Watch our recorded chapter meetings on Vimeo!
December 18, 2023
2024 January Class of 2023 TMN “Ted Talks”
November 17, 2023
2023 December Blackland Prairie Chapter Holiday Party
March 24, 2023
2023 April – Sam Crowe | Short Survey of Migratory Birds
January 27, 2023
2023 February – Omar Boconegra | Black-capped vireo recovery
December 16, 2022
2023 January – Class of 2022 TMN “Ted Talks”
November 13, 2022
2022 December – Blackland Prairie Chapter Holiday Party
July 1, 2022
2022 July – Amy Martin | The Nature of the Moon
March 24, 2022
2022 April – Carol Clark | Botany for Naturalists
February 21, 2022
2022 March – Dr. Peter Schulze | Obstacles to Environmental Progress
January 19, 2022
2022 February – Bill Holston | North Texas Trail Master
January 1, 2022
2022 January – Virginia Rose | Birdability
November 1, 2021
2021 November – Jennifer O’Loughlin-Brooks | NaturePsyche
October 4, 2021
2022 October – Jean Suplick | Mycology 101
December 8, 2020
2020 December – Chase Brooke | The Junipers of Texas
October 13, 2020
2020 October – Dwight Wilson | Interpreting Wildlife Track and Sign
2020 | ||
December 8 | “The Junipers of Texas” | Chase Brooke |
November 10 | “Texas Native Cats and the Role of Advocacy” | Monica Morrison |
October 13 | Interpreting Wildlife Track and Sign | Dwight Wilson |
September 8 | “Texas Native Plants and Climate Change” | Dr. George Diggs |
August 11 | Restoring Prairie Habitat on Public Land | Dave Powell |
July 14 | Forest Health: The Advance of the Emerald Ash Borer | Mike Sills |
June 9 | “The Three Initiatives of the Trinity Coalition” | Steve Smith |
May | Postponed: COVID-19 | |
April | Postponed: COVID-19 | |
March 10 | “13 Things You Need to Know about Poison Ivy” | Amy Martin |
February 11 | “A Day in the Life of the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center” | Erich Neupert |
January 14 | Blackland Prairie Chapter Open House and 2020 Kickoff for Members | Tom Shackelford, President |
2019 | ||
December 10 | “Fire Ecology of the Blackland Prairie and How Prescribed Fire is Being Used to Restore the Prairie” | Brandon Belcher |
November 12 |
“Frisco Wetlands Environmental Restoration Project: Signs of Success”
| Lynde Dodd & Jim Frisinger |
October 8 | “How to Discover a New Planet” | Dr. David Baker |
September 10 | “The Importance of Fungi in Ecosystems and Common Mushrooms in North Central Texas” | Denis Benjamin |
August 13 | “Texas Nature Trackers: Discovering Populations & Documenting Change for Conservation”. | Tania Homayoun |
July 9 | “Prairies and Milkweeds” | Matt White |
June 11 | “Management of Roadside Vegetation and Wildflowers” | Jacob Eickstead |
May 14 | “How iNaturalist Influences Land Management and Guides Public Policy” | Sam Kieschnick |
April 9 | “Making an Impression: Tales and Tips from 50 Years Teaching about Nature” | Sally Evans |
March 12 | “Researching the Alligator Snapping Turtles in the Trinity River” | Carl Franklin |
February 12 | “Habitat Restoration of Large & Small Plots and Unintended Consequences” | Bob Mione |
January 8 | Blackland Prairie Chapter Open House and 2019 Kickoff for Members | Mike Roome, President |
2018 | ||
December 11 | “Partnering for Natural Success” | Roger Scott |
November 13 | “Rainwater Harvesting” | Daniel Cunningham |
October 9 | “Driving Sustainability Through Campus Transformation” | Thea Junt and Craig Lewis |
September 11 | Personal Experience Raising Monarchs: 6 weeks of Learning, Defeat and Triumph” | Clyde Camp |
August 14 | “Dragonflies” | Omar Bocanegra |
July 10 | “Sex in the Garden” | Janet Smith |
June 12 | “From the First Quark to You – We are all in this together” | Ernie Stokley |
May 8 | “Fundamentals of Forest Ecology” | Chris Ebling |
April 10 | “Citizen Science” | Marsha May |
March 13 | ”What’s New in the World of Monarch Butterflies?” | Carol Clark |
February 13 | ”Light Pollution – More Than a Barrier to Sky Gazing | Tom Fleming |
January 9 | ”Open House. Welcome Back Members, Come Join Visitors” | Mike Roome, President |
2017 | ||
December 12 | “This Badlands Tortoise is 34 Million Years Old and at The Heard” | Pat Kline |
November 14 | “Prairies in Old Cemeteries” | Candace Fountoulakis |
October 10 | “The Urban Harvest: Foraging in the City” | Daniel Cunningham |
September 12 | “Reptiles with a particular emphasis on Texas” | David Mead |
August 8 | “Past Climates: Putting the Climate Puzzle Together with Models” | Dr. Angela Osen |
July 11 | “13 Things You Need to Know About the Poison Oak and Ivy Rash” | Amy Martin |
June 13 | “Frogs!” | Scott Kiester |
May 9 | “Dead Zones in Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico and Their Causes” | Donald Harper |
April 11 | “Zika and Other Issues” | Daphne Lynch |
March 14 | “New Frisco Wetlands in the Hackberry Creek and Stewart Creek Drainages” | Jon Loxley, Jim Frisinger, Jayce Proctor |
February 14 | “Texas Wild Cats” | Monica Morrison |
January 10 | “2016 Successes and 2017 Opportunities” |