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Late Summer Deep Dives (Advanced Training) to beat the heat!
mconnallyCali Bakker, Class of 2024 Tuesday, August 20 and Monday, September 16Click here to view…
Summer Mothing with TPWD’s Sam Kieschnick At Oak Point Park
leahjusticeSubmitted by: Leah Justice, Class of 2021 It was a typical hot and humid summer…
2024 August Chapter Meeting with Rick Travis | Trees of the Piney Woods
mconnallyWe’ll discuss the overall makeup of the fascinating, extremely diverse Piney Woods ecoregion, and take…
BPTMN Newsletter – July 9, 2024
mconnallyHello Blackland Prairie Chapter Members, You can access our latest newsletter from our Chapter’s Home Page…
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My Spring Amongst the Night-Herons- Part 4
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My Spring Amongst the Night-Herons- Part 3
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The Hagerman NWR Chapter Field Trip
patriciacPatricia Crain, Class of 2018 Eighteen Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists enjoyed a day of AT…
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Welcome to our Tribe: Patricia Crain
patriciacPatricia Crain, Class of 2018, Recent Bluestem Chapter Transfer My name is Patricia Crain, and…
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Baby Bald Eagle Rescue
laragonLibby Aragon, Class of 2024 Baby Bald Eagle Returned to Nest, Photo Credit Jacob Drapkin…
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Beverly Carpenter, A Master Naturalist, Animal Lover and Plant Enthusiast
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/06/Hagerman-Little-SIt-1024x768.jpeg)
Friends of Hagerman NWR – Little Sit Bird Count – July 6, 2024
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2024 July Chapter Meeting with Don Walker | Adventures in Herpetology
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/06/BPTMN-2024-06-STT-49-1000-Mile-Walk-to-the-Gulf-by-John-Muir-Book-Review-By-Linder-O-Rourke.png)
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf by John Muir: A Book Review
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My Spring Amongst the Night-Herons- Part 2
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My Spring Amongst the Night-Herons- Part 1
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Plano Mothing Event Saturday, June 15th with TPWD Sam Kieschnick
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BPTMN Newsletter – May 26 , 2024
mconnallyHello Blackland Prairie Chapter Members, Today is Memorial Day honoring the men and women who…
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Emerald ash borer confirmed in four more North Texas counties. Texas A&M AgriLife is collecting data, asking for TMN help.
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2024 June Chapter Meeting with Janet Smith | Sex in the Garden (Pollination)
mconnallyMichelle Connally, Class of 2018 https://youtu.be/U9Sqhk3w9pc Tuesday, June 11, 2024 – 7:00 PM (6:30PM for…
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From the desk of Dr. Curtis Jones – May Events
mconnally![Community Engagement Booth with Tina Burke Barb Hibbard Kathy Boys at an Earth Day Event UT Dallas Photo by Marla Layne](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/05/BPTMN-2024-04-Community-Engagement-Tina-Burke-Barb-Hibbard-Kathy-Boys-Earth-Day-Event-UT-Dallas-Photo-by-Marla-Layne-1024x768.jpeg)
Community Engagement Booth on Earth Day at University of Texas Dallas
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/06/BPTMN-2024-05-Class-Graduation-Photo-2-Myers-Park-1024x576.jpg)
Celebrating the Success of the BPTMN Class of 2024!
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2016/07/C0B8EED7-4093-46F0-B8A1-7FB5BC32BBDC.jpeg)
City of McKinney Plant Resue!
mconnallyMay 3, 2024
mconnallyBPTMN Newsletter – May 3, 2024 Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter Members, Additional Naturalist events are…
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Scissor-tailed (Butter) Flycatcher
mconnally![Girl Scouts learn about Blackland Prairie Ecosystem](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/20240413_112624-768x1024.jpg)
BPTMN’s Eco Explorers’ Spring Explorations
vickisandersVicki Sanders, BPTMN 2022 Our Girl Scouts have been very busy this Spring semester with…
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Nick Nixon, a Master Naturalist and a Wilderness Lover
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/05/BPTMN-2024-05-04-Choctaw-Cultural-Day-Image-791x1024.jpg)
Friends of Hagerman NWR Choctaw Cultural Day
mconnally![Toxic Plants of Texas Book Cover](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/toxic-plants-of-texas-book-cover.jpg)
Toxic Plants
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/Texas-Master-Naturalist-Blackland-Prairie-Chapter-National-Volunteer-Month-2024-Chapter-Post-1.png)
National Volunteer Week 2024
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/John-W.-Garbutt-Lesser-Scaup-5-1024x576.jpg)
Thoughts From Behind the Viewfinder Vol 3. Part 2
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Park by Park – Surveying the Trees of North Texas
mconnallyApril 17, 2024
mconnallySpring has arrived and events are blooming! We have tons of iNaturalist BioBlitzes all over…
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2024 May Chapter Meeting with Jeff Witt | Wild Frisco!
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/Book-Image-with-Heart.png)
BPC Library Update Wish List
bptmn01![North Texas Municipal Water District logo](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/North-Texas-Municipal-Water-District-Logo.png)
NTMWD Green Stormwater Infrastructure Workshops
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/04/2024-04-PraireInBloom_2024_1920x1080-Mary-Abercrombie-Erwin-Park-1024x576.jpg)
Erwin Park – Prairie in Bloom Guided Tours
mconnallyApril 2, 2024
mconnallyGood evening, Blackland Prairie Chapter Members, You can access our latest bi-weekly newsletter from our…
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Day of Advanced Training at Hagerman NWR for Blackland Prairie Chapter Members
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/03/BPTMN-2024-03-STT47-Kathy-Boys-with-Meeko-at-Holifield-250-hrs-853x1024.jpg)
Our Fortune 250 Hours – Kathy Boys
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/03/IMG_7997-1024x576.jpg)
Thoughts From Behind the Viewfinder Vol 3.
johnwgarbutt![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/03/Eastern-carpenter-bee.jpg)
Native Bees – What’s the buzz?
vickisanders![Frankford Prairie Hyacinths by Cynthia Alexander-Coday](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2020/04/image2-rotated.jpeg)
Spring is Coming to the Frankford Prairie
mconnally![Clymer Meadow 2022 Spring Tour](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2022/10/2022-Clymer-Meadow-Spring-Tour-Linda-Nixon-1024x768.jpg)
Clymer Meadow 2024 Spring Tours
mconnallyPlummeting Monarch Butterfly Population: Experts warn of a summer with fewer butterflies, urge action
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March 18, 2024
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/03/2024-03-Deep-Dive-Vicki-Sanders-Eclipse-101-Image-1024x571.png)
2024 March – ONLINE DEEP DIVE with Vicki Sanders presenting Eclipse 101
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2024 April Chapter Meeting with Dwight Wilson | Learning to Read Tracks and Signs
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/03/April-8-2024-Eclipse-Information-Banner-1024x568.png)
April 8, 2024 Eclipse Information
mconnally![clymer meadow](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/03/BPTMN-STT-37-2023-03-Paulette-Platko-500-Hours-clymer-meadow-1.jpg)
Project Spotlight – Clymer Meadow with Eclipse details and Spring Tour Dates
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Plano Park Project Update
mconnallyMarch 4, 2024
mconnallyGood evening, Blackland Prairie Chapter Members, You can access our latest bi-weekly newsletter from our…
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Thoughts From Behind the Viewfinder Vol 2.
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Lights out Dallas Spring 2024
mconnallyFrom the Texas Conservation Alliance Newsletter 2-23-2024 Excitement is in the air as we gear…
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Thoughts From Behind the Viewfinder Vol 1.
johnwgarbuttFebruary 20, 2024
mconnallyChirp Chirp! BPTMN Flock! You can access our latest bi-weekly newsletter from our Chapter’s Home…
Natural Pathways at LLELA Program Expansion – February 2024
mconnally“Eleven Ways of Seeing a Crow”
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2024 March Chapter Meeting with Dave Powell | Blackland Prairie and Prairie Restoration
mconnallyMichelle Connally, Class of 2018 https://vimeo.com/924269116?share=copy After Meeting Note from Dave Powell – After the…
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Sharing naturalist events on Social Media: What our chapter members need to know.
mconnallyFebruary 5, 2024
mconnallyHappy Valentines! – BPTMN Chapter Members, You can access our latest bi-weekly newsletter from our…
![Lisa Travis teaching](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/02/BPTMN-2024-01-STT-45-4000-Hours-Lisa-Travis-1024x576.jpg)
Our Tribe’s Fortune – Ruby: 4,000 Hours – Lisa Travis
mconnally![Collage of photos from Leah](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/01/BPTMN-2024-01-1000-Hours-Leah-Justice-1024x1024.png)
Our Tribe’s Fortune – Gold: 1000 Hours – Leah Justice
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2022/09/BPTMN-2022-09-Fall-Monarch-Migration-Photo-by-Rick-Travis-1024x893.jpg)
Monarchs Needs Your Help! Monarch Monitoring Research Opportunity
mconnally![Book in nature](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/02/BPTMN-2024-STT-45-Balaji-Devarajan-Dictionary-Image-AdobeStock_221138376-1024x683.jpeg)
Apricity is a hiemal word!
mconnally![Rescue Brome Grass](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/01/BPTMN-2024-01-26-STT-45-Rescue-Brome-Grass-Leah-Justice-and-Rich-Jaynes-Young-Sprouted-Rescue-Brome.jpg)
Friend or Foe?
mconnally![Community Engagement with Bryan Beck](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/02/BPTMN22-1024x1024.png)
Community Engagement – Sustainability
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/11/2021-BPTMN-STT-26-Fall-Trail-Connally-1024x683.jpg)
When Is It Safe to Dream About Fall?
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2024/01/BPTMN-2024-01-21-STT-45-CBS-Eagle-spotted-at-Oak-Point-Park.png)
Bald eagle spotted in Plano
mconnallyJanuary 12, 2024
mconnallyHappy New Year! – BPTMN Chapter Members, This newsletter aims to provide you with your…
2024 February Chapter Meeting with Chris Ulch | Native Tribes of North Texas and their Sustainable Natural World
mconnallyMichelle Connally, Class of 2018 https://vimeo.com/914621170 Tuesday, February 13, 2024 – 7PM – CLICK FOR…
2024 January – ONLINE DEEP DIVE with Karin and Roberto Saucedo on Living in Harmony with America’s Song Dog.
mconnallyJanuary 25, 2024 – Thursday 6:00 PM – Click for more information. Coyotes are highly…
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Food Instincts of the Orange-crowned Warbler
mconnally2024 January Class of 2023 TMN “Ted Talks”
mconnallyLisa Travis, Class of 2018 https://vimeo.com/channels/bptmn/902093361 Katie Potter, presenting “The Power of Paleontology” Katie is…
![TPWD Texas Wild Vinyl Album](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/12/BPTMN-2024-01-Texas-Wild-Album-Leah-Justice-Article-Submission.png)
Leah Justice’s Interesting Finds and Factoids –
mconnally2023 December Blackland Prairie Chapter Holiday Party
mconnallyMichelle Connally, Class of 2018 December 12, 2023 – Tuesday, 6:30 PM – IN PERSON…
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2023 November ONLINE Deep Dive with Jay Wooldridge | Native American Flutes made of Eastern Red Cedar and the Juniper’s Benefit to wildlife.
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/11/BPTMN-2023-11-Dave-Powell-Teaching-Prairies-Portrait.jpg)
2023 November ONLINE Deep Dive with Dave Powell | “Symbiotic Relationships in Texas and How to Teach It”
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Our Tribe’s Fortune: Ruby 4,000 Hours – Rick Travis
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Our Tribe’s Fortune: Silver 500 Hours – Marla Lane
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Our Tribe’s Fortune: Silver 500 Hours – Vicki Sanders
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Our Tribe’s Fortune: Bronze 250 Hours – Jean Higgins
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Our Tribe’s Fortune: Bronze 250 Hours – Renee Dowhaniuk
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Welcome to our Tribe: Andrea Ridout, North Texas Chapter
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/10/2023-Annual-Texas-Master-Naturalist-Meeting-Image-1.png)
2023 TMN Annual Conference Blackland Prairie Chapter Awardees
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2023 Texas Master Naturalist 1st Place Award for Trees of North Texas Brochure (PDF download) by Lisa Travis
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The 2023 Annual Conference October 14 Eclipse at El Sauz Ranch is sponsored by the East Foundation.
mconnallyNews Article – Trees Are Stressed. Now They Can Tell Us Why
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Eco Explorers On the Go!
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Our Colorful Pond Visitors
mconnallyThe 2024 New Class online application is now open.
mconnallyThe online application is available HERE. If you want to preview the application, a PDF…
2023 November Blackland Prairie Chapter Meeting with Kimberlie Sasan | “Galls: Let’s Get Curiously Addicted!”
mconnallyKimberlie Sasan, Texas Master Naturalist – Crosstimbers Chapter (Tarrant County, Fort Worth Area) November 14,…
2023 October ONLINE DEEP DIVE with Dr. Tom Stevens | “The impacts of urbanization on wildlife in the Great Trinity Forest”
mconnallyThe online application will be available on October 18, 2023
mconnallyYou can preview a PDF version of the application here.
2023 October HYBRID Deep Dive with Arun Ramachandran and Dr. Rameshan | Montane Shola Grassland Restoration – Case Study from Western Ghats India
mconnallyMichelle Connally, Class of 2018 October 10, 2023 – Tuesday, 6:30 PM Online and In-PersonCLICK…
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Our Tribe’s Fortune 1,000 Hours – Sue Makuta
mconnally![Western Honey Bee Hive in a Tree](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/09/BPTMN-2023-09-STT43-Tom-Shackelford-Western-Honey-Bees-768x1024.jpg)
Western Honey Bee’s in Tom’s backyard
mconnally![Yellow Crowned Night Heron](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/09/BPTMN-2023-STT-43-Yellow-Crowned-Night-Heron-John-Garbutt-Post-Image.png)