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Plant for Pollinators at Monarch View Park May 17 & 18

Help create a haven for monarchs! Join Frisco Parks and Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Laura Kuwayama for a community workday on the Monarch View project, May 17 & 18.

05/09/2025

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Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) Volunteer Opportunities for 2025

Angela Lewallen, Friends of LLELA – I wanted to share some updated information about the volunteer opportunities at LLELA for our BPTMN volunteers. I’ve attached a one-pager for download that lists all the events and contact information at LLELA.

04/10/2025

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Plano Park Project Update

Jean Higgins, Class of 2023 – Excitement is brewing in Plano as we kick off our groundbreaking Plano Parks project with a bang! Our inaugural workday at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve saw an incredible turnout of 17 enthusiastic individuals, braving the cold to make a monumental difference.

03/04/2024

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2022 Heard Plant Sale

Deborah Canterbury, 2014 and Past President – More than 10,00 plants unloaded, cataloged, labeled and placed according to scientific name in 4 days for this years’ 36th Heard Plant Sale. It is one of the longest-running, largest, and best native plant sales in the state. BPTMN members play a big role in the pre-sale preparation and in helping customers choose the proper native plants for their gardens.

05/04/2022

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Heard Sanctuary Fall/ Winter Volunteer existing projects

Tom Shackelford, 2018; President The Heard Sanctuary is seeking volunteers to assist in the restoration and preservation of multiple sanctuary projects at the Heard.  This is an existing project that has been in place for some time and there is now a renewed effort to address opportunities.  This is available to any interested individual and is a great way for interested Master Naturalists to earn volunteer hours.  Specific projects follow below.

10/03/2021

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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 →

06/20/2021

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VH OPPORTUNITY: Docent in Heard Butterfly House May 20 – October 3

BPTMN Members: Are you interested in volunteering as a docent in the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary Butterfly House? The Heard is currently looking for people interesting in… Read More →

05/20/2021

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ONE YEAR LATER Texas Master Naturalist ‘Nature Reflections’ video diary project

One year ago this month as our state and the world progressed into the full realization of the global pandemic and following lockdowns, the Texas Master Naturalist Program took a… Read More →

05/07/2021

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Native Plant Garden at Plano Heritage Farmstead

By Bryan Beck, 2017 The native plant garden at the Plano Heritage Farmstead Museum has been through a lot in the past month or so.  First, came the boot-deep snows… Read More →

04/05/2021

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Volunteers for Heard Plant Sale Needed

By Carol Clark, Laura Ragen, Fran & Bill Woodfin et al 2010, 2014, 2007 Best Testimonial ever: “A lot of what I have learned about native plants came from attending… Read More →

04/01/2021

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