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2022 April – Carol Clark | Botany for Naturalists
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-22 Vice President Do you visit a woods or a prairie and just see undifferentiated blobs of green ? Maybe it all looks pleasant, but you… Read More →
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.
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 →
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.
2022 March – Dr. Peter Schulze | Obstacles to Environmental Progress
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Join us as we welcome Dr. Peter Schulze to our March Monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8 at 7pm. Professor Schulze will be presenting on and engaging… Read More →
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.
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?
Clymer Meadow Projects in 2022
Tom Shackelford, 2018 – (2020-2021 President) – Clymer Meadow Projects: Remnant Blackland Prairie restoration, preservation, maintenance, seed collection, plant/ wildlife & insect surveys. This project includes Clymer Meadow, Park Hill Prairie, County Line Prairie, Matthew’s Prairie and other outlying remnant prairies.
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 →