Dr. O’Connell will be discussing how climate change is altering plant phenology and impacting plant-pollinator interactions. She’ll be sharing findings from her dissertation work in tropical forests and how she is building off this work to explore phenology in Texas prairie ecosystems while at BRIT. For these projects she’ll be introducing some novel tech and community-driven research methods and share some opportunities for the Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Chapter to help participate in local phenological data collection efforts.
Chapter Meetings
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.
2021 July – Kimberlie Sasan | The Wonderful World of Backyard Mothing
Tuesday, July 13, 7PM CST Kimberlie Sasan is a Texas Master Naturalist and Master Entomology Specialist who enjoys volunteering in a wide variety of nature activities. She has been documenting… Read More →
2021 June – Brandon Belcher | Big Challenges and Complex Problems
Tuesday, June 8, 7PM CST Brandon will be speaking to us about the big challenges and complex problems currently faced by The Nature Conservancy, the rising opportunities for carbon markets… Read More →
Laurie Sheppard | “Migrating Birds of Collin and Grayson County”
Tuesday, May 11, 7PM CST At least 615 bird species have been documented in Texas and more than half of those are migratory. Many of them migrate to or through Grayson and… Read More →
2021 April – Carol Clark | The Flowers of the Blackland Prairie
Tuesday, April 13, 7PM CST – Did you MISS Carol’s amazing presentation? Watch it HERE! So many of our beautiful and once common native wildflowers have been removed from our… Read More →
2021 March – Amy Monroy | The Heard Gardens: A History of Native Plants in Three Acres or So
Tuesday, March 9, 7:00PM It’s easy today for many Master Naturalists to recognize that the flora of our region are tied to the soil of the Blackland Prairie and the… 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 →
2020 December – Chase Brooke | The Junipers of Texas
Tuesday, December 8, 7pm Monthly online “Zoom” Meeting Junipers are a ubiquitous sight across Texas. From the trans-Pecos to the piney woods, most ecoregions in Texas have at least one… Read More →