BPTMN Newsletter – October 16, 2024
Hello Blackland Prairie Chapter Members,
You can access our latest newsletter from our Chapter’s Home Page at bptmn.org, click on the “Blackland Prairie Newsletter” image OR by direct link – https://txmn.org/bptmn/newsletters/
This newsletter will provide:
- Chapter business
- TMN State Program Updates
- Last Chapter Meeting Recording
- Next month’s Chapter Meeting information
- Recent Deep Dive Recordings
- Shaking the Trees Member Submissions
- Upcoming Advanced Training Opportunities & Volunteer Hours Opportunities
- Chapter Advisor
- Chapter Partners
If chapter members need to share information in the bi-weekly newsletters,
please send your requests to communications@bptmn.org.
Michelle Connally
Communications Director
Blackland Prairie Chapter
Chapter Business
Check out the story behind this photo by Melanie Schuchart, Class of 2014 – HERE
TMN State Program Updates
2024 Annual Meeting – Texas Master Naturalist Program (tamu.edu)
Last Chapter Meeting Recordings
2024 September Chapter Meeting with Rich Lefebvre | Wings of Progress: Enhancements and Upcoming Developments for the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
Enhancements and Upcoming Developments for the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center” is an insightful presentation that…
2024 August Chapter Meeting with Rick Travis | Trees of the Piney Woods
2024 July Chapter Meeting with Don Walker | Adventures in Herpetology
Next month’s Chapter Meeting information
2024 November Chapter Meeting with Max Anton | Mollusks: Lone Star Land Snails
Join us for an insightful presentation by Max Anton on the fascinating world of mollusks. Max will delve into the diverse species, their unique adaptations, and their ecological significance. Whether you’re attending in person at the Heard Museum or joining us online via Zoom, this is an event you won’t want to miss!
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 – 7:00 PM
Click here to view our Calendar.
- SRC Doors will open at 6:30 PM
- Zoom meeting waiting room will open at 6:45 PM
- Business Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM
- Naturalist Talk will begin at 7:30 PM (approximately)
Topic: Mollusks: Lone Star Land Snails – A quick overview of Texas’ most remarkable terrestrial mollusks.
Speaker: Max Anton is a museum exhibit developer and amateur naturalist from Houston, Texas. In 2009, Max built the first online field guide to Texas land snails, www.molluskman.com. He is also involved in art, paleontology, and theology.
Physical Meeting Location: Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary,
1Nature Place, McKinney TX 75069, Science Resource Center (SRC) building.
Directions to SRC: Drive through Heard gates; go past parking lot and museum building; continue until the road ends at the large white SRC building.
Online Zoom Meeting Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-yrqT4rHtzVMlNaWFk_mL0NlAjq0Lpj
Please register ahead of time for this meeting using your Zoom Account Email address.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.
Logging AT: The monthly meeting presentation will allow members to earn 1-hour of AT. Log as AT: BPTMN Chapter Monthly Meeting Only (1 hour) with the speaker’s name and topic in the description box.
For any additional questions, please contact.
Chapter Meeting Host: Cali Bakker – calib@bptmn.org
Recent Deep Dive Recordings
Deep Dive – Pocket Prairies of the Blackland Prairie Chapter, with Susan Abernethy
Online Zoom Deep Dive – “Requiem for a Wren”, with ED Burke
Late Summer Deep Dives (Advanced Training) to beat the heat!
Latest Shaking the Trees Newsletter – Member Submissions
2024 November Deep Dive – Mycology 101 with Jean Suplick
Connemara Mothing Event Summary
Community Outreach Booth for Educator Expo – Allen
Marla Layne, Class of 2023 BPTMN Community Outreach team (l to r) Kathy Boys, Tina…
Rewilding Sticker Hill: Trying to Succeed at Succession
Article and Photos by Karen Glenn, Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist; Submitted by Patricia Crain, Class…
Ride of the Headless Horseman
Texas Pollinator Bioblitz, October 11th – 27th, 2024
Upcoming Opportunities
Chapter Advisor
Dr. Curtis Jones, County Extension Agent
825 North McDonald Street Suite 150
McKinney, TX 75069-2175
curtis.jones@ag.tamu.edu
972-548-4233
Chapter Partners
Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
volunteer@bpraptorcenter.org
https://bpraptorcenter.org/
Connemara Meadow Nature Preserve
Bob Mione | info@connemaraconservancy.org
connermaraconservancy.org/wordpress/meadow-nature-preserve
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Laura Ragan | volunteers@heardmuseum.org
www.heardmuseum.org/volunteer
LLELA Nature Preserve
Erin Piper | epiper@cityoflewisville.com
https://www.llela.org/research-restoration/volunteering