Community Engagement

The Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Community Engagement team coordinates requests for guest speakers to present to area groups on a variety of topics, dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources. Our speakers are well-informed and passionate volunteers devoted to educating the community and preserving our great state.

Community Engagement Flickr Album

We are available to make live and/or Zoom presentations to your group on the following topics. You may inquire about topics other than those listed if you have a specific need.

Are you looking for Community Engagement events to earn Volunteer service hours? Please review our VHAT Calendar and our Sign Up Genius for the latest opportunities. Contact our Community Engagement Director at [email protected]

Please use the Contact Us form to inquire about speakers or our mobile education tables for your event.

Birds
Blackland Prairie/ Prairies
Bob White Quail
Botany
Botany- Latin Names
Butterflies/Monarchs/Moths
Cosmology
Entomology
Fish
Gardening with Natives
Geology
Heard Museum Overview
Historic Use of Native Plants
iNaturalist
Interpretive Trail Guiding
Mushrooms
Native Bees
Native Cats
Native Gardening
Native Plants
Native Tribes of North Texas
NPSOT
Pollinators
Prescribed Burns
Riparian Forests/Wetlands
Snakes
Soil
Trees
Urban Wildlife

Blackland Prairie Chapter Community Engagement Outreach at FBC Plano with Outreach/Community Engagement Director Jean Suplick

Community Engagement 2026 Events – March Update

03/02/2026

Ready to make an impact? 🦋 Our 2026 Community Engagement Director, Tina Burke, has a full season of community engagement ready to go! From Earth Day in McKinney and Allen to Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s “Night on the Prairie” in Lucas, there are so many ways to get involved. Whether you’re a mothing enthusiast or just love sharing why the Earth is scientifically fantastic 🌎, we need your help sharing the love for the Blackland Prairie.

Balaji Devarajan engaging with the students at the Community Outreach Booth for Frisco Science Night 2023.

Community Engagement Spring 2026 Events

02/03/2026

Ready to make an impact? 🦋 Community Engagement Director Tina Burke has already lined up a season full of outreach, from McKinney plant swaps to “Night on the Prairie” in Lucas. We’re looking for volunteers to join the team and help us share our love for the Blackland Prairie.

A young girl scout takes notes during a summer camp in the woods.

Kathy Boys Journaling Brochure is honored with First Place at the 2025 Texas Master Naturalists Annual Conference

11/13/2025

Kathy created this award-winning guide to help people connect their artistic abilities with the natural world, believing that documenting nature fosters self-growth and inspires better stewardship of our planet. She promises that journaling will elevate your outdoor experience and is truly “good for your soul.”

NTMWD STREAM TRAILER TRAINING COURSE

04/04/2025

Lauren Plunk, Watershed Manager of NTMWD – We have had many requests to set up a “Train the Trainer” session for our popular Stream Trailer. Completing this training allows your organization to “check out” the trailer (under a free rental agreement) for events in your community, which will vastly increase stewardship and conservation messaging in our watersheds.

Community Engagement Event from Allen Heritage Village

12/05/2024

BPTMN Community Outreach team (left to right) Catherine Mitchell, Donna Cole, and Barbara Hibberd were on hand to educate community volunteers at the Keep Allen Beautiful…

Community Outreach Booth for Educator Expo – Allen

10/07/2024

Marla Layne, Class of 2023 BPTMN Community Outreach team (l to r) Kathy Boys, Tina Burke, and Barbara Hibberd demonstrated educational projects to area educators and student support groups during the Allen Educator Expo sponsored by Keep Allen Beautiful and the City of Allen.

Our own Crystal Flannery-Bachicha is presenting Little Prairie in the Suburbs.

09/10/2024

Before the houses and roads, before the train tracks, before Frisco even existed there was the Blackland Prairie. Come learn all about what the Blackland Prairie is, why it matters, and the City of Frisco’s restoration efforts to bring it back!

Community Engagement Booth with Tina Burke Barb Hibbard Kathy Boys at an Earth Day Event UT Dallas Photo by Marla Layne

Community Engagement Booth on Earth Day at University of Texas Dallas

05/20/2024

Kathy Boys, Class of 2023 – On April 25th Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalists had the pleasure of celebrating all things Earth Day at University of Texas Dallas’s Earthweek event. It was a delight to engage with over 75 inquisitive students and faculty/staff about our program, flowers and pollinators, environmental stewardship, their Bee Campus program and pocket prairies.

Community Engagement – Sustainability

01/29/2024

Marla Layne, Class of 2023 and 2024 Community Engagement Director – BPTMN Bryan Beck educated an engaged group of eight-year-old students on environmental issues on January 20, 2024 at the M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi Dallas First Junior and Teens Sustainability Seminar.

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