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?
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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 →
2022 February – Bill Holston | North Texas Trail Master
Bill has been hiking since he was an Eagle Scout in Alabama in the 1970’s. For over thirty years he’s hiked with his family in various National and State Parks, most often in Big Bend. He became a Master Naturalist in 2011. For the last ten years he’s spent almost every weekend exploring the Great Trinity Forest with a hiking group of friends.
Member Emeritus – Deborah Canterbury
Deborah Canterbury was awarded the title Member Emeritus at the December 14 meeting and gifted a beautiful stain glass dragonfly Tiffany style lamp. MEMBER EMERITUS. On June 18th of this year… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 1000 – Loreli Stierlen
I found the BPTMN booth at the 2013 Learn 2 Live Green event where I was a volunteer for Live Green in Plano. So I started attending the BPTMN meetings, got to talking with members and decided that was the organization where I needed to be. I started volunteering at BPRC right off the bat as a trail guide, and I’ve been there ever since.
2021 November – Jennifer O’Loughlin-Brooks | NaturePsyche
Exploring the Physical and Psychological Benefits of Nature Exposure Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Please join us via Zoom on November 9 at 7pm to learn more about… Read More →
Lavon Lake Trinity Trail
Duane Mortensen, 2018 Lavon Lake is the largest lake contained within Collin County. The length of its shoreline stretches 121 miles, and the managed wildlife area surrounding the lake boasts 6400 acres. Given the fact it is so close to millions of people, why is it so little used? Given the number of undisturbed acres, I would argue that it is under-represented in iNaturalist data. Part of the answer lies in the poor condition of the parks surrounding the lake. Road access, restrooms and signage are regularly in disrepair. If you ignore the disrepair on the edges of the park, and venture inside, it is amazing what you can find.
The first Saturday of September is International Vulture Awareness Day.
Vultures get a bad rap! People often associate them with death and disease and view them as dirty and ugly. However, vultures are incredible and essential birds who perform vital… Read More →
2021 August – Dr. Carly Aulicky | Insights of a Dancing Bird: Lessons Learned from Tropical Forests to Prairies
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Carly Aulicky for our August Chapter Meeting. Carly is the North Texas Director of Outreach and Stewardship for the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT). In her position, Carly acts as a resource and spokesperson for management and conservation of native prairies. Carly monitors NPAT properties and conservation easements, collects biodiversity data, holds educational workshops and talks, and coordinates volunteer efforts in programs and projects.