Greg Tonian, 2017
![Blackland Prairie Chapter Texas Master Naturalist Greg Tonian at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center with a group of girlscouts.](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/07/BPTMN-2023-06-STT-41-Greg-Tonian-1-1024x768.jpg)
“I am having a blast.”
Greg Tonian
I am having a blast sharing my passion for nature with kids of all ages. I particularly enjoy leading Nature Walks, Bug Walks at The Colony Shoreline Trail, shown here, Furneaux Creek Nature Preserve and LLELA.
Editor’s note: Greg has supplied us with insightful articles about his travels and poetry from the heart since he joined the chapter. Below are his recent posts. Click HERE to read his contributions to the Prairie Partner Newsletters.
![Beech Tree](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2023/03/BPTMN-STT-37-2023-03-Greg-Tonian-2017-Indian-Mounds-02-Beech-Tree-1024x685.jpg)
Indian Mounds Wilderness: Journey to a hidden realm
mconnally![Buckeye Flowers](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2022/05/BPTMN-2022-04-CROPPED-STT-31-Trinity-Forest-Buckeye-Trail-Poem-Photo-4-Buckeye-Flowers-Photo-by-Greg-Tonian-812x1024.png)
Buckeye Pilgrimage
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2022/01/BPTMN-2022-STT28-Sara-Dykman-Bicycling-with-Butterflies-Book.jpg)
Reflections on Sara Dykman’s Bicycling with Butterflies Book
mconnally![Cicada](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/08/BPTMN-2021-08-STT24-Cicada-01-GTonian-1024x685.jpg)
August in Cicadia
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/07/BPTMN-STT-22-Chattahoochee-Poem-Tonian-Photo-1-1024x768.jpg)
The Call of The Chattahoochee
mconnally![Gorman Falls Waterfall](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/04/BPTMN-STT-19-Gorman-Falls-Bend-in-1-Tonian-685x1024.jpg)
Bend in the River
mconnallyBy Greg Tonian, 2016 We came together at the river bend, To witness flowing milky…
![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/02/BPTMN-STT-17-The-Grasslands_road-with-cow-and-fields-Tonian-2-1024x768.jpg)
The Last Cougar
mconnally![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/01/image-6.png)
BPRC 2020 Prairie Restoration Projects
mconnallyBy: Greg Tonian, Lorelei Stierlin and Dick Zartler In 2020 the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center…
![2021-01 Hagerman Geese by Laurie Sheppard](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2021/01/BPTMN-STT-16-HagermanGeese-1024x768.jpg)
2020: Hagerman NWR Year in Review
mconnallyBy Laurie Sheppard The year started out like any other, but 2020 had plenty of…
![](https://txmn.org/bptmn/files/2020/10/BPTMN-STT-14-Winding-Stairs-area-of-Little-Missouri-River-Tonian-1024x768.jpg)
Greg Tonian – Time Passages
mconnallyTime Passages, reflections on a solo hike on the Eagle Rock Loop, Ouachita National Forest,…