Observe a prescribed fire

Some folks from A&M's Ecosystem Science and Management department will be conducting a prescribed burn at the Range Area (behind the airport) at 1pm Wednesday April 4. You are invited to observe the fire from a safe location near the astronomy observatory. If you would like to attend, please arrive by 1pm. Drive past the... Read More →

Field trip: Wildflower driving tour

Please join us for a driving tour of spring wildflowers. We will meet at the BRTC at 1pm on Sunday, April 15, and consolidate into carpools. We'll caravan out state highway 30 to Carlos, head south, and loop up highway 6 back to College Station. Dwight has scouted out a few safe pull-off spots for... Read More →

Field trip: Waco Mammoth Site & Mayborn Museum

Please join us for our next field trip, on Saturday, June 9, to see mammoths in Waco! We will depart from the BRTC at 9am and start our day with a tour of the Waco Mammoth National Monument dig site. We'll enjoy a picnic lunch and then head to the Mayborn Museum at Baylor University.... Read More →

Fossil field trip

By popular demand, we will be having another field trip to the Stone City fossil site along the Brazos River at the SR 21 bridge on Saturday August 4 (Rain day is August 11).  We will meet at 7:30am at the BRTC to carpool and will fossil until it gets too hot to stand.  Access is moderately easy, and the fossils... Read More →

Field trip to the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center

Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center College Station, TX

Please join us for a free field trip to the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center on Saturday, November 17, from 9-10am. This trip will be led by Debra Turner, Senior Research Associate and Aviary Manager, and PhD student Paulina Escondin. Paulina has worked on research for many years with birds at the aviary and will... Read More →