What are your plans for next Friday? How about making a difference? 🌳 Join us June 6th (9 AM – 12 PM) at the Fort Worth Nature Center for an event packed with learning about the Fort Worth Riparian Initiative, connecting with restoration experts, and tackling invasive species! It’s all part of Global Make a Difference Week. See you there! #blacklandprairiechapter
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MASTER VOLUNTEER ENTOMOLOGY ADVANCED TRAINING
Don’t let the details bug you! Join Wizzie and Molly with AgriLife for Master Volunteer Entomology Advanced Training and learn everything about our insect friends in this flexible virtual course!
North Texas Chapter offers Accessibility In Nature Talk and Workshop – June 4th and 5th
Two fantastic opportunities! Join us for Patti Bonnin’s talk at the Chapter Meeting on Wednesday, June 4th at Brookhaven College where she’ll share her journey and advocacy for accessible nature, and her interactive workshop on Thursday, June 5th, 9 AM-12 PM, at the Trinity River Audubon Center with tips and tricks for making nature more inclusive. Workshop registration (free)!
Last Minute AT Opportunity – Geology of North Texas
What kinds of rocks are underfoot? How did they get there? What role did the Gulf of Mexico have in this geology? Why is there no oil production in Dallas County? Why do we have the Eastern Cross Timbers? How did Texas’s extinct volcanos influence our present construction standards?
Odolympics 2021 – Dragonfly & Damselfly Surveys
Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter Master Naturalists! The Dragonfly Society of the Americas, Sociedad de Odonatología Latinoamericana and Odonata Central are partnering to conduct the Odolympics 2021. BPTMN Odolympics Calendar Entries for 2021 If you participated… Read More →
Be the Change | Alex Bailey of Black Outside
Tuesday, May 18, 12PM CST From Awareness to Allyship: An intro to Black Outside, Inc and engaging BIPOC communities. Since the onset of the COVID-19 and increased awareness of racial… Read More →
2021 April – Carol Clark | The Flowers of the Blackland Prairie
So many of our beautiful and once common native wildflowers have been removed from our local landscapes that relatively few people today can recognize and name more than a handful…. Read More →
Carol Clark: Native Bees in Your Landscape–Nature’s Little Preppers
Wednesday, March 3 at 7PM Less well known than European Honeybees, Texas’ native bees are nevertheless vital components of a healthy environment, and can provide a new dimension of enjoyment in your home… Read More →
2021 February – Ernie Stokely | From Quarks to You and Me: We are All In This Together
Tuesday, Feburary 9, 7:00pm
The talk will trace the story of the evolution of the universe through the present time, and will tell the story of how we all came to be. The emphasis will be on the need for our own species to be responsible stewards of our planet, and recognize how recent our species is on Planet Earth.
2021 January – Rick Travis | North Texas Trees Highly Prized by Wildlife
Tuesday, January 12, 7:00pm“North Texas Trees Highly Prized by Wildlife” – Rick Travis We’ll take a virtual walk through our North Texas woodlands, focusing our attention on native north Texas… Read More →