Andy Hudson, 2018 – I was in Class 2018. People can usually find me serving out at Erwin Park or the 2 newer green spaces at Gray Branch and McKinney Greens. I live in McKinney, so that keeps me enjoying the fellowship and lively personalities of our Blackland Prairie chapter.
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2022 May – Nicole Neigel | Making your Nature Outings Accessible
Charlise Hill Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President Join us at the May Chapter meeting to hear Nicole Neigel (she/her) who is autistic and struggles with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome… Read More →
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?
Our Tribe’s Fortune 2500 Hours – Tom Shackelford
Tom Shackelford, 2018 and Past President (2020-2021)
I was born in Great Bend, Kansas and grew up farming and raising cattle along the Santa Fe Trail on land south of the Arkansas River, from Fort Larned to Dodge City. I did not realize it at the time but our home and the pasture lands where we grazed cattle were undeveloped, never used for agriculture beyond grazing and composed of western wheatgrass, blue grama, prairie three awn, little blue stem – native mixed prairie lands. This was my “Playground.”
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Sarah Densmore
Sarah Densmore, 2021 My major volunteer areas are with the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, where I am the Volunteer Coordinator, and with Texas Metro Wildlife Rehabilitation (I’ve submitted an application… Read More →
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 →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Louise Frost
Louise Frost, 2010 I’m mostly a life-long Dallasite with gaps here and there. When I moved back here in 2010, I was looking for something to get involved with and… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Duane Mortenson
Duane Mortenson, 2018 I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin, so I spent my youth outside most every day. It was a beautiful area for hiking, camping,… Read More →
Great Wildlife Moment in Collin County
Susan Abernethy, 2018 I thought this may be worth putting on the website under great wildlife moment, Lynx rufus at my next door neighbor’s front yard on February 26, 2022.
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 →