The Botanical Research Institute of Texas, or BRIT, is located in Fort Worth, adjacent to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. The sleek, LEEDS-accredited building has been in operation since 2011. …
Trip to Botanical Institute of Texas
Members of our BPTMN Chapter visited the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (aka BRIT) in Fort Worth. BRIT houses several herbariums (collection of dried plants), seed bank, botanical art collections,…
iNaturalist bioblitz commemorates Texas Native Plant Week
Since 2009 the Texas legislature has designated the third full week in October as Texas Native Plant Week. This year we have partnered with Texas Parks & Wildlife and…
North Texas Ecology Course Creates A Team Of Master Naturalists
Check out KERA’s Miguel Perez article on our 2019 Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist Class. Hear our very own Greg Hayden share his story of why he became a Master Naturalist.
Master Naturalist vs. Nature – A Book Review
By Lisa Runyon While snuggled in our cabin on New Year’s Day, our son asked what books my husband and I read last year. It took some time to recall…
Hiking the Trail Between the Lakes
by Ron Bamberg I recently completed a backpacking trip on The Trail Between the Lakes, a 28-mile track that connects Lakes Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend in deep…
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – After The Flood
by Laurie Sheppard May, 2017 marks two years since heavy rains caused damaging flooding at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge and other parts of north Texas. By May 10, 2015, many…
Don’t Encourage Mosquitos!
Mosquitos carry and spread diseases such as Zika, West Nile and Chikungunya They lay their eggs on surfaces of containers that fill with water and on standing water itself. Female…
Bird Brains – A Book Review
by Lisa Runyon This is not a book review of David Welky’s A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In search of the Last Arctic Frontier. I carried that beast to my…
The Mammoths of Texas
by Patti Tuck On July 10, 2015, President Obama signed an Executive Order designating the Waco Mammoth National Monument! A new national park in Texas and it is just down…