Share your love of nature with visitors to a National Wildlife Refuge, while meeting other nature enthusiasts. Volunteers greet visitors and provide trail maps and other refuge information, including interpretation. Volunteers engage youth with the Junior and Advanced Ranger programs, including oath recital and badge awards.
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BioBlitz and Mothing Event at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
A one-of-a-kind opportunity for families, students, and all nature-lovers to learn about plants and wildlife and help scientists survey them. Participants will team up with other Texas Master Naturalists to search for and document as many plants and animals as possible at Hagerman National Wildlife refuge.
Welcome to Our Tribe: Kim Tingle
Patricia Crain, Class of 2018 My name is Kim Tingle and I’m a fourth-generation Collin County native. I grew up playing in the creek beds of Honey Creek, Wilson Creek,… Read More →
Welcome to Our Tribe: Cathy Van Bebber
Patricia Crain, Class of 2018, Recent Bluestem Transfer My name is Cathy Van Bebber, an Army brat who has moved and lived all over the world. As a child and,… Read More →
The Hagerman NWR Chapter Field Trip
Patricia Crain, Class of 2018 Eighteen Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists enjoyed a day of AT including an Early Bird Walk with Jack Chiles, BMN and Ornithologist Wayne Meyer. After the… Read More →
Welcome to our Tribe: Patricia Crain
Patricia Crain, Class of 2018, Recent Bluestem Chapter Transfer My name is Patricia Crain, and I have been a nature lover all my life. I grew up in the city… Read More →
Friends of Hagerman NWR – Little Sit Bird Count – July 6, 2024
Patricia Crain, Class of 2018
Earn VH by participating in this monthly bird count. Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell’s national “Big Sit” event, a group of dedicated birders invite you to join them at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed. Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.
Friends of Hagerman NWR Choctaw Cultural Day
Patricia Crain – Join us for a fun-filled Saturday on May 11th at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge as we celebrate the heritage of the third-largest Indigenous peoples of the United States. The Choctaw Cultural Center will bring several activities and exhibits to Hagerman NWR: show and tell cultural artifacts, weapons tables, stickball demonstrations, atlatl demonstrations, dance, and other activities will be presented by the Native American Choctaws.
Day of Advanced Training at Hagerman NWR for Blackland Prairie Chapter Members
Patricia Crain, Friends of Hagerman – An AT Experience at Hagerman NWR Saturday, June 8th
Come and enjoy a day in the largest natural space in North Texas. Explore hundreds of acres of wildflowers, five hiking trails, plentiful buntings, deafening Dickcissels and a tours of our Butterfly Garden with docents to help identify plants and butterflies.