September 22, 2022
Linda Nixon, 2018 – We are looking for some volunteers to work in the Master…
September 22, 2022
September 18, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 We are pleased to welcome Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan as our October Advanced…
September 18, 2022
September 16, 2022
BPTMN Asian-American Outreach Committee Presents a webinar about the Texas Master Naturalist Program
Michelle Connally, 2018 – The Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalist chapter is strengthened by the…
September 16, 2022
September 9, 2022
Hi Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists! The next BPTMN Chapter meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September…
September 9, 2022
September 1, 2022
Terry Comingore, 2017 – “Though I still have so much to learn, it’s a joy…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Rick Travis, 2018 – “Livin’ the Dream, folks!” My wife and best friend Lisa and…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Linda Nixon, 2018 – “Later I would learn I was living in the Blackland Prairie…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Deb Hartman, 2017 – “I now know not to kill the caterpillars that are eating…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Mittie McDonald, 2013 – “She handed me a Master Naturalist application and told me I…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Shari Navarette, 2018 – “I love to spend time at Erwin Park (especially in the…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Lisa Striping, 2022 – “I am staying active with the Chapter because I enjoy meeting…
September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022
Michelle Norris, 2021 – The Grant Committee is excited to announce the new Blackland Prairie…
September 1, 2022
August 22, 2022
Rick Travis, 2018 – On July 30, our chapter celebrated National Mothing Week with our…
August 22, 2022
August 22, 2022
August 22, 2022
August 21, 2022
Rick Travis, 2018 – It was a very crispy BioBlitz as everything had gone to…
August 21, 2022
August 17, 2022
Deep in the Heart is excited to announce that the Deep in the Heart Learning…
August 17, 2022
August 15, 2022
Please join us on September 13 at 7pm as we welcome Professor Elizabeth Mellott of…
August 15, 2022
July 21, 2022
Linda Nixon, 2018 and Communications Director Hello BPTMN Members – Join us ONLINE on…
July 21, 2022
July 19, 2022
Linda Nixon, 2018 and Communications Director – WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? With the current heat/drought…
July 19, 2022
July 18, 2022
Charlise Hill Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President – o celebrate National Moth Week, July…
July 18, 2022
July 15, 2022
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 7 PM CST Chase T. Brooke is the Agriculture and Natural…
July 15, 2022
July 14, 2022
Linda Nixon, 2018 and Communications Director – As you probably already know, the Recovering America’s Wildlife…
July 14, 2022
July 1, 2022
Tuesday, July 12 7PM CST Charlise Hill Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President We usually…
July 1, 2022
June 11, 2022
Lisa Travis, 2018 and 2022-2023 New Class Director – I retired from teaching in 2017,…
June 11, 2022
June 10, 2022
Rick Park, 2020 – I was a member of the class of 2020. My introduction…
June 10, 2022
June 9, 2022
Nancy Riggs, 2021 – I love being a TMN!! I love everything outdoors! I am…
June 9, 2022
June 8, 2022
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 and 2021-2022 Outreach Director – My favorite volunteer activities are outreach for…
June 8, 2022
June 7, 2022
Jean Suplick, 2018 and 2020-2021 New Class Director – Have you ever stepped outside on…
June 7, 2022
June 6, 2022
Bob Mione, 2012 – There have been lots and lots of great photos taken of…
June 6, 2022
June 1, 2022
Shari Navarette, 2018 and Chapter Photographer – In the early spring of 2021, while Covid…
June 1, 2022
May 31, 2022
Tuesday, June 14 7PM CST Charlise Hill Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President The June…
May 31, 2022
May 12, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 & 2020-21 Vice President – Welcome and Congratulations to the Class of…
May 12, 2022
May 4, 2022
Beverly Carpenter, 2013 – The Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist program seemed the perfect place for…
May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 and Past President – More than 10,00 plants unloaded, cataloged, labeled and…
May 4, 2022
May 3, 2022
Karen Spalding-Wright, 2017 – Most of my volunteer hours have accrued here at the BPRC.…
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 & Outreach Director – Here are photos from the 2022 City of…
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
Greg Tonian, 2017 – The Trinity River Valley of North Texas drew us all here,…
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 & Outreach Director – We counted that we interacted with 250+ people…
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
April 21, 2022
Charlise Hill Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President Join us at the May Chapter meeting…
April 21, 2022
April 16, 2022
What kinds of rocks are underfoot? How did they get there? What role did the Gulf…
April 16, 2022
April 11, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President What do a couple of Master Naturalists do…
April 11, 2022
April 1, 2022
Tom Shackelford, 2018 and Past President (2020-2021) I was born in Great Bend, Kansas and…
April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
Susan Makuta, 2021 I am a member of the class of 2021. I volunteer at…
April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
Sarah Densmore, 2021 My major volunteer areas are with the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, where…
April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-22 Vice President I was spending time with The Nature Conservancy…
April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 and Past President Master Naturalists in the Heard Fossil Lab recently laid…
April 1, 2022
March 28, 2022
March 24, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-22 Vice President Do you visit a woods or a prairie…
March 24, 2022
March 24, 2022
As many of you know, Spring weather in Texas can be unpredictable. Our Deep Dive…
March 24, 2022
March 23, 2022
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 Here are a few photos from the garden show. We tracked that…
March 23, 2022
March 18, 2022
Please join our February Chapter Meeting Speaker, Bill Holston, on Sunday, March 27, for an…
March 18, 2022
March 2, 2022
Louise Frost, 2010 I’m mostly a life-long Dallasite with gaps here and there. When I…
March 2, 2022
March 2, 2022
John W. “Dub” Spencer, 2017 I grew up in small central Texas town (Hamilton), working,…
March 2, 2022
March 2, 2022
March 1, 2022
Susan Abernethy, 2018 I thought this may be worth putting on the website under great…
March 1, 2022
March 1, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Please join our February Speaker, Bill Holston, on Sunday, March 27, for…
March 1, 2022
March 1, 2022
Clyde Camp, 2011 Possibly a very frustrated male. Or Female. The same bird (I think)…
March 1, 2022
February 21, 2022
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Join us as we welcome Dr. Peter Schulze to our March Monthly…
February 21, 2022
February 9, 2022
Our great chapter needs you! Plano Trails, MG Garden Show, DFW Wildlife Coalition, Heard Gardens,…
February 9, 2022
February 1, 2022
Rick Travis, 2018 – Current President (2022-2023) – Talk about being in the right place…
February 1, 2022
February 1, 2022
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 Are you interested in volunteering for the BPTMN Booth at the upcoming…
February 1, 2022
February 1, 2022
Tom Shackelford, 2018 – (2020-2021 President) – Clymer Meadow Projects: Remnant Blackland Prairie restoration, preservation,…
February 1, 2022
February 1, 2022
Lorelei Stierlen, 2014 – Both photos are of the beautiful Blackland Prairie native coreopsis tinctoria…
February 1, 2022
January 19, 2022
Bill has been hiking since he was an Eagle Scout in Alabama in the 1970’s.…
January 19, 2022
January 18, 2022
Greg Tonian, 2017 – Ideas are like Fireflies, Brief flashes in the dark, blinking. Talk…
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022
Lauren Bendiksen, 2019 – I am excited that the Lightning Whelk is the Texas Master…
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022
Sally Evans, 2006 – Founder & Emeritus – A wide swath of trees and vines…
January 18, 2022
January 11, 2022
Meet the Loggerhead Shrike, photo by Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Lorrie Mathers, captured at Hagerman…
January 11, 2022
January 1, 2022
Virginia fell off a horse at the age of 14 and a wheelchair user ever…
January 1, 2022
December 14, 2021
Deborah Canterbury was awarded the title Member Emeritus at the December 14 meeting and gifted…
December 14, 2021
December 14, 2021
Longtime friend and supporter of the Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Chapter, Bill Woodfin received his…
December 14, 2021
December 5, 2021
At the end of 2021 Immediate Past President Mike Roome will be leaving the board.…
December 5, 2021
December 1, 2021
At our November 9, 2021 chapter meeting Rick Travis was elected to serve as President…
December 1, 2021
December 1, 2021
From Lu Anne Ray (BPTMN VH/AT Director): We all know that COVID has made it…
December 1, 2021
December 1, 2021
Our very own BPTMN Member Alex Dubovsky and his Trinity Coalition Water Trail Team were…
December 1, 2021
November 17, 2021
The Texas Master Naturalist Blackland Prairie Chapter is pleased to announce that chapter member Bob…
November 17, 2021
November 16, 2021
The Chapter is pleased to announce that Deep Dives are back on a quarterly basis.…
November 16, 2021
November 2, 2021
November 2, 2021
Janice James, 2018 We are so pleased to report that BPTMN member Janice James won…
November 2, 2021
November 2, 2021
I found the BPTMN booth at the 2013 Learn 2 Live Green event where I…
November 2, 2021
November 1, 2021
Michelle Connally, 2018 Over the past year, chapter members Jean Suplick and Duane Mortenson have…
November 1, 2021
November 1, 2021
The Frisco Parks Department held an extraordinarily successful “Arborfest Tree Walk and Buffalo Stomp” nature…
November 1, 2021
October 31, 2021
Hello BPTMN Members! Here is the information to sign up to plant trees on the…
October 31, 2021
October 31, 2021
Hey BPTMN Speakers – We have received several requests for Master Naturalist speakers. Are you…
October 31, 2021
October 17, 2021
By Rhonda Sanchez, 2019 & Outreach Director I am so happy to report that we…
October 17, 2021
October 4, 2021
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Jean Suplick has been a Texas Master Naturalist, Blackland Prairie Chapter since…
October 4, 2021
October 3, 2021
Lauren Bendiksen, 2019 I am a born and bred Texan, having grown up in Dallas.…
October 3, 2021
October 3, 2021
Georgette Guernsey, 2004 I have explored the Prosper Butterfly Garden in Whitley Place subdivision once…
October 3, 2021