Light Festival
From Lu Anne Ray (BPTMN VH/AT Director): We all know that COVID has made it difficult for many of the places where we volunteer to continue to operate including The… Read More →