Deep Dives

Unplug and put down roots—join us March 30th at 7 PM CST for a Deep Dive with Patricia Crain, presenting From Screens to Streams: The Decline of Outdoor Play and How We Can Reverse It, online via Zoom.

Join us on Wednesday, February 25th at 7 PM CST for a Deep Dive with Heather Fell and Katelyn Miller, presenting From Backyard to Blackland: Raising Natives for Restorations, online via Zoom.

Join us on December 16th at 7 PM CST for a Deep Dive with Dr. Jaime Baxter-Slye, presenting updates from the University of North Texas Ecological Action Studio 2025. This includes a prescribed burn on an urban campus and partnering with Cole Ranch to rescue plants prior to residential development.

Join us on October 25th, at 7 PM CST, for a Deep Dive, with Laurie Sheppard presenting on the Seasons of Geese. Get ready for a deep dive into the fascinating world of feathered, migrating friends! As Laurie Sheppard prepared to talk about the spectacular Snow Geese, she realized…

Join us on August 18th, at 7 PM CST for a Deep Dive, with Susan Abernathy presenting on Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalists Pollinator Gardens: 2025.

Join us on May 19th, at 7 PM CST for a Deep Dive, with Zane Liston presenting on Vibrant Lichen Studies.

Join us on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7 PM CST for the April 2025 Deep Dive, with Ren Dowhaniuk presenting the “Virgina Opossum-The Misunderstood Marsupial”. People often have negative impressions of this amazing little creature and don’t give them enough credit for their powerful impact on the environment. Join me…

On Tuesday, February, 25 at 6PM CST join us for the February 2025 Deep Dive with David Gwin will present an overview of the Time to Restore Project. Our project, Time to Restore: Connecting People, Plants, and Pollinators, aims to deliver guidance to those working on pollinator restoration in the…

Join us for a Deep Dive on A Beginner’s Guide to Encountering the Wild World of Mushrooms with Jean Suplick

Join us for a Deep Dive on the Pocket Prairies of the Blackland Prairie Chapter with Susan Abernethy on Monday, September 16th at 7PM via Zoom.

Requiem for a Wren is about a little-known island bird called Lyall’s Wren or Stephen’s Island that has a lot to teach nature lovers about conservation and invasive species – even those we love.

Cali Bakker, Class of 2024 – “Requiem for a Wren”, with ED Burke and “Pocket Prairies of the Blackland Prairie Chapter”, with Susan Abernethy.

January 25, 2024 – Thursday 6:00 PM – Click for more information. Coyotes are highly resilient creatures able to adapt to threats and acclimate themselves in almost every environment, including cities and suburbs. As a keystone carnivore, coyotes play a critical role in helping to maintain healthy ecosystems and species…

November 21, 2023 – Tuesday 6:00 PM – ZOOM ONLINE MEETING – Jay explains the benefits of the Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) to birds, wildlife and humans as well as some other not so well known facts.

November 30, 2023 – Thursday, 6:00 PM – ZOOM ONLINE MEETING. Dave gives us an explanation of the types of symbiosis with examples of them and a game that can be used to teach them for most ages.

2023 October ONLINE DEEP DIVE with Dr. Tom Stevens | “The impacts of urbanization on wildlife in the Great Trinity Forest”

Michelle Connally, Class of 2018 October 10, 2023 – Tuesday, 6:30 PM Online and In-PersonCLICK HERE for Zoom Registration (Same registration link as the Chapter Meeting) Join us for our first HYBRID Deep Dive before the October Blackland Prairie Chapter meeting. Our Asian American Outreach Committee hosts this month’s Deep…

Michelle Connally, Class of 2018 September 28, 2023 – Thursday, 6:00 PM Join us for an Online Zoom Deep Dive on Butterfly Survival Strategies. Butterflies already have it hard with disappearing habitat, but even in a pristine or restored habitat, they are at the bottom of the food chain providing…

Michelle Connally, 2018 August 31, 2023 – Thursday, 6:00 PM Heather Fell is a member of the Blackland Prairie Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists from the class of 2021. She has also completed her Texas Waters Specialist certification. She currently serves as the VH/AT Director for the chapter. Her…

Michelle Connally, 2018 August 8, 2023 – Tuesday, 6:30 PM – In Person in the SRC Side Classroom About our Speaker: Lorelei Stierlen is a retired Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, now a full-time environmental scientist. She holds an MS degree from Johns Hopkins University, where she minored in pedology (soil science)….

Michelle Connally, 2018 July 11, 2023 – Tuesday, 6:30 PM – In Person in the SRC Side Classroom – Click on the date for additional information. About our Speaker: Kimberlie is a Cross Timbers Chapter Texas Master Naturalist and Master Entomology Specialist who enjoys volunteering in various nature activities. She…

Michelle Connally, 2018 June 13, 2023 – Tuesday, 6:30 PM – In Person in the SRC Side Classroom. About our Speaker:Donna Cole a Dallas-area native who joined Texas Master Naturalist in 2002. She has been a nature lover all her life and was the kid with the field guides and…

Michelle Connally, 2018 May 9, 2023 – Tuesday 6:30 PM – Click HERE for additional information. Our 2023 New Training Class was treated to a beautiful Wetland Ecology presentation by Wayne Huston, Class of 2022. Wayne grew up in northern Ohio. He graduated from Colorado State University with a B….

Michelle Connally, 2018 April 11, 2023 – Tuesday 6:30 PM – Click HERE for additional information. Are you ready for the upcoming iNaturalist events on April 29 in Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano and Grand Park in Frisco with Special Guest Sam Kieschnick, April 30 in Arbor Hills…

March 14, 2023 – Tuesday 6:30 PM – Click on the date for more logistical information. Michelle Connally, 2018 CEDARS, CURSED BY MANY ACCLAIMED BY A FEW Jay explains the benefits of the Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) to birds, wildlife and humans as well as some other not so well…

February 14, 2023 6:30 PM – Click on the date for more information. Michelle Connally, 2018 Find out what your fellow MNs did, learned and produced by participating in the two MN local chapter grant projects this year. We’ll summarize the ongoing seed grow-out project, with helpful information on how you can…

Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President What do a couple of Master Naturalists do when, in very early spring, they find a multitude of Monarch caterpillars on a single Milkweed plant in their native plant meadow? They call Carol Clark, Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist, for advice and counsel. In…

The Chapter is pleased to announce that Deep Dives are back on a quarterly basis. Join us on Tuesday, November 16, 7pm, to hear Chapter Member and Master Naturalist Susan Abernethy present on Pocket Prairies and Pollinator Places. Have you ever considered starting a pocket prairie or pollinator garden in…