TMN Chapter Meeting

Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History (BVMNH) 3232 Briarcrest Dr., Bryan, TX, United States

Presentation Title:  Connecting Communities to their Hometown Rivers:  Spawning River Conservation Advocates Through Improved River Access Texas Parks and Wildlife's Chief of Habitat Conservation Dr. Timothy Birdsong applies science-based stewardship to support healthy aquatic ecosystems. By establishing partnerships with landowners, local and national organizations, Timothy has helped improve habitat conditions for fish and wildlife in... Read More →

TMN Chapter Meeting

Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History (BVMNH) 3232 Briarcrest Dr., Bryan, TX, United States

Since there have been many questions concerning how to log volunteer and AT hours into the VMS we decided to offer our February chapter meeting as a VMS workshop.  The workshop will be presented by our very own Betty Vermeire.  She will show us how to log on to the VMS system, enter our volunteer and AT hours, as well... Read More →

Introduction to Plant Identification Webinar

Ricky Linex will be presenting a webinar on "Introduction to Plant Identification" on February 23rd at 1:00pm central time.  This will be a nation-wide webinar that is open to the public.  Here is the link: http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/introduction-to-plant-identification  This is an abbreviated version of what he teaches at the annual MN symposium.  Please share with the chapters.... Read More →

TMN Chapter Meeting

Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History (BVMNH) 3232 Briarcrest Dr., Bryan, TX, United States

Sean Wall (TMN Brazos Valley class of 2016 ) will be presenting - The Cycle of Foraging : wild foods for our daily lives. See the short excerpt from Sean's bio to expand on the title of the presentation. "What led my family and I to learn about wild foods was a desire to live... Read More →

Soils field trip at the beef center

If you had the privilege to hear Dr. Christine Morgan’s presentation on soils during the training classes then you already know how interesting and fascinating she makes soils sound.  We have an opportunity to do a field trip with her out at the beef center off HWY 60 to learn more about the soils and... Read More →

Field trip to Range Area with Dr. Barron Rector

May 20th from 8 to noon the 4 hour class will cover weed ecology, a weed id test, talk about the Post Oak Savannah and land use change, demonstrations and hands-on things with the water cycle, walk through the prairie with several monitoring activities on bare-ground, litter, rocks and plant cover, see erosion and problems... Read More →

TMN Chapter Meeting

Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History (BVMNH) 3232 Briarcrest Dr., Bryan, TX, United States

Dr. Alston V. Thoms, Department of Anthropology Presentation Title:   The Human Side of Lick Creek Park: From Ancient to Last-Century Lifeways in the Post Oak Savannah   We (the board) have been discussing a Big Project to take on for our TMN Brazos Valley Chapter and we think Lick Creek Park is right up our... Read More →