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

2023 ArborFest Photo by Jean Suplick 01

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
Members at Outreach Booth

Community Engagement 2026 Events – May Update

This May is packed with fantastic community engagement events across North Texas, covering everything from pocket prairie presentations to evening mothing events! 🦋🌿 Volunteers are already stepping up to share the love of nature, with just a couple of spots left to fill before the month wraps up. 🌍
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Balaji Devarajan engaging with the students at the Community Outreach Booth for Frisco Science Night 2023.

Community Engagement Spring 2026 Events

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.
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NTMWD STREAM TRAILER TRAINING COURSE

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.  
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Community Outreach Booth for Educator Expo – Allen

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.

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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

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.
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Community Engagement with Bryan Beck

Community Engagement – Sustainability

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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