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Honoring Frances Williams, Founder of Connemara

Bob Milne, 2012 – There have been lots and lots of great photos taken of the wildflowers at the Meadow. I’ve never seen a better one than this, taken by Connie Roschlau Ball. I call this plot the “Maureen” plot, named after a friend of mine’s wife, who really loved the wildflowers of TX.

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Frisco Eggsplorers Outreach Event was Eggcredible!

Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 & Outreach Director –
We counted that we interacted with 250+ people by participating in this event.
Enjoy the photos of our Outreach volunteers interacting with the community.

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Clyde’s Owl Update

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Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Susan Makuta

Susan Makuta, 2021 I am a member of the class of 2021. I volunteer at the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center. I am on the Monday rehab team caring for the… Read More →

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HELP WANTED – MARCH

BPTMN Partners and Projects need you!

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Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists at the Collin County MG Garden Show

Rhonda Sanchez, 2019
Here are a few photos from the garden show.
We tracked that we shared the TMN program and mission with more than 250 participants in the show over the two day event.

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Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – John W. “Dub” Spencer

John W. “Dub” Spencer, 2017 I grew up in small central Texas town (Hamilton), working, playing, and loving the outdoors. After retirement I was searching for an activity or group… Read More →

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Long Time, No Hear

Clyde Camp, 2011 Possibly a very frustrated male. Or Female. The same bird (I think) has been arriving around 11pm and sitting in the door trilling until around 3am. Sometimes leaving and returning several times. Sometimes taking a nap inside. Sometimes trilling from inside. And several times spending the day sleeping before taking off at dusk. sitting in the door trilling until around 3am. Sometimes leaving and returning several times. Sometimes taking a nap inside. Sometimes trilling from inside. And several times spending the day sleeping before taking off at dusk.

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Thank you, Tom Shackelford

Rick Travis, 2018 – Current President (2022-2023) –
Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
Tom stepped up to serve as Chapter President in 2020. Within just a couple of months into his Chapter Presidency, the covid pandemic exploded, requiring quick action to develop a completely different approach, and set of rules, for members to engage within our chapter safely. This wasn’t easy. There was no script or step-by-step guide for our chapter dealing with this health crisis…there hadn’t been this serious a pandemic since the influenza epidemic in the early 1900’s.

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Polymorphism or Spring Treasure Hunt at Raptor Center

Lorelei Stierlen, 2014 – Both photos are of the beautiful Blackland Prairie native coreopsis tinctoria or plains coreopsis. A member of the Asteraceae (Aster) family, it is an annual forb, and the blooms are described as yellow surrounding a reddish centre – but the blooms of one of these plants is all red. How can that be?