The Friends of Hagerman NWR Refuge Roundup was a Big Success, Thanks to TMN Volunteers!

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Submitted by Patricia Crain, Class of 2018

The Refuge Roundup festival on the Second Saturday in October is always a big day for the Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, and this year the TMN were there to help! In fact, BPTMN volunteers working with the Friends of Hagerman NWR contributed over 600 hours of volunteer service in October, 2024!

Activities for the Refuge Roundup Included:

  • A Native Plant Sale
  • AT – Early Bird Walk with Jack Chiles, BPTMN
  • AT – Tram Tours of the Refuge, with Bert Garcia, BPTMN and Maraget Avard, BPTMN (Pictured)
  • AT – Raptors of Texoma with Dr. Wayne Meyer, Ornithologist
  • Puddles/Childrens’ Crafts with BPTMN: Dr. Bryon Clark, Mammologist, Cindy Steele, Kim Tingle and several Bluestem Texas Master Naturalists
  • AT – Butterfly Garden Walk with BPTMN Laurie Sheppard, Nana Rylander and several other TMN
  • Live Raptor programs from the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center

SAVE THE DATE! The 2025 festivals with the Friends of Hagerman will be May 10 and October 11, 2025! Stay in touch with the monthly Featherless Flyer!

Amber Grubb, BPTMN, assisted with the Native Plant Sale
Everyone enjoyed a life bird presentation by the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
Participants enjoyed an AT presentation by Dr. Wayne Meyer entitled Raptors of Texoma
Kim Tingle. BPTMN, as Puddles and Patricia Crain, BPTMN
Margaret Avard, BPTMN, conducted a Tram Tour of the refuge
Bryon Clark, BPTMN, led children through a craft making animal tracks out of plaster.