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Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 Hours – Greg Tonian

07/02/2023 by mconnally

Greg Tonian, 2017

Blackland Prairie Chapter Texas Master Naturalist Greg Tonian at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center with a group of girlscouts.
Blackland Prairie Chapter Texas Master Naturalist Greg Tonian at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center with a group of Girl Scouts.

“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.

March 7, 2025
A piece of burnt paper with a handwritten poem, rustic and vintage feel.

Haiku Hunt: Unleash Your Inner Poet on the Blackland Prairie

mconnally
I am seeking a collective reflection on the Blackland Prairie, in hopes of getting a variety…
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March 7, 2025
March 29, 2024

Ravenwood

mconnally
Greg Tonian, Class of 2017 – Springtime has come to Ravenhood. Crane flies have been swarming…
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March 29, 2024
September 20, 2023

If I were

mconnally
Greg Tonian, Class of 2017 – If I were… Poem – A reflection on a…
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September 20, 2023
March 1, 2023
Beech Tree

Indian Mounds Wilderness: Journey to a hidden realm

mconnally
By Greg Tonian, 2017 Indian Mounds Wilderness beckoned, Edward Fritz had inspired me to go for 37…
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March 1, 2023
May 3, 2022
Buckeye Flowers

Buckeye Pilgrimage

mconnally
Greg Tonian, 2017 – The Trinity River Valley of North Texas drew us all here, Though we…
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May 3, 2022
January 18, 2022

Reflections on Sara Dykman’s Bicycling with Butterflies Book

mconnally
Greg Tonian, 2017 – Ideas are like Fireflies, Brief flashes in the dark, blinking. Talk is cheap, Life’s…
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January 18, 2022
August 31, 2021
Cicada

August in Cicadia

mconnally
Greg Tonian, 2017 The neighborhood is abuzz. A hot, sultry breeze, Envelops the trees. Brown, papier mache creatures climb…
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August 31, 2021
July 2, 2021

The Call of The Chattahoochee

mconnally
Greg Tonian, 2017 The Chattahoochee flows from Blue Ridge Mountain To Apalachicola Delta, Past Helen and Suburban…
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July 2, 2021
April 2, 2021
Gorman Falls Waterfall

Bend in the River

mconnally

By Greg Tonian, 2016 We came together at the river bend, To witness flowing milky…

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April 2, 2021
January 31, 2021

The Last Cougar

mconnally
By Greg Tonian On a December morning, soon before your demise, I journeyed to the Grasslands…
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January 31, 2021
January 10, 2021

BPRC 2020 Prairie Restoration Projects

mconnally

By: Greg Tonian, Lorelei Stierlin and Dick Zartler In 2020 the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center…

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January 10, 2021
January 1, 2021
2021-01 Hagerman Geese by Laurie Sheppard

2020: Hagerman NWR Year in Review

mconnally

By Laurie Sheppard The year started out like any other, but 2020 had plenty of…

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January 1, 2021
October 20, 2020

Greg Tonian – Time Passages

mconnally

Time Passages, reflections on a solo hike on the Eagle Rock Loop, Ouachita National Forest,…

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October 20, 2020
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