September 4, 2021
Celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day at the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center on Saturday, September 4. …
March 26, 2021
September 1, 2021
Dr. O’Connell will be discussing how climate change is altering plant phenology and impacting plant-pollinator…
September 1, 2021
September 1, 2021
Vultures get a bad rap! People often associate them with death and disease and view…
March 26, 2021
September 1, 2021
Michelle Connally, 2014 Have you been out to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center lately? Take…
March 26, 2021
August 31, 2021
Rick Travis, 2018 Northwest Community Park in Frisco is largely undeveloped, with a DORBA biking…
August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
Greg Tonian, 2017 The neighborhood is abuzz. A hot, sultry breeze, Envelops the trees. Brown,…
August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
Dave Powell, 2007 While I was gathering grass seed at Wylie on Thursday I came…
March 26, 2021
August 30, 2021
Tom Shackelford, 2018 Please enjoy this wonderful video with our very own BPTMN members collecting…
August 30, 2021
August 29, 2021
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Curator’s Note: It is wonderful to know about the continuing individual involvements…
March 26, 2021
August 16, 2021
Lights Out, Texas! Help protect migrating birds passing through Texas by turning off all non-essential…
March 26, 2021
August 13, 2021
by: Stephen J. O’Shea It has been almost six months since winter storm Uri blanketed…
August 13, 2021
August 1, 2021
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Carly Aulicky for our August…
August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021
What is your naturalist passion, what can you talk about for 20 minutes straight? We…
August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021
Daphne Lynch, 2019 Like many of you, I fell in love with nature as a…
August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021
Chapter Meetings now available online though our Vimeo account. This link is also available in…
August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021
Amy Martin, NTMN I want to share with the Blackland Prairie chapter my gratitude of…
August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Congratulations to Cindy Napper on her 500 hour pin. Cindy Napper, 2017…
August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Congratulations to Michelle Connally on her 500 hour pin. Michelle Connally, 2018…
August 1, 2021
July 21, 2021
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 | Vice President Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists had a wonderful time last…
July 21, 2021
July 15, 2021
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 Join us on Saturday July 17th, 8:30pm, at the Spring Creek Forest…
July 15, 2021
July 9, 2021
Summary by Jean Suplick, 2018 Meet the Class of 2021! These new members of the…
March 26, 2021
July 7, 2021
The new BPTMN Membership Directory is now posted on the chapter website. The directory is…
March 26, 2021
July 5, 2021
Leah Justice, 2021 Downing Cedars all in a day’s work on Raptor Center prairie property.…
July 5, 2021
July 3, 2021
Janice James, As I was emptying the plant pot trays this morning I veered around…
July 3, 2021
July 2, 2021
Michelle Connally, 2018 Starting in April 2020, the Shaking of the Trees newsletter provided myself…
March 26, 2021
July 2, 2021
Greg Tonian, 2017 The Chattahoochee flows from Blue Ridge Mountain To Apalachicola Delta, Past Helen…
July 2, 2021
July 1, 2021
Dave Powell, 2007 My three spiny Fence Lizards are here as is my Anole however…
July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
Debbie Doyle, 2017 My classmates might remember me as the broken legged lady that could…
July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
Greg Smith, 2017 The Magnificent Seven from the National Charity League planted 500 milkweed plants…
July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
Jean Suplick, 2018 Our Blackland Prairie Chapter adopted the Lake Lavon and Tawakoni loops which…
July 1, 2021
June 24, 2021
Texas Master Naturalists – please share the following with your conservation partners and natural resource…
March 26, 2021
June 21, 2021
Hello BPTMN Members! If you’re looking for a part-time job, this might be the ONE…
March 26, 2021
June 20, 2021
Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter Master Naturalists! The Dragonfly Society of the Americas, Sociedad de Odonatología Latinoamericana and Odonata Central are…
March 26, 2021
June 10, 2021
Clyde Camp, 2011 Clyde has had little luck with the residents of his screech owl…
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 This year’s pin is the Side-Oats Grama, the state grass. So, here…
March 26, 2021
June 10, 2021
Tom Shackelford, 2018 – President We spend time in our back yard almost every day…
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021
Paul Napper, 2016 – Project Manager for Allen Senior Center Native Plant Garden Paul brought…
March 26, 2021
June 9, 2021
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Over the past several months we have always posted a “if you…
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021
Collin County Extension Office is hosting our first open photography contest this summer. The theme…
June 9, 2021
June 7, 2021
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 The Heritage Farmstead native plot has had an interesting and inspiring past.…
June 7, 2021
May 20, 2021
BPTMN Members: Are you interested in volunteering as a docent in the Heard Natural Science…
March 26, 2021
May 13, 2021
Tuesday, May 18, 12PM CST From Awareness to Allyship: An intro to Black Outside, Inc…
March 26, 2021
May 11, 2021
Hello BPTMN Members! We are establishing a chapter membership directory for the purpose of providing…
March 26, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Deborah Canterbury, 2014 The Heard Paleo Lab prepared 16 Green River Fish fossils to…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Dirk Zartler, 2007 Looks like the Black Willow cuttings planted in the shoreline at…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Rick Park, 2020 Our Tribe’s Fortune – 500 Hour Pin Recipient (Hard in good…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Matt DeLozier, 2013 (Alamo Area Chapter – San Antonio) Our Tribe’s Fortune – 500…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
One year ago this month as our state and the world progressed into the full…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Laurie Sheppard, 2017 Our Tribe’s Fortune – 500 Hour Pin Recipient (Hard in good…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Tom Shackelford, 2018 Visiting and working at the Clymer Meadow is a siren song…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Sally Evans, Member Emeritus and Class of 2000. A cotton tailed rabbit in my…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
Remember the Golden crowned night herons that have nested in Jim Dulian’s yard? (See Below for…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Clyde Camp, 2011 and Beverly Carpenter, 2013 Doves are not good nest builders as…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
By Deborah Canterbury with Photos by Shari Navarette In the era BPL (Before Pandemic Lockdown)…
March 26, 2021
May 7, 2021
Article Submission by Tony Manasseri, 2007 The year of the cicada has received lots of…
May 7, 2021
May 6, 2021
More than two months following the record cold temperatures of Winter Storm Uri, Texans are…
March 26, 2021
April 6, 2021
By John Garbutt, 2014 To some, winter and Uri are now four letter words never…
April 6, 2021
April 5, 2021
By Bryan Beck, 2017 The native plant garden at the Plano Heritage Farmstead Museum has…
April 5, 2021
April 3, 2021
By Bob Mione, 2012 The past three years, Kristin and Mark Payne have incubated and…
April 3, 2021
April 2, 2021
By Greg Tonian, 2016 We came together at the river bend, To witness flowing milky…
March 26, 2021
April 1, 2021
By Carol Clark, Laura Ragen, Fran & Bill Woodfin et al 2010, 2014, 2007 Best…
April 1, 2021
April 1, 2021
by Lorelei Stierlen, 2014 Our team, Dick Zartler, Rick Park, Steve Their and I had…
April 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
Wednesday, March 3 at 7PM Less well known than European Honeybees, Texas’ native bees are nevertheless vital components…
March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
By Dick Zartler, 2007 During the first week in March a group of Blackland Prairie…
March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
By Sally Evans, Founder Emeritus, 2006 By the time anyone reads this epistle the Backyard…
March 26, 2021
March 1, 2021
By Deborah Canterbury, 2014 As I have nothing better to do than stare out my…
March 26, 2021
March 1, 2021
By Rick Travis, 2018 Hurray!!! Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalist Chapter and the Frisco Parks…
March 26, 2021
March 1, 2021
By Sally Evans, Founder and Emeritus THEN: By the time anyone reads this epistle the…
March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
Written By Richard Heilbrun, TPWD Richard Heilbrun, who is well known by TMN’s and is…
March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
By Clyde Camp, 2011 Curious George arrives at about 20 seconds into the video link…
March 26, 2021
February 11, 2021
Join us on Thursday, February 18, In honor of Black History Month, with noted writer…
February 11, 2021
February 8, 2021
by Sally Evans, 2006 Dr. Bill Holifield was the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum for the…
February 8, 2021
February 1, 2021
By Laura Ragan It’s been quite a while since we’ve all been able to fellowship…
February 1, 2021
February 1, 2021
By Duane Mortensen In early fall I could often find another robber fly [Promachus hinei].…
February 1, 2021
February 1, 2021
By Jean Suplick Sometimes you’ve just got to break out of COVID confinement and have…
February 1, 2021
February 1, 2021
By Laurie Sheppard Female Green Lynx Spiders have a very unusual quality – they can…
February 1, 2021
January 31, 2021
By Greg Tonian On a December morning, soon before your demise, I journeyed to the…
January 31, 2021
January 10, 2021
By: Robert Mione, Meadow Master In January, we co-hosted, with LLELA, a Bobwhite (BW) quail…
March 26, 2021
January 10, 2021
By: Lorelei Stierlin and Dick Zartler In 2020 the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center (BPRC) achieved…
January 10, 2021
January 10, 2021
By: Deborah Canterbury It was a joint effort between the Heard animal team, the Celina…
January 10, 2021
January 10, 2021
By: Deborah Canterbury Dave Powell is constantly widening our net of experience and consulting. 2021…
January 10, 2021
January 10, 2021
By: Jim Dulian Here is a list of all the water birds we have seen…
March 26, 2021
January 10, 2021
By: John Garbutt Watching the five Cooper’s Hawks fledge in mid-June under their mother’s watchful…
March 26, 2021
January 8, 2021
By: Patti Tuck 2020 has at least one bright moment! A new fossil was added…
March 26, 2021
January 7, 2021
By: Erich Neupert Here is some information about our Give A Hoot Gala we had…
March 26, 2021
January 1, 2021
By Laurie Sheppard The year started out like any other, but 2020 had plenty of…
March 26, 2021
December 2, 2020
Our Chapter member, Dave Powell, is taking his “show” on the road! Dave presented “Symbiotic…
March 26, 2021
November 19, 2020
Hunter, the Red Morph Screech Owl, returns [again]. Since the beginnning of October, I’ve powered…
March 26, 2021
November 18, 2020
We rescue Little Bluestem here and transplant it in the Connemara Meadow. Beck’s is a…
November 18, 2020
November 17, 2020
CLYMER MEADOW Clymer Meadow Preserve contains some of the largest and most diverse remnants of…
March 26, 2021