Happy Summer Solstice, everyone – Laurie
General
Shaking the Trees 4th Edition 05/15/20
Bird birthing updates, Duane’s cool labyrinth, news from a New Mexico naturalist you may know and grass and forbs contest ready for viewing. Keep the info coming folks. You are… Read More →
Nature Reflections Video Exercise
Texas Master Naturalists, A small victim of this current quarantine and shelter in place is the missed opportunities of spring. So many of our Master Naturalist volunteer service projects literally… Read More →
Shaking the Trees 3rd Edition 05/01/20
Laurie Sheppard – Rare skipper at Hagerman NWR Dave Powell – Walking and healing his wing Clyde Camp – Owl Blog Surprise coming through in the clutch John Garbutt –… Read More →
Trip to Botanical Institute of Texas
Members of our BPTMN Chapter visited the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (aka BRIT) in Fort Worth. BRIT houses several herbariums (collection of dried plants), seed bank, botanical art collections,… Read More →
Master Naturalist vs. Nature – A Book Review
By Lisa Runyon While snuggled in our cabin on New Year’s Day, our son asked what books my husband and I read last year. It took some time to recall… Read More →
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – After The Flood
by Laurie Sheppard May, 2017 marks two years since heavy rains caused damaging flooding at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge and other parts of north Texas. By May 10, 2015, many… Read More →
Don’t Encourage Mosquitos!
Mosquitos carry and spread diseases such as Zika, West Nile and Chikungunya They lay their eggs on surfaces of containers that fill with water and on standing water itself. Female… Read More →
Bird Brains – A Book Review
by Lisa Runyon This is not a book review of David Welky’s A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In search of the Last Arctic Frontier. I carried that beast to my… Read More →
The Mammoths of Texas
by Patti Tuck On July 10, 2015, President Obama signed an Executive Order designating the Waco Mammoth National Monument! A new national park in Texas and it is just down… Read More →