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Blackland Prairie TMN Graduation 2021

Summary by Jean Suplick, 2018 Meet the Class of 2021! These new members of the Blackland Prairie Chapter blazed a new path through our basic training program and are eager… Read More →

07/09/2021

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Literally Shaking the Trees at Raptor Center

Leah Justice, 2021 Downing Cedars all in a day’s work on Raptor Center prairie property. Photos from the tree cutting today, Lorelei up in the tree.

07/05/2021

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Brown Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea) or is it?

Janice James, As I was emptying the plant pot trays this morning I veered around a brown wasp clinging to one rim. It looked intimidating. Then I looked again. It looked …really odd.

07/03/2021

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Ode to Virus

Michelle Connally, 2018 Starting in April 2020, the Shaking of the Trees newsletter provided myself and others a connection to our fellow chapter members in a time of isolation. Hooked… Read More →

07/02/2021

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The Call of The Chattahoochee

Greg Tonian, 2017 The Chattahoochee flows from Blue Ridge Mountain
To Apalachicola Delta,
Past Helen and Suburban Atlanta.
These two places I visited,
The possibilities to explore, unlimited.

All was swell in Roswell.
Mostly Merry in Marietta.
Dallas Georgia family, also near,
Was mostly in the clear.
But like the river,
Clouded by ocassional rain,
Like the area roads,
Never without curves and dips,
Ups and downs.

07/02/2021

General

What we have seen

Dave Powell, 2007 My three spiny Fence Lizards are here as is my Anole however I have noticed the insect population is down. I attributed it to the freeze which might have killed a lot of insect larva that was getting close to maturity, the rain does not seem to cause the same thing. Maybe someone else can give definitive answer.

07/01/2021

General

Expansion of the Great Texas Wildlife Trail

Jean Suplick, 2018 Our Blackland Prairie Chapter adopted the Lake Lavon and Tawakoni loops which include places many will be familiar with: Connemara Meadow Nature Preserve, the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Clymer Meadow, and Lake Lavon Trinity Trail.

07/01/2021

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McKinney Greens 500 Milkweed plants

Greg Smith, 2017 The Magnificent Seven from the National Charity League planted 500 milkweed plants in a relatively short time.

07/01/2021

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Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Logan Plunkett, 2017 and Debbie Doyle, 2017

Debbie Doyle, 2017 My classmates might remember me as the broken legged lady that could barely do squat! (Literally!) I am still indebted to my friend and classmate Greg Tonian, who drove me to classes and meetings for months when I couldn’t drive. Despite my slow start, I now feel like an essential team member at the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, particularly during the Covid lockdown when BPRC operated with only a skeleton crew of volunteers.

07/01/2021

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