Michelle Connally, Class of 2018 – As National Volunteer Month draws to a close, we want to extend a massive thank you to every member of the Texas Master Naturalist Blackland Prairie Chapter! This photo embodies our mission:
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2025 May Chapter Meeting with Cali and Peter | “Experience Nature For Your Mental Health”
Interactions with nature and mental health are intertwined. We often feel better when we are in nature. But this is not just a subjective experience for people who love nature. In this session, we will describe how nature contributes to human well-being based on research from various fields.
2025 April Chapter Meeting with Laura Kimberly | “The Joy of Flies”
Taxonomically known as the Diptera, Flies are colorful, elusive, beguiling, acrobatic, charming, and helpful. So, you ask, there’s more to flies than filth and bite? Yes! How would you know? Laura will guide you in finding the joy of flies by taking a closer look at qualities across the vast diversity of the Diptera with an overview of dipteran life histories, feeding habits, beneficial behaviors, and essential fly family identification.